Jimmy Wang Yu
Born: 1944-03-28 in Wuxi, China
Died: 2022-04-05
Known For: Acting
Biography
Wang Zhengquan, better known as Jimmy Wang Yu and Wong Yu-lung, (born March 8, 1944 - died April 5, 2022) was a Chinese actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Wang rose to fame in 1967 with his starring role in The One-Armed Swordsman, a martial arts film produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio. The Chinese Boxer (1969), another film he acted in, is credited as the first Hong Kong action film that kickstarted the unarmed combat genre that took Asia by storm in the 1970s.
Filmography
2019
- Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks as Self (archive footage)
2013
- Soul as Chuan's Father
2012
- The Guillotines as Gonge
2005
- A Century of Light and Shadow as Self
1997
- Eighteen Springs ... (Producer)
- Stand Behind the Yellow Line ... (Producer)
1994
- Cinema of Vengeance as Self (uncredited)
1992
- Requital as Wai's hired assassin
- Shogun and Little Kitchen as Mr Lin Chong Yun
1991
- Island of Fire as Kui / Lucas
- The Tantana ... (Producer)
- The Beheaded 1000 as Executioner Ren De-Tie
1987
- Dangerfreaks
- The Thundering Ninja as David Wong (archive footage)
1986
- Millionaires' Express as Master Wong
1985
- Heart of Dragon ... (Presenter)
- Clash of the Professionals
1984
- Shanghai 13 as Black Hat
1983
- Fantasy Mission Force as Captain Don Wen
1978
- Big Leap Forward
- Boxer, Lover, Lawyer as Zhenghan
1977
- Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao as Mayor
- Return of the Chinese Boxer as Sau Bai-Lung
- Return of the Tiger ... (Producer)
- The Deadly Silver Spear
- One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry
- The Lantern Street
- The Criminal as Hung Ta Hao
1976
- Killer Meteors as Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
- Master of the Flying Guillotine as Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer
- The Private Eyes as Actor in Theatre Movie
- A Queen's Ransom as Jimmy
- The One Armed Swordsmen as Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman
- Tiger & Crane Fists as Ching Sing Chang
- One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers as Liu Ching Wu/Liu Yi Su
1975
- The Man from Hong Kong as Fang
- The Double Double Cross as Black suit
- My Wacky, Wacky World as Fake villager
- The Great Hunter as Captain Wu
- A Cookbook of Birth Control
1974
- Four Real Friends as Hsiao Pao
- My Father, My Husband, My Son
1973
- Seaman No. 7 as Wang Hai-Lung
- The Tattooed Dragon as Tattooed Dragon
- Beach of the War Gods as Hsiao Feng
- The Screaming Tiger as Ma Tai Yung
- Knight Errant as Lin Hao-Shan
- The Two Cavaliers
- A Man Called Tiger as Chin Fu
- Fast Fists as Hong Ching-Pau/Red Lantern
- The Iron Man
- Queen of Fist as Ma Yung-Chen
- The Black Friday as Chen Ah Kwang
1972
- One-Armed Boxer as Yu Tien-Lung
- Furious Slaughter as Ma Yung Shen
- Fury of King Boxer
- Showdown
- Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness
- The Rebel Boxer
- The Lion's Heart
- Iron Fist Adventure
- The Invincible
- The Gallant as The Gallant
- A Kiss to Remember as Jimmy
1971
- Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman as Wang Kang
- Blood of the Dragon as Lung Ti / The White Dragon
- The Magnificent Chivalry
- The Brave and the Evil as Bai Sifeng
- The Invincible Sword as Ling Yu Fong
- Rage of the Tiger as Tiger Wong
- The Professional Killer as Lu He-Gang
- The Sword
- The Gallant Duo as Yi Chun
1970
- The Chinese Boxer as Lei Ming
- My Son as Yang Kuo-Liang
1969
- Return of the One-Armed Swordsman as Fang Gang
1968
- The Sword of Swords as Lin Jenshiau
- Golden Swallow as Silver Roc Xiao Pang
1967
- The One-Armed Swordsman as Fang Kang
- The Trail of the Broken Blade as Li Yue / Jiang Qi
- The Sword and the Lute as Gui Wu
- Asia-Pol as Yang Ming Xuan
- Auntie Lan as He You-Wen
- The Assassin as Nie Zheng
1966
- The Magnificent Trio as Lu Fang
- Tiger Boy as Lei Hu (Tiger Boy)
- The Joy of Spring as Himself [cameo]
1965
- Temple of the Red Lotus as Gui Wu
- The Twin Swords as Gui Wu