Simon Yuen Siu-Tien
Born: 1912-11-27 in Hong Kong, China
Died: 1980-12-17
Known For: Acting
Biography
Yuen Siu-Tien (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real life son Yuen Woo-ping. Yuen died having a heart attack in 1979. Leader of the Yuen Clan and father of: Peace Yuen Wo-Ping; Charlie Yuen Cheung-Yan; Sunny Yuen Shun-Yi; Simon Yuen Yat-Choh; Brandy Yuen Jan-Yeung and Yuen Lung-Kui.
Filmography
2004
1995
- Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter as Self
1982
1981
- An Old Kung Fu Master
- Master with Cracked Fingers as Old Master
1980
- The Buddhist Fist as Sleeping monk
- Against Rascals with Kung-Fu
- The Six Directions of Boxing
1979
- Dance of the Drunk Mantis as Sam the Seed / Beggar Su
- Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist as Crippled Fist Master (as Yuen Hsiao-Tien)
- The World of Drunken Master as [Cameo]
- Blind Fist of Bruce as The Blind Master
- The Mystery of Chess Boxing as Master Cook
- The Story of the Drunken Master as Beggar So
- Sleeping Fist as Old Fox
- Crystal Fist as Cook / Teacher
- Iron Bridge Kung-Fu as Piggy
- Mad Mad Kung Fu as Bamboo Stick
- Horse Boxing Killer
1978
- Drunken Master as Beggar So
- Snake in the Eagle's Shadow as The Beggar / Pai Chang Tien
- The 36th Chamber of Shaolin as Abbot in Charge of Boxing Chamber (uncredited)
- Heroes of the East as Ho To's Sifu
- Drunken Master Strikes Back as Su Hua Chi / Beggar So / Sam Seed
- Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat
1977
- The Dragon Lives Again as Hua Tao
- Deadly Snail vs. Kung Fu Killers as Head Snake Demon
1976
- Wong Fay Hung
- Karate from Shaolin Temple as Yuen Yun
1975
- "Fertility" Bank
- The Young Rebel as Rong's Sifu
- Return of the Crazy Bumpkins
1974
- Shaolin Martial Arts as Master Liang Hong
- The Association as Sifu
- The Valiant Ones as Pirate with bow
- Martial Arts as Street performer
1973
- The Kiss of Death as Yuen
- Fist to Fist as Sleeping Waiter
- Chinese Kung Fu
- Iron Bull
- 英雄榜
1972
- The Warlord as Bald man at the Kao Pai trial
- 鸿运当头
1969
- Iron Bones
- Supreme Sword
- Dragon Swamp as Ding Long (fisherman)
- Sword of Emei as Chiu's man
- The Fragrant Sword
- 银刀血剑
- The One-armed Magic Nun
- Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
- 黄飞鸿巧夺鲨鱼青
- 血羅巾
- 黄飞鸿神威伏三煞
- 鐵髮紅姑
- 黃飛鴻浴血硫磺谷
- 殺氣嚴霜
1968
1967
- Jin ou as Henchman
- The Goddess of Mercy as Dancing Soldier
- The Silent Swordsman as Sun Moon Clan member
- The Sword and the Lute as Red Lotus Clan member
- Paragon of Sword and Knife
- The Witch
- 紅衣少女
1966
- Come Drink with Me as Jade Faced Tiger's Man
- 中原奇俠 as 東海騰蛟
- The Knight of Knights as Chaoching monk
- One Duel Too Many (Part 2) as 岑大化
- One Duel Too Many
1965
- 孫悟空三戲百花仙
- Red Dragon
- Sword of Swords as Pole-fighter
- 箫声震武林（上集） as 慧明僧
- The All-powerful Flute: Part 2
- The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Part Two)
- Six Fingers
- 999离奇三凶手
- 箫声震武林（下集） ... (Action Director)
- 火凤狂龙
- The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Concluding Episode)
1964
- Buddha's Palm (Part 3) as Scholar in Yellow
- Operation Hong Kong
- Buddha's Palm (Part 1) as (Uncredited) Leader of the Spirit Serpent Cult, the Wolf God Sword Shadow
- The Snowflake Sword (Part 1)
- The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One as Monk Yi Tin
- The Flying Fox in the Snowy Mountains as Lau Hok-jan
- Spy No. 13 as Agent A
- The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two as Monk Yi Tin
- Buddha's Palm (Part 2) ... (Martial Arts Choreographer)
- Devil's Palm (Part One) as Buddhist Master
1963
1962
- Hong Kong Hot Harbor
- The Birth of Yue Fei
- Pledge of the Twin Blades (Part 1) ... (Choreographer)
- Hunting for the Murderer as 歹徒
1961
- A Sword and Nine Rings, Part Two as imperial guard
- Secret Book
- 花蝴蝶三氣飛天貓
1960
- The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine as Gangster
1956
1954
- 打破玉籠飛彩鳳 as 惡徒