1. Alan Tang Kwong-Wing was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director.
15 Facts About Alan Tang
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Alan Tang was the youngest of four children, having two older brothers and one older sister.
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Alan Tang deferred his acceptance to pursue an acting career.
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Alan Tang's first starring role was at age 16 in the 1963 film The Student Prince, a role he landed after some school friends showed his picture to the people making a movie at their secondary school.
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Alan Tang was often voted "Best Male Actor" by film magazines.
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Alan Tang found fame when he moved to Taiwan during the 1970s, where he had made over 60 feature films.
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In one 1974 article, Alan Tang said that he was working on six movies at the same time; however, he only worked on one film a day and that made it difficult for producers.
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Alan Tang continued his popular film career in both Hong Kong and Taiwan in the late 1970s.
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In 1977, Alan Tang starred in director John Lo Mar's romance movie Impetuous Fire with up-and-coming teenage star Candice Yu.
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In 1987, Alan Tang established another production company, In-Gear Film Production Co.
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Alan Tang had written the scripts for the films, Return Engagement and Flaming Brothers, which both starred Tang.
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Wong's current nostalgic artsy style took shape during his apprenticeship with Alan Tang, who invested in the first movie Wong directed, As Tears Go By.
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Wong's career took off when he directed the film Days of Being Wild in 1990, despite Alan Tang losing millions of invested dollars.
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Alan Tang was an active philanthropist in Hong Kong and mainland China as both an individual and an involved Rotarian.
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On 29 March 2011, Alan Tang died in his home in Ho Man Tin at around 9 pm from a heart attack.