Kwan Tak-hing was a Hong Kong martial artist and actor best known for his portrayal of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s.
12 Facts About Kwan Tak-hing
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Kwan Tak-hing was elected in 1955 as the chairman of the Chinese Artist Association of Hong Kong.
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Kwan Tak-hing's father died of a disease at a young age.
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Kwan Tak-hing's first starring roles came two years later in Song of the Yesterday and Song of Sadness.
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Kwan Tak-hing worked on films with two of the students of Lam Sai-wing.
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The Wong Fei-hung sequence of films ended in 1970 and Kwan Tak-hing went into semi-retirement.
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Kwan Tak-hing received an honorary MBE for his charitable work and contribution to the entertainment industry, in 1984.
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On 5 November 1984, Kwan Tak-hing married his second wife Kwan Tak-hing Yut-chur in Reno, Nevada, whom he first met whilst travelling in the US, whilst raising money for the Chinese war effort.
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Kwan Tak-hing appeared in cameo roles in The Family Strikes Back and Aces Go Places 4.
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Kwan Tak-hing died on the day after his 91st birthday of pancreatic cancer.
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Kwan Tak-hing was known for his skills in the lion dance and Chinese calligraphy.
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Kwan Tak-hing became so associated with the mature Wong Fei-hung that other filmmakers would only portray the character as a younger person, including Jackie Chan playing Wong as a young man in Drunken Master, and Yuen Woo-ping depicting Wong as a child in Iron Monkey.