Jimmy Wang Yu

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

Silver Roc Xiao Pang
Black Hat
Yu Tien-Lung
The Master
Nie Zheng
Lin Hao-Shan
Self (archive footage)
Hong Ching-Pau/Red Lantern
Lei Hu (Tiger Boy)
Actor in Theatre Movie
Kui / Lucas
Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer
Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
Self (archive footage)
Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman
Ma Yung Shen
Lung Ti / The White Dragon
Wang Hai-Lung
Tiger Wong
Yang Ming Xuan
He You-Wen
Yang Kuo-Liang
Captain Don Wen
Tattooed Dragon
David Wong (archive footage)
Ma Yung-Chen
Ching Sing Chang
Hung Ta Hao
Chen Ah Kwang
Jimmy Wang Yu
The Gallant
Wang
Wai's hired assassin
Self (uncredited)
Executioner Ren De-Tie
(archive footage)