Jimmy Wang Yu
Acting

Jimmy Wang Yu

1944-2022

Known for The One-Armed Swordsman, Master of the Flying Guillotine, Return of the One-Armed Swordsman.

8 linked movie credits shown
Born03/28/1944
Died04/05/2022
AgeDied at 78
BirthplaceWuxi, China
DepartmentActing
Also known asYu Wang, Wang Zhengquan, Wong Yu-lung, Wang Yue, 王羽, جیمی وانگ یو, 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.

Movie Credits

Shanghai 13 poster

Shanghai 13 (1984)

As Black Hat

Action

 Master of the Flying Guillotine poster

Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976)

As Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer

Fantasy, Action, Drama

 The Man from Hong Kong poster

The Man from Hong Kong (1975)

As Fang

Action, Crime, Adventure, Drama

 One-Armed Boxer poster

One-Armed Boxer (1972)

As Yu Tien-Lung

Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy

 The One-Armed Swordsman poster

The One-Armed Swordsman (1967)

As Fang Kang

Action, Drama

 Dragon poster

Dragon (2011)

As The Master

Drama, Action, Thriller

 Island of Fire poster

Island of Fire (1990)

As Kui / Lucas

Action, Crime, Drama

 Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks poster

Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019)

As Self (archive footage)

Documentary, History