Paul Wei Ping-ao

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Wei.
Paul Wei Ping-Ao
Chinese name 魏平澳
Pinyin Wèi Píng-ào (Mandarin)
Jyutping Ngai6 Ping4-ou3 (Cantonese)
Born (1929-11-29)29 November 1929
Nanjing, China
Died 3 December 1989(1989-12-03) (aged 60)
Hong Kong
Years active 1949-1989

Wei Ping-ao (29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years.[1]He was an actor and assistant director, known for The Way of the Dragon (1972), The Chinese Connection (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He died on December 3, 1989 in Hong Kong.

References

  1. ↑ Biography for Paul Wei Ping-ao at the Internet Movie Database

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