Wong Yue | |
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汪禹 | |
Born | Wong Chi-kuen (汪志權) October 26, 1955 |
Died | May 15, 2008 | (aged 52)
Other names | Wong Yu Wang Yu |
Occupation | actor |
Wong Yue (born Wong Chi-kuen; 26 October 1955 – 15 May 2008) was a Hong Kong martial arts film actor.
Born Wong Chi-kuen in Hong Kong on 26 October 1955. He starred in many Shaw Brothers Studio films and is known for his comic roles in films with Gordon Liu, such as Dirty Ho, Spiritual Boxer II, The 36th Chamber of Shaolin and Eight Diagram Pole Fighter.
He was sometimes credited as Wong Yu and as Wang Yu, but is a different person than an older Shaw Brothers star, Jimmy Wang Yu. He was renamed after him as a revenge of producer Shaw against the original Wang Yu.
Wong Yue died in Hong Kong on May 16, 2008, from acute pneumonia.