Yuen siu tien biography examples

Chinese actor (–)

In this Chinese name, the family name is Yuen.

Yuen Siu-tien (Chinese: 袁小田) (27 November – 8 January ) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Hong Kong actor and martial artist.

Yuen siu tien biography examples

In the late s, Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So (a.k.a. Sam Seed) in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in several films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real-life son Yuen Woo-ping.

Film career

Yuen trained in the traditional Peking opera role of wusheng.

Yuen siu tien biography examples in english

He began his acting career at age 37, in the first Wong Fei-hung film to star Kwan Tak-hing, Story of Huang Feihong (), though his film appearances were rare until the late s. He is best known for portraying mentors and kung fu masters in his films, and featured in almost films throughout his career.

One of his internationally best-known films came lat