Chin Han (actor, born 1938)
Chin Han | |||||||
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| Born | 4 December 1938 | ||||||
| Other names | King Han Kam Hon Kien Han Ronald Bi | ||||||
| Occupation(s) | actor, director, writer, producer | ||||||
| Years active | 1963–1983 | ||||||
| Spouse | Ivy Ling Po (married 1966) | ||||||
| Children | Kenneth Bi (born 1967) Daniel Bi (born 1974) | ||||||
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Ronald Bi Jen-hsu (born 4 December[1] 1938[2]), known by his stage name Chin Han, is a retired Hong Kong actor, director, screenwriter and producer born in mainland China. He has appeared in over 50 Mandarin-language films in Hong Kong and Taiwan, many of them produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio in the 1960s and the 1970s.
Personal life
[edit]Born in Weihai,[3] Republic of China, Pi Jen-hsu moved to Hong Kong as a small child during the Japanese occupation of Hong Kong.[4] After finishing from New Method College, his first career was in a hong. In 1961, he entered Shaw Brothers Studio, working as a script supervisor for director Yueh Feng. In 1964, he rose to fame when Yueh Feng cast him in a major Huangmei opera film Lady General Hua Mu-lan, opposite superstar Ivy Ling Po.[2]
In 1966, Chin Han married Ivy Ling Po. They moved to Taiwan in 1973 where they continued to work in the film industry[2] until immigrating to Canada in the late 1980s. After retirement, they made guest appearances in their son Kenneth Bi's directorial debut Rice Rhapsody (2004).[3]
Filmography
[edit]Film
[edit]- As actor
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1963 | Revenge of a Swordswoman ( |
Han Dahai | |
| The Love Eterne ( |
extra, opera film | ||
| 1964 | Between Tears and Smiles ( |
street stunt performer | extra |
| Lady General Hua Mu-lan ( |
Li Guang | opera film | |
| The Female Prince ( |
Li Rulong | opera film | |
| The Warlord and the Actress ( |
Lin Keqiang | ||
| 1965 | Sons of Good Earth ( |
university student | extra |
| Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore ( |
Lawyer Fan | ||
| 1966 | The Blue and the Black ( |
Ho Meng | 2-part film series |
| The Joy of Spring ( |
Tu Shao-hua | ||
| 1967 | The Dragon Creek ( |
Guo Jianming | |
| 1967 | The Midnight Murder ( |
Wang Zhengtu | opera film |
| 1967 | My Dream Boat ( |
Chi Yuan | |
| 1967 | Song of Tomorrow ( |
Yu Ming | [5] |
| 1968 | Summer Heat ( |
Chu Ta-wei | |
| 1969 | Diary of a Lady-Killer ( |
Chou Kuo-hsiung | |
| River of Tears ( |
Feng Chi-wei | ||
| 1970 | Brothers Five ( |
Gao Hao | |
| The Heroic Ones ( |
Li Siyuan | ||
| Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers? ( |
Chen Ta-kang | ||
| 1971 | Long Road to Freedom ( |
Lin Chung | |
| The Swift Knight ( |
Liu Xuanping | ||
| Sons and Daughters ( |
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| Duel for Gold ( |
Meng Long | ||
| 1972 | The Killer ( |
Ma Yi | |
| The Champion of Champions ( |
Jiang Hanyun | ||
| Finger of Doom ( |
Lu Tianbao | ||
| Trilogy of Swordsmanship ( |
Li Jingrang | Segment 2: "The Tigress" (胭脂 | |
| 1973 | The Champion ( |
Lu Fu | |
| Woman of the Night ( |
Su Po-hsuan | Segment 1 (anthology film) | |
| The Boxers ( |
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| 1974 | Crazy Nuts of Kung Fu ( |
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| Thirteen ( |
Lu Tao-jan | ||
| The Two Faces of Love ( |
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| Sergeant Hsiung ( |
Hsiung Chi-lao | ||
| Green Green Meadow ( |
Fang Chen-huai | ||
| 1975 | Eight Hundred Heroes ( |
Shangkuan Chih-piao | |
| The Chinese Amazons ( |
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| 1976 | Crossroad ( |
Ho Wen-chang | also director, writer, producer |
| April Melody ( |
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| The Last Battle of Yang Chao ( |
Shi Kefa | ||
| 1977 | The Prominent Eunuch Chen Ho ( |
Zhu Di | |
| Heroes of the Eastern Skies ( |
Liu Cuigang | ||
| 1979 | The Battle of Ku-ning-tou ( |
Hu Lien | |
| 1980 | Magnificent 72 ( |
Huang Keqiang | |
| 1981 | A Sword Named Revenge ( |
Ji Wuqing | |
| Heroes from the Sky ( |
guest star | ||
| The Thrilling Sword ( |
King Gaoxing | ||
| The Coldest Winter in Peking ( |
Commander Qiu | guest star | |
| 1983 | The Longest Night ( |
army commander | guest star |
| The Lost Generation ( |
casino debt collector | guest star | |
| 1987 | Master Hui Neng (六祖慧能傳) | Emperor Wu of Liang | guest star |
| 2004 | Rice Rhapsody ( |
Bill's grandpa | guest star |
- As director
- 1965: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies (
艷 諜三 盲 女 ) - 1966: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies 2 (
盲 女 地下 司令 ) - 1966: Three Beautiful Blind Female Spies 3 (
盲 女 大 逃亡 ) - 1966: The In-law Marriage (
親 姆娶親 家 ) - 1967: The Other Day's Typhoon (
颱風 雨 彼 日 ) - 1976: Crossroad (
十字路 口 ) – also actor, writer and producer - 1978: Dream of the Red Chamber (
新 紅 樓 夢 ) – also writer (opera film) - 1980: The Imperious Princess (
金枝 玉 葉 ) – also co-producer (opera film)
- As writer
- 1967: The Three Desperate Drunks (
賭 命 三 醉客 ) - 1976: Crossroad (
十字路 口 ) – also actor, director and producer - 1978: Dream of the Red Chamber (
新 紅 樓 夢 ) – also writer (opera film)
- As producer
- 1976: Crossroad (
十字路 口 ) – also actor, director and writer - 1980: The Imperious Princess (
金枝 玉 葉 ) – also director (opera film)
Television series
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 1981 | Our Land, Our People ( |
Zuo Baogui | |
| 1986 | The Legend of Imperial Consort Yang ( |
Li Longji |
References
[edit]- ^ Wang Tsu-shou (5 December 2002).
迎 凌 波 大 哥大超大 排 場 [To Welcome Ivy Ling Po, Variety Big Brother Had Huge Show]. Min Sheng Bao (in Chinese). Archived from the original on 12 August 2014. Retrieved 11 August 2014. - ^ a b c
我 愛 梁 兄 哥-凌 波 的 魅力 [I Love "Big Brother Liang": Ivy Ling Po's Charisma] (in Chinese). Chinese Taipei Film Archive. - ^ a b Nien Chang-yu; Liang Yu-fang (29 March 2005).
深 情 梁 兄 哥 40年 只 愛 金 大聲 [Devoted "Big Brother Liang" Only Loved "Loud-Voiced Chin" in 40 Years]. United Daily News (in Chinese). - ^ Lawrence Cheng (9 May 2009). Home Sweet Home (talk show) (in Chinese). now Hong Kong.
- ^ "Song of Tomorrow". hkmdb.com. 12 October 1967. Retrieved 17 July 2021.
External links
[edit]- Han Chin at IMDb
- Chin Han at the Hong Kong Movie Database
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| National | |
Categories:
- 1938 births
- Hong Kong male film actors
- Hong Kong film directors
- Living people
- Writers from Weihai
- Hong Kong male television actors
- Hong Kong screenwriters
- Hong Kong film producers
- Hong Kong people of Shandong descent
- 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
- 21st-century Hong Kong male actors
- Male actors from Shandong
- Chinese male film actors
- Chinese male television actors
- 20th-century Chinese male actors
- 21st-century Chinese male actors
- Screenwriters from Shandong