Jimmy Wang Yu

Actor

Born: March 28, 1944 (78 years old)

Died: April 5, 2022

Place of birth: Wuxi, China

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.

Filmography (44)

• The Man from Hong Kong (1975, ★ 6.6)
• Eighteen Springs (1997, ★ 7.4)
• Golden Swallow (1968, ★ 6.3)
• The Chinese Boxer (1970, ★ 6.2)
• Shanghai 13 (1984, ★ 6)
• The Magnificent Trio (1966, ★ 6.5)
• Return of the One-Armed Swordsman (1969, ★ 6.6)
• One-Armed Boxer (1972, ★ 7)
• Dragon (2011, ★ 6.9)
• The Iron Man (1973, ★ 6.8)
• The One-Armed Swordsman (1967, ★ 6.8)
• The Assassin (1967, ★ 6.3)
• The Sword and the Lute (1967, ★ 5.4)
• The Screaming Tiger (1973, ★ 5.9)
• Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks (2019, ★ 6.8)
• Millionaires' Express (1986, ★ 6.7)
• The Sword of Swords (1968, ★ 5.6)
• The Trail of the Broken Blade (1967, ★ 5.7)
• The Twin Swords (1965, ★ 5.3)
• The Guillotines (2012, ★ 5.6)
• The Private Eyes (1976, ★ 6.3)
• Island of Fire (1990, ★ 6.2)
• Master of the Flying Guillotine (1976, ★ 6.6)
• Blood of the Dragon (1971, ★ 6.2)
• Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman (1971, ★ 6.8)
• Beach of the War Gods (1973, ★ 6.1)
• A Queen's Ransom (1976, ★ 6.3)
• The One Armed Swordsmen (1976, ★ 6.4)
• Asia-Pol (1967, ★ 6.7)
• Dark Society in the East (1993, ★ 6.4)