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Kwan Tak-hing was born on 27 June, 1905 in Guangzhou, Qing Empire, is a Hong Kong martial artist and actor. Discover Kwan Tak-hing's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

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Occupation martial artist · actor
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 27 June, 1905
Birthday 27 June
Birthplace Guangzhou, Qing Empire
Date of death 28 June, 1996
Died Place British Hong Kong
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Who Is Kwan Tak-hing's Wife?

His wife is Chan Yat-chor (m. 1928) Kwan Yut-chur (m. 5 November 1984)

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Kwan Tak-hing Net Worth

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1905

Kwan Tak-hing, MBE (27 June 1905 – 28 June 1996) was a Hong Kong martial artist and actor best known for his portrayal of martial artist folk hero Wong Fei-hung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s.

No one else in cinema history has portrayed the same person as many times.

In total he made over 130 films.

Kwan was born in Guangzhou, China in 1905.

He was the second child in the family.

His father died of a disease at a young age.

To supplement his family's income, as a boy, Kwan worked as a cowherd.

When he was 12, he began work in construction.

At the age of 13, he worked as a waiter in a restaurant in Singapore before joining a Cantonese opera troupe under Cheng Hsin-pei.

1928

In 1928 at the age of 23, he married Chan Yat-chor (陳日初), the daughter of the actor known only by his nickname of "Bind-Legged Champ" (扎腳勝), and they had a son David Kwan Hon-chuen (關漢泉).

His film debut was in The Singing Lovers (aka Romance of the Songsters), made in the US for the Grandview Studios and only the second Cantonese-language talkie ever made.

1935

His first starring roles came two years later in Song of the Yesterday (aka Yesterday's Song) and Song of Sadness (both 1935).

1936

Kwan's first martial arts film was Knight of the Whip (1936).

During World War II he was in a troupe of patriotic entertainers and had a price put on his head by the Japanese.

1949

The first film in which he starred as Wong Fei-hung was the Story of Huang Feihong part 1 (1949) directed by Wu Pang and produced by the Yong Yao Film Company.

1951

First, Leong Wing-hang, who worked as action director on Wong Fei-hung films as well as other Kwan vehicles including The Five Heroes' Deadly Spears (1951).

Later he worked with Lau Cham, father of Lau Kar-leung and Lau Kar-wing.

1955

He was elected in 1955 as the chairman of the Chinese Artist Association of Hong Kong.

1956

The film included Shih Kien as the villain and Li Lan, the very first winner of the Miss Hong Kong Pageant, and the first of many winners who would become famous actresses in Hong Kong). This partnership was a huge success and spawned many sequels, exploring many ideas and situations used in later action films. In 1956, a total of 25 Wong Fei-hung films were released.

Kwan worked on films with two of the students of Lam Sai-wing (himself a student of the real Wong Fei-hung).

1970

The Wong Fei-hung sequence of films ended in 1970 and Kwan went into semi-retirement.

During this period, Kwan opened a martial arts school and a number of herbal centres, whose branded soup and an ointment for bruises were well known in Hong Kong.

1974

In 1974, Golden Harvest revived the role, pairing Kwan with Sammo Hung in The Skyhawk.

1976

TVB also aired a 13-part television series featuring Kwan as Wong Fei-hung in 1976.

By this time, he was in his 70s and although he was doubled for the more athletic scenes, he still demonstrated remarkable fitness and suppleness.

1979

Other films followed in which Kwan played his most familiar role – Magnificent Butcher (1979), Magnificent Kick (1980), and Dreadnaught (1981).

1984

He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1984.

Kwan received an honorary MBE for his charitable work and contribution to the entertainment industry, in 1984.

On 5 November 1984, Kwan married his second wife Kwan Yut-chur in Reno, Nevada, whom he first met whilst travelling in the US, whilst raising money for the Chinese war effort.

To the Chinese, Kwan embodied Confucian virtues and patriarchal authority, and he is thought to have modelled his speeches on those of Sun Yat-sen.

1986

Kwan appeared in cameo roles in The Family Strikes Back and Aces Go Places 4 (both 1986).

1994

His final film appearance was in the 1994 family comedy film It's a Wonderful Life!, at the age of 89, some 61 years after his acting career began.

He died at the age of 91 of pancreatic cancer.

In Bey Logan's audio commentary for the film The Magnificent Butcher, he states that though there is a grave marker to Kwan Tak-hing in Kowloon territory, his ashes were already taken to San Francisco to rest with those of his second wife.

Kwan was originally a practitioner of the Opera Martial Arts of Masters Sun Pak/Cheng Hsin-pei and Len Yuen-hang and the White Crane and Hung Gar martial art of Fok Hung.

Throughout his life he made friends with famous martial arts exponents and cross trained extensively.

Training in Wong Fei-hung's style of Hung Gar came from Leung Wing-hang and Lau Jam, both students of the famous Lam Sai-wing.

His weapons speciality included the use of the bullwhip and the pole.

Kwan was also known for his skills in the lion dance and Chinese calligraphy.

Although modern martial arts films often feature a lot of violence, at the end of The Magnificent Butcher, Kwan's Wong Fei-hung saves the main villain (played by Lee Hoi-san) from being killed by Butcher Wing (Sammo Hung).