Siu Tin Yuen
Actor

Siu Tin Yuen Net Worth

Siu Tin Yuen was a veteran of the Peking Opera who starred in many black and white costume dramas before being cast in _Snake in Eagle's Shadow_, which launched Jackie Chan's career. He then went on to feature in the sequel _Drunken Master_ alongside Chan and Jang Lee Hwang. His stock rose so much that he had to change hotels every night to avoid producers with dubious connections. Unfortunately, he died during the filming of _The Magnificent Butcher_, which was directed by his son, and his scenes had to be re-filmed. His last completed film was _The Buddhist Fist_.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Actor, Stunts, Miscellaneous Crew
Birth Day November 27, 1912
Age 108 YEARS OLD
Died On 8 January 1979(1979-01-08) (aged 66)\nHong Kong
Chinese name 袁小田
Pinyin Yuán Xiǎotián (Mandarin)
Jyutping Jyun4 Siu2tin4
Other names Simon Yuen Simon Yuen Siu-tien Siu-tien Yuen
Years active 1949–1979
Simplified Chinese 袁小田
Traditional Chinese 袁小田
Hanyu Pinyin Yuán Xiǎotián
TranscriptionsStandard MandarinHanyu PinyinWade–GilesYue: CantoneseJyutping Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Yuán Xiǎotián Wade–Giles Yuen Siu-tien Yue: Cantonese Jyutping Jyun4 Siu2tin4 Yuán XiǎotiánYuen Siu-tienJyun4 Siu2tin4
Wade–Giles Yuen Siu-tien

💰 Net worth: $100K - $1M

Biography/Timeline

1949

Yuen trained in the traditional Peking opera role of Wu-Shen. He began his acting career at age 37, in the first Wong Fei-hung film to star Kwan Tak-hing, Story of Huang Feihong (1949), though his film appearances were rare until the late 1950s. He is best known for portraying mentors and kung fu masters, and featured in almost 150 films throughout his career.

1970

The Rapper Ol' Dirty Bastard took his name from one of Yuen's films Ol' Dirty & The Bastard. Wu-Tang's lyrics were often inspired by 1970s kung fu films.

1978

One of his internationally best-known films came late in his career, Drunken Master (1978), in which he played Beggar So (Sam Seed in some English dubs), an old hermit who had mastered the art of drunken boxing, aiding a young Wong Fei-hung, played by Jackie Chan. The role was a reprisal (in all but name) of the one he had played in another of Chan's films, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978). At the time, Drunken Master proved to be the most successful film to feature Chan. The film portrayed Wong Fei-hung as a young and mischievous rascal as opposed to the venerable, Confucian master of kung fu played in many films by Kwan Tak-hing. The movie was a surprise international hit, and greatly helped to boost the career of the then 66-year-old actor. Yuen reprised the role of The Beggar So for three further films, Dance of the Drunk Mantis, Story of Drunken Master, and World Of The Drunken Master (in which he had a cameo).

1979

On January 8, 1979, Yuen died of heart attack. He was 66 years old. Yuen was considered for the role of Beggar So in the 1979 film Magnificent Butcher alongside Sammo Hung, but died as production of the film began. Yuen was replaced by Fan Mei-sheng (father of the Story of Ricky star Fan Siu-wong). Filming was continued with Fan's Drunken Master character, which necessitated reshooting some of Yuen's scenes. However, Fan's character is never referred as "Beggar So" in this film.

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