Jimmy Wang Yu

Personal Info

Birthday

March 28, 1944

Day of Death

2022-04-05

(78 years old)

Place of Birth

Wuxi, China

Also Known As

Yu Wang

Wang Zhengquan

Wong Yu-lung

Wang Yue

王羽

جیمی وانگ یو

Jimmy Wang Yu

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.

Known For

Dragon

Island of Fire

Fantasy Mission Force

The Beheaded 1000

Requital

Return of the One-Armed Swordsman

The Guillotines

Master of the Flying Guillotine

Filmography

2019
Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks
as Self (archive footage)
2013
Soul
as Wang
2012
The Guillotines
as Gonge
2011
Let's Go!
as Mr Hon Yu
Dragon
as The Master
2005
A Century of Light and Shadow
as Self
1994
Cinema of Vengeance
as Self (uncredited)
1993
The Beheaded 1000
as Executioner Ren De-Tie
1992
Requital
as Wai's hired assassin
Shogun and Little Kitchen
as Mr Lin Chong Yun
1990
Island of Fire
as Kui / Lucas
1987
The Thundering Ninja
as David Wong (archive footage)
1986
Millionaires' Express
as Master Wong
1984
Shanghai 13
as Black Hat
1983
Fantasy Mission Force
as Captain Don Wen
1978
Boxer, Lover, Lawyer
as Zhenghan
1977
Return of the Chinese Boxer
as Sau Bai-Lung
The Criminal
as Hung Ta Hao
Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao
as Mayor
1976
The Private Eyes
as Actor in Theatre Movie
A Queen's Ransom
as Jimmy
Killer Meteors
as Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
Master of the Flying Guillotine
as Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer
The One Armed Swordsmen
as Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman
One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers
as Liu Ching Wu/Liu Yi Su
Tiger & Crane Fists
as Ching Sing Chang
1975
The Double Double Cross
as Black suit
The Man from Hong Kong
as Fang
My Wacky, Wacky World
as Fake villager
The Great Hunter
as Captain Wu
1974
Four Real Friends
as Hsiao Pao
1973
The Tattooed Dragon
as Tattooed Dragon
Queen of Fist
as Ma Yung-Chen
The Screaming Tiger
as Ma Tai Yung
The Black Friday
as Chen Ah Kwang
Fast Fists
as Hong Ching-Pau/Red Lantern
Beach of the War Gods
as Hsiao Feng
Seaman No. 7
as Wang Hai-Lung
Knight Errant
as Lin Hao-Shan
A Man Called Tiger
as Chin Fu
1972
The Gallant
as The Gallant
One-Armed Boxer
as Yu Tien-Lung
Furious Slaughter
as Ma Yung Shen
1971
The Hero
as Tiger Wong
Blood of the Dragon
as Lung Ti / The White Dragon
The Professional Killer
as Lu He-Gang
The Gallant Duo
as Yi Chun
The Brave and the Evil
as Bai Sifeng
Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman
as Wang Kang
The Invincible Sword
as Ling Yu Fong
1970
The Chinese Boxer
as Lei Ming
My Son
as Yang Kuo-Liang
1969
Return of the One-Armed Swordsman
as Fang Gang
1968
The Sword of Swords
as Lin Jenshiau
Golden Swallow
as Silver Roc Xiao Pang
1967
The Assassin
as Nie Zheng
The One-Armed Swordsman
as Fang Kang
Asia-Pol
as Yang Ming Xuan
The Sword and the Lute
as Gui Wu
The Trail of the Broken Blade
as Li Yue / Jiang Qi
Auntie Lan
as He You-Wen
1966
The Joy of Spring
as Himself [cameo]
The Magnificent Trio
as Lu Fang
Tiger Boy
as Lei Hu (Tiger Boy)
1965
The Twin Swords
as Gui Wu
Temple of the Red Lotus
as Gui Wu