Cheng Gwan Min 鄭君綿 | |||||||||||
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| Born | 1917 | ||||||||||
| Died | 2 August 1994 (aged 76–77) | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
| Years active | 1937–1994 | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 鄭君綿 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 郑君绵 | ||||||||||
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Cheng Gwan Min (1917–1994) was a Hong Kong TVB actor. He died in Hong Kong at the age of 78, reportedly from lung cancer.
A native of Baoan county, Guangdong province, Cheng was once a theatre actor and broadcaster. In 1936, he made his debut in The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhou in Guangzhou. During his long career of more than half a century, he made more than 200 films, mostly Cantonese.
A skilful imitator of singers from the East and the West, Cheng had numerous albums and performed Cantonese opera and musicals. He earned himself a nickname "Elvis Presley of the East".
From the 1970s onwards, he became a host of the classic variety show Enjoy Yourself Tonight, with occasional guest appearances in films.