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Han Ying-chieh | |||||||||||
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| Chinese: 韓英傑 | |||||||||||
| Born | January 1, 1927 | ||||||||||
| Died | October 15, 1991 (aged 64) | ||||||||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 韓英傑 | ||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 韩英杰 | ||||||||||
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Han Ying-chieh (January 1, 1927 – October 15, 1991) was a Hong Kong Chinese actor. He started acting from 1966 and acted in movies such as Come Drink with Me and others. He acted in some films with Bruce Lee such as The Big Boss and Fist of Fury and with Jackie Chan in New Fist of Fury. Ying-chieh has acted 60 movies from 1946 to 1991. His final performance was in The Swordsman (1990 film) as Huashan Sect elder Feng QingYang (風清揚).
In 1946, at the age of 19, he moved to Shanghai to work as a stuntman in the film industry. A few years later, he moved to Hong Kong and Singapore to develop, taking on side jobs such as martial arts actor, stuntman. In the 1960s, he returned to Hong Kong to join the Shaw Brothers Studio (which were privatized), performing many stunts, stunt exhibitions and producing films. At the same time, he was able to create more amazing performances and had a chance to meet director Hu Jinquan. In 1966, he left Shaw Brothers and moved to Taiwan to develop. Until 1970, when Han Yingjie returned to Hong Kong to develop, he worked as a martial arts instructor.
In 1990, Han was rushed to a hospital in Hong Kong where he was diagnosed with cancer. He later succumbed to the disease on October 15, 1991, after a one-year battle. He was 64 years old. Han was buried in a Hong Kong Cemetery.
