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Cheng Gwan Min (1917–1994) was a Hong Kong TVB actor. He died in China at the age of 77, reportedly from lung cancer.

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Cheng Gwan Min 鄭君綿
Born	1917 British Hong Kong
Died	2 August 1994(1994-08-02) (aged 76–77) British Hong Kong
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1937–1994
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	鄭君綿
Simplified Chinese	郑君绵
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin zhèng jūn miàn Yue: Cantonese Jyutping cheng4 gwaan1 meen2

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.

Filmography

• The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhou (1937)
• A Wealthy Family (1947)
• Separated Too Soon (1948)
• Night Discovery of the Women's Trap (1949)
• A Pitiable Wife (1949)
• Strange Bedfellows (1949)
• Blood-Stained Azeleas (1951)
• The Talking Bird (1959)
• The Orphans (1960)
• Death to the Killer (1960)
• Ali Baba and the 40 Robbers (1960)
• Revolutionary Heroine (1960)
• Temperamental Amazon (1961)
• False Alarm (1962)
• Naughty! Naughty! (1974)
• The Perfect Match (1982)
• Rise of the Great Wall (1985)
• Project A Part II (1987)
• Looking Back In Anger (1989)
• Man from Guangdong (1991)

External links

• Cheng Gwan-min at IMDb
• Hong Kong Cinemagic entry

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