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Roy Chiao (16 March 1927 – 15 April 1999) was a Hong Kong actor, most notable in the United States for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Roy Chiao
Born(1927-03-16)16 March 1927
Shanghai, China
Died15 April 1999(1999-04-15) (aged 72)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
CitizenshipHong Kong
OccupationActor
Years active1950–1999
Awards
Hong Kong Film Awards – Best Actor
1996 Summer Snow

Golden Bauhinia Awards – Best Actor
1996 Summer Snow

Chinese name
Traditional Chinese喬宏
Simplified Chinese乔宏

Biography


Chiao was born in Shanghai in 1927. His father was a supporter of Sun Yat-sen and was part of the Chinese Revolution. During the Korean War, Chiao went to Taiwan. He joined the United States Army at some stage, and with him being fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, Shanghainese, and English, he was a broadcaster and interpreter for the army. In 1955, he went to Japan and there he met actress Bai Guang who cast him in the 1956 film Xian mu dan.

Chiao married Liu Yen-Ping when he was in his twenties. She was a disc-jockey. Both he and his wife were Christians. Chiao had been a devout Christian since his early twenties. In 1964 he and his wife immigrated to Seattle. In his later years he became involved in missionary work.[1]

He was the founder of "Artists' Home," a Christian Fellowship for actors in Hong Kong. Singer-songwriter Zac Kao is one of the people who have been positively affected by Chio.[2][3]

He suffered three heart attacks before his heart disease-related death.


Career


The English speaking film appearances that Chiao appeared in included roles in the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme film Bloodsport, the 1973 Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon and the 1978 version of Lee's Game of Death. He performed in many Hong Kong films with a career total of 90 films.


1950s to 1960s


Chiao's screen debut was in the 1956 film Xian mu dan which came about as a result of his meeting actress Bai Guang. She had cast him in the film. On her recommendation he went to MP&GI in 1957 and that year he was signed to them.[4]

Recognized as a handsome leading man, in the 1959 film, Ferry to Hong Kong, Chiao played the part of the Americanized Johnny Sing-Up, a black leather jacket, blue jean wearing Elvis styled gangster from America.[5] Sing-Up was the partner of a pirate called Yen (played by Milton Reid) who board a ferry that has been battered in a storm and drifting near the China Coast.[citation needed]


1970s to 1999


In a type of send-up of his award-winning role in Summer Snow, Chiao played the part of the Alzheimer disease stricken grandfather of Tung Tzun in the 1996 film Blind Romance.[6][7] He had suffered from three heart attacks and died of heart disease.


Selected filmography



References


  1. Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema, By Lisa Odham Stokes - Page 90 CHIAO, ROY (Kiu Wang, Qiao Hong) (1927-1999)
  2. Hong Kong Cinemagic - Roy Chiao Hung Biography
  3. City News, April 4, 2010 - Zac Kao: Return To God
  4. Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema, By Lisa Odham Stokes - Page 90 CHIAO, ROY (Kiu Wang, Qiao Hong) (1927-1999)
  5. Postcolonialism, Diaspora, and Alternative Histories: The Cinema of Evans Chan, edited by Tony Williams - Page 80 15
  6. Love HK Film.com - Blind Romance
  7. The Hong Kong Filmography, 1977–1997, By John Charles - Page 32 Blind Romance


Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
for Chungking Express
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor
1996
for Summer Snow
Succeeded by
Kent Cheng
for The Log

На других языках


[de] Roy Chiao

Roy Chiao (chinesisch .mw-parser-output .Hant{font-size:110%}喬宏 / .mw-parser-output .Hans{font-size:110%}乔宏, Pinyin Qiáo Hóng, Jyutping Kiu4 Wang4; * 16. März 1927 in Shanghai, China; † 14. April 1999 in Seattle, Washington) war ein chinesischer Schauspieler.
- [en] Roy Chiao



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