Jimmy Wang Yu
- Born
- March 28, 1944 · Wuxi, China
- Died
- April 5, 2022
- Actor
- Producer
- Director
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.
Filmography · 14 credits
The GuillotinesActor (Gong-E)
DragonActor (The Master)
Island of FireActor (Lucas) · Actor (Kui)
Fantasy Mission ForceActor (Don Wen)
Master of the Flying GuillotineDirector · Writer · Actor (Liu Ti Lung, The One-Armed Boxer)
The Killer MeteorsActor (Mei Xing He)
The Man from Hong KongActor (Fang) · Director- The New SpartansActor (Material arts movie star Wang Fu)
- Flying Fists of DeathActor
One-Armed BoxerActor (Yu Tien Lung) · Director · Writer
Zatoichi and the One-Armed SwordsmanActor (Wang Kong) · Actor (One-armed Swordsman)
The Hammer of GodActor (Lei Ming) · Writer · Director
Return of the One-Armed SwordsmanActor (Fang Gang) · Actor (One-armed Swordsman)
One-Armed SwordsmanActor (One-armed Swordsman) · Actor (Fang Kang)