Paul Wei Ping-Ao | |
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Chinese name | 魏平澳 |
Pinyin | Wèi Píng-ào (Mandarin) |
Jyutping | Ngai6 Ping4-ou3 (Cantonese) |
Born |
Nanjing, China |
29 November 1929
Died | 3 December 1989 Hong Kong |
(aged 60)
Years active | 1949-1989 |
Wei Ping-ao (29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December, 1989 in Hong Kong.