Kwan Shan
Appearance
Kwan Shan | |||||||||||
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關山 | |||||||||||
Born | Guan Bowei (關伯威) April 20, 1933 | ||||||||||
Died | October 1, 2012 | (aged 79)||||||||||
Other names | Guan Shan | ||||||||||
Spouse |
Cheung Bing Sai
(m. 1960; div. 1975) | ||||||||||
Children | 2 | ||||||||||
Relatives | Rosamund Kwan (daughter) | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 關山 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 关山 | ||||||||||
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Kwan Shan (April 20, 1933 – October 1, 2012) was a Hong Kong film actor. Kwan appeared as a romantic lead actor in Mandarin-language films created in Hong Kong, especially during the 1960s. His roles included several Shaw Brothers Studio productions.[1]
Early life
[edit]Kwan was born on April 20, 1933, in Shenyang, Liaoning province, China, and later moved to Hong Kong.[1][2] He was an ethnic Manchu who traced his heritage to the Guwalgiya clan.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Kwan's daughter is Rosamund Kwan, an actress.[1]
Kwan died of lung cancer on October 1, 2012, at the age of 79. His funeral was held at the Hong Kong Funeral Home.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Films
[edit]This is a partial list of films.
- 1958 You nu huai chun - Ping Kelai
- 1958 Ah Q zheng zhuan - Ah Q
- 1959 Teenager's holiday - Hsu Ke-Ming
- 1960 Yu guang lian - Sheng
- 1961 Love without end - Tang Pengnan
- 1962 Zi mei qing chou
- 1962 Hong lou meng - Jia Lian
- 1962 Xi shi zhong zhong - Chou Da-ye
- 1963 The Love Eterne
- 1963 Yang Nai Wu yu Xiao Bai Cai - Yang Nai-wu
- 1963: Yi mao qian
- 1963: Di er chun - Lin Yung-Kang
- 1964: Between Tears and Smiles
- 1964: Shan ge lian - Liu Ta-lung
- 1965: Hong ling lei
- 1966: the blue and the black - Zhang Xingya
- 1966: Mei gui wo ai ni
- 1966: Kuai lo qing chun
- 1967 Feng huo wan li qing
- 1967 Xing yue zheng hui
- 1967 Xie hen jing - Hu A-Mao
- 1967 Chui si tian e - Tu Fan
- 1967 Susanna (Chinese: 珊珊) - Lin Cheng Ting[3][4]
- 1967 Chu gu huang yin - Li Meng-chuang
- 1969 Bi hai qing tian ye ye xin - Hu Zhong Ning
- 1969 Tao li chun feng - Tu Ching-Kang
- 1969 Chun can - Liu Shimin
- 1969: Wo hen yue chang yuan
- 1970: A Cause to Kill - Li De Chang
- 1970: Zhongqing yi hao
- 1970: Yi feng qing bao bai wan bing
- 1970: Ku qing hua
- 1970: Chi xin de ren
- 1970: You nan huai chun
- 1970: Duo ming yan luo
- 1971: Wu dui jia ou
- 1971: Shuang qiang Wang Ba Mei
- 1971: Long shang chun hen
- 1971: Dao bu liu ren
- 1971: Jia hua zong bi ye hua xiang
- 1971: Nu shan jing hun
- 1972: Kuang feng sha
- 1972: Se zi tou shang yi ba dao
- 1972: Pei shi
- 1972: Tang ran ke
- 1973 Ai yu qi tan
- 1973 Nu huo
- 1973 Bu su zhi ke
- 1974 Yun piao piao
- 1974 'Hai Yan
- 1974 Guang dao nian ba - Imai Eisaku
- 1974 Bie liao qin ren
- 1974 Zhong tai quan tan sheng si zhan
- 1975 Lao nu ri ji
- 1975 Ling mo
- 1975 Qu mo nu
- 1975 Lang wen
- 1975 Qing suo
- 1975 Shi san bu da
- 1975 Xiao Shandong dao Xianggang
- 1976 Long jia jiang
- 1976 Mi zong sheng shou - Mr. Tseng
- 1976 Qiu Xia - Li Po-hao
- 1976 Yeongno
- 1977 Si da men pai
- 1977 Gui ma gu ye zi
- 1977 Broken Oath - Liu Da Xiong, General Liu.
- 1977 Pian pian feng ye pian pian qing
- 1978 Diao nu - Abbott
- 1978 Hua fei hua
- 1978 Zhui gan pao tiao peng
- 1980 Guningtou da zhan
- 1980 Yuan
- 1980 Da di yong shi
- 1980 Mei li yu ai chou
- 1981: Chuan qi ren wu
- 1981: Huang tian hou tu - Fang Yi-Pao
- 1981: Zhi ye xiong shou
- 1982: Ma liu guo hai
- 1982: Xiao dao hui
- 1982: Shou xin
- 1983: Yi chu jing hun
- 1983: Feng shui er shi nian - Manager Chung
- 1986: Foo gwai lip che - Bandit
- 1986: Dream Lovers - Hark-Nam
- 1987: Duet ming ga yan - Director Cheung
- 1987: A Better Tomorrow II - Ko Ying Pui
- 1988: Police Story 2 - President Fung [5]
- 1991: Gui gan bu - Sub-chief Lu / Li Fu-Min
- 1993: Yin doi hou hap zyun - The President
- 1994: 7 jin gong - Chief (final film role)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Veteran Hong Kong actor Kwan Shan dies". Straits Times. 2012-10-04. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ a b "Veteran Hong Kong actor Kwan Shan dies". The Chinese Mirror. Archived from the original on 2013-07-01. Retrieved 2012-10-25.
- ^ "Susanna (1967)". hkcinemagic.com. 1967. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ "珊珊 (1967), Susanna". hkmdb.com. October 16, 1967. Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ "Police Story 2 Cast". IMDb. Retrieved August 21, 2018.