Kwan Tak hing

Kwan Takhing, MBE was a Hong Kong actor who played the role of martial artist folk hero Wong Feihung in at least 77 films, between the 1940s and the 1980s. Noone else in cinema history has portrayed the same person as many times. In total he made over 130 films. He was elected to be the chairman of Chinese Artist Association of Hong Kong in 1955. He was awarded the MBE in 1983.

Kwan was born in Guangzhou, China in 1905. He was the second child in the family. His father died of a disease at a young age. To supplement his familys income, as a boy, Kwan worked as a cowherd. When he was 12, he began work in construction. At the age of 13, he worked as a waiter in a restaurant in Singapore before joining a Cantonese opera troupe under Cheng Hsinpei.

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