Jimmy Wang Yu
Acting · Production · Crew
Born March 28, 1944, Wuxi, China
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
- 2013Soul — Chuan's Father
- 2012The Guillotines — Gonge
- 2011Dragon — The Master
- 2011Let's Go! — Mr Hon Yu
- 2003The Master: Chang Cheh Documentary
- 1997Eighteen Springs — Producer
- 1997Stand Behind the Yellow Line — Producer
- 1993Dark Society in the East
- 1992Requital — Wai's hired assassin
- 1992Shogun and Little Kitchen — Mr Lin Chong Yun
- 1991Island of Fire — Kui / Lucas, Executive Producer
- 1991The Beheaded 1000 — Executioner Ren De-Tie, Producer
- 1991The Tantana — Producer
- 1987Dangerfreaks
- 1987The Thundering Ninja — David Wong (archive footage)
- 1986Millionaires' Express — Master Wong
- 1985Clash of the Professionals
- 1985Heart of Dragon — Presenter
- 1984Shanghai 13 — Black Hat
- 1983Fantasy Mission Force — Captain Don Wen
- 1980The Battle of Ku-Ning-Tou
- 1978Big Leap Forward
- 1978Boxer, Lover, Lawyer — Zhenghan
- 1977One Arm Chivalry Fights Against One Arm Chivalry
- 1977Return of the Chinese Boxer — Sau Bai-Lung, Director, Producer
- 1977Return of the Tiger — Producer
- 1977Revenge Of Kung Fu Mao — Mayor
- 1977The Criminal — Hung Ta Hao
- 1977The Deadly Silver Spear
- 1977The Lantern Street
- 1976A Queen's Ransom — Jimmy
- 1976Killer Meteors — Killer Meteor Mei Sin Her
- 1976Master of the Flying Guillotine — Liu Ti Lung / The One-Armed Boxer, Director, Writer
- 1976One Armed Swordsman Against Nine Killers — Liu Ching Wu/Liu Yi Su, Producer, Writer
- 1976The One Armed Swordsmen — Fong Ping / One-armed Swordsman, Director
- 1976The Private Eyes — Actor in Theatre Movie
- 1976Tiger & Crane Fists — Ching Sing Chang, Director
- 1975A Cookbook of Birth Control
- 1975My Wacky, Wacky World — Fake villager
- 1975The Double Double Cross — Black suit
- 1975The Great Hunter — Captain Wu
- 1975The Man from Hong Kong — Fang, Second Unit Director
- 1974Four Real Friends — Hsiao Pao, Director
- 1974My Father, My Husband, My Son
- 1973A Man Called Tiger — Chin Fu
- 1973Beach of the War Gods — Hsiao Feng, Director, Writer
- 1973Fast Fists — Hong Ching-Pau/Red Lantern
- 1973Knight Errant — Lin Hao-Shan
- 1973Queen of Fist — Ma Yung-Chen
- 1973Seaman No. 7 — Wang Hai-Lung
- 1973The Black Friday — Chen Ah Kwang
- 1973The Iron Man
- 1973The Screaming Tiger — Ma Tai Yung
- 1973The Tattooed Dragon — Tattooed Dragon
- 1973The Two Cavaliers
- 1972A Kiss to Remember — Jimmy
- 1972Boxers of Loyalty and Righteousness
- 1972Furious Slaughter — Ma Yung Shen
- 1972Fury of King Boxer
- 1972Iron Fist Adventure
- 1972One-Armed Boxer — Yu Tien-Lung, Director, Writer
- 1972Showdown
- 1972The Gallant — The Gallant
- 1972The Invincible
- 1972The Lion's Heart
- 1972The Rebel Boxer
- 1971Blood of the Dragon — Lung Ti / The White Dragon
- 1971Rage of the Tiger — Tiger Wong
- 1971The Brave and the Evil — Bai Sifeng, Writer, Director
- 1971The Gallant Duo — Yi Chun
- 1971The Invincible Sword — Ling Yu Fong
- 1971The Magnificent Chivalry
- 1971The Professional Killer — Lu He-Gang
- 1971The Sword — Director, Martial Arts Choreographer
- 1971Zatoichi Meets the One-Armed Swordsman — Wang Kang
- 1970My Son — Yang Kuo-Liang
- 1970The Chinese Boxer — Lei Ming, Director, Screenplay
- 1969Return of the One-Armed Swordsman — Fang Gang
- 1968Golden Swallow — Silver Roc Xiao Pang
- 1968The Sword of Swords — Lin Jenshiau
- 1967Asia-Pol — Yang Ming Xuan
- 1967Auntie Lan — He You-Wen
- 1967The Assassin — Nie Zheng
- 1967The One-Armed Swordsman — Fang Kang
- 1967The Sword and the Lute — Gui Wu
- 1967The Trail of the Broken Blade — Li Yue / Jiang Qi
- 1966The Magnificent Trio — Lu Fang
- 1966Tiger Boy — Lei Hu (Tiger Boy)
- 1965Temple of the Red Lotus — Gui Wu
- 1965The Twin Swords — Gui Wu
Appearances as themselves (4)
- 2019Iron Fists and Kung Fu Kicks — Self (archive footage)
- A Century of Light and Shadow — Self
- 1994Cinema of Vengeance — Self (uncredited)
- 1966The Joy of Spring — Himself [cameo]