Bowie Wu

Bowie Wu
Background information
Chinese name 胡楓
胡繼修
(traditional)
Chinese name 胡枫 (simplified)
Pinyin hù fēng (Mandarin)
Jyutping woo4 fong1 (Cantonese)
Born Wu Gai Sau
(1932-01-18) 18 January 1932
Guangzhou, China
Other names 修哥 (Sau Gor)
修修 (Sau Sau)
Origin Hong Kong
Occupation Actor
Years active 1953-present
Ancestry Guangdong, China
Awards
Golden Bauhinia Awards
Lifetime Achievement Award
2003
TVB Anniversary Awards
Life Achievement Award
2003

Bowie Wu Fung (born 18 January 1932) is a Hong Kong actor and director with family roots in Guangdong, China. A matinee idol in the 1950s and 1960s, he began his acting career in 1953, becoming an overnight success with his debut film, Men's Hearts. In his long career he has starred opposite many of Hong Kong cinema's leading ladies, and of particular note are his many collaborations with Josephine Siao in 1960s musicals. For these roles he earned the nickname the "Dance King" for his dancing skills. In the 1970s Wu Fung began working in television and continues to do so as a contract artist to Hong Kong's TVB, with occasional guest appearances in films.

Wu Fung remains a very much loved and respected elder in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, and is "godfather" to both Jacky Cheung and Nick Cheung.

Filmography

(This list is incomplete.)

  • Men's Hearts (1953)
  • Tears For An Absent Love (1953)
  • The Supernatural Go In-Between (1954)
  • Motherly Love (1954)
  • Boys Are Easy (1993)
  • The Tricky Master (1999)
  • Marry a Rich Man (2002)
  • Love Undercover 2: Love Mission (2003)
  • 72 Tenants of Prosperity - Bookstore owner (2010)
  • Overheard 2 - Szema Cheung (2011)

Television series

(This list is incomplete.)

Asia Television Limited

TVB

  • The Final Verdict (1988)
  • Looking Back In Anger (1989)
  • The Seasons (1989)
  • Blood of Good and Evil (1990)
  • Drifters (1991)
  • One Step beyond (1991)
  • Angel's Call (1992)
  • The Vampire Returns (1993)
  • Forty Something (1995)
  • Night Journey (1996)
  • Corner the Con Man (1997)
  • Justice Sung (1997)

References

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