Cheung Ying () (January 25, 1919 – December 14, 1984) was a

Cantonese Cantonese ( zh, t=廣東話, s=广东话, first=t, cy=Gwóngdūng wá) is a language within the Chinese (Sinitic) branch of the Sino-Tibetan languages originating from the city of Guangzhou (historically known as Canton) and its surrounding are ...

actor, writer and director from

Hong Kong Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...

. He was born to a Fujian family. His father brought him to Hong Kong when he was young. His father was a founder of Fok Hing Chu Choi Hang (福興築材行) in Nam Pak Hong. Some of his siblings studied abroad in Italy and Japan. Cheung Ying could not go to Japan for his further study as his mom became sick after he graduated from Wah Yan College.

Career

In the 1930s, Cheung joined different theater troupes like Times Theater Company (Shi Dai ju tuan) and China Travel Theater Company(Zhong Lv ju tuan). Su Yi appreciated his acting and introduced him to Chuk Ching Yin and Sit Kok Sin. He then joined Nan Yue Movie Company in the late 1930s. Cheung appeared in the movie ''

Roar of the People ''Roar of the People'' is a 1941 Hong Kong wartime drama film directed by Tang Xiaodan. The film is set in Hong Kong during the Second Sino-Japanese War, when people fled to Hong Kong from Mainland China. It was released five months before the s ...

'', which starred Walter Cho Tat-Wah. He also appeared in ''Back to the Motherland!'' (1937), which starred director and father of Fung Hak-on, Fung Bo Bo and Feng Feng.

Filmography

Films

This is a partial list of films. * 1937 The Glowing Pearl * 1941

- workers' leader. * 1952 Red Rose, the Songstress (aka Songstress Red Rose) * 1953 The Guiding Light * 1953 In the Face of Demolition * 1953 Family (aka The Family - The "Torrents" Trilogy 《激流三部曲》 by

Ba Jin Ba Jin (Chinese: 巴金; pinyin: ''Bā Jīn''; 1904–2005) was a Chinese writer. In addition to his impact on Chinese literature, he also wrote three original works in Esperanto, and as a political activist he wrote '' The Family''. Name He ...

) * 1955 Honeymoon * 1957

The Thunderstorm ''The Thunderstorm'' is a 1957 Hong Kong drama film directed by Ng Wui and starring Bruce Lee based on the play '' Thunderstorm'' by Chinese dramatist Cao Yu. Originally filmed and released in Cantonese in 1957, ''The Thunderstorm'' was dubbe ...

* 1957 Romance of Jade Hall (Part 1) * 1958 Romance of Jade Hall (Part 2) * 1959 Money * 1959

Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl ''Story of the White-Haired Demon Girl'' is a three-part 1959 Hong Kong film adapted from Liang Yusheng's novel ''Baifa Monü Zhuan''. The film was directed by Lee Fa and starred Law Yim-hing and Cheung Ying. Cast * Law Yim-hing as Lin Ngai-seun ...

(Part 1) * 1959

(Part 2) * 1960

The Book and the Sword ''The Book and the Sword'' is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha). It was first serialised between 8 February 1955 and 5 September 1956The date conforms to the data published in Chen Zhenhui (陳鎮輝), ''Wuxia Xiaoshuo Xiaoyao Tan'' (武 ...

(Part 1) * 1960

(Part 2) * 1961 House of Kam Topples (Part 1) * 1961 House of Kam Topples (Part 2) * 1961 Many Aspects of Love * 1963

Story of the Sword and the Sabre ''Story of the Sword and the Sabre'' is a four-part Hong Kong film released in 1963 and 1965. The film was adapted from Louis Cha's novel ''The Heaven Sword and Dragon Saber''. The first two parts were directed by Cheung Ying and Choi Cheung whil ...

(Part 1) * 1963

(Part 2) * 1975

The Empress Dowager ''The Empress Dowager'' is a 1975 Hong Kong historical film directed by Li Han-hsiang and produced by the Shaw Brothers Studio, starring Lisa Lu as Empress Dowager Cixi. Plot Although the Empress Dowager Cixi, Empress Dowager Tzu-hsi of the Qi ...

Awards

* Star. Avenue of Stars. Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront in Hong Kong.

Personal life

Cheung had five wives, among whom was actress Kong Duen-yee. They produced one daughter. A son, Sammy Cheung, also known as (aka) Cheung Wai, was born in 1962 to Cheung and his fourth wife, also a former film actress. Cheung died on December 14, 1984 in Canada at age 65.

References

External links

Cheung Ying at hkcinemamagic.com

Cheung Ying at hkmdb.com
20th-century Hong Kong male actors 1919 births 1984 deaths Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong {{China-actor-stub