Roy Horan III (January 1, 1950 – October 12, 2021) was an American actor and

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. Horan was perhaps best known as Lewis in 1981 martial arts film ''

Game of Death II ''Game of Death II'', also known as ''Tower of Death'' () or ''The New Game of Death'', is a 1981 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Ng See-yuen and starring Bruce Lee, Tong Lung, Huong Cheng Li and Roy Horan. This film was marketed as a ...

'', and Priest/Russian in 1978 martial arts film '' Snake in the Eagle's Shadow''.

Personal life

Roy Horan III was born in Laurel, Maryland in January 1950, the eldest of eight children born to Roy Horan Jr. and Eileen Mary (Buckley) Horan of Portsmouth, Rhode Island. Horan married Christina Hui Din Fun on December 20, 1981, and they had two daughters. His daughter,

Celina Jade Celina Jade (born Celina Horan; 10 June 1985) is a Hong Kong-American actress, singer, songwriter, model, and martial artist. She is nominated as one of four the greatest beauties in Hong Kong SAR besides Carol Cheng, Lydia Shum and Amy Yip. She ...

, made her film debut in 2008's '' Legendary Assassin'' along with Tai Chi Boxer and '' Fatal Contact'' film star Wu Jing. Horan died in

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, on October 12, 2021, at the age of 71.

History and early career

Acting

Horan made his film debut in the 1976 movie ''

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'' as Charlie. Horan went on to play Tolstoy in the 1977 film ''

Snuff Bottle Connection ''Snuff Bottle Connection'' () is a 1977 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Dung Gam-woo and Lau Lap-lap, and starring Hwang Jang-lee and John Liu. The film was released in the Hong Kong on 15 September 1977. Plot In the late ming andqing d ...

'', and the Russian priest in the 1978 film '' Snake in the Eagle's Shadow'' along with

Jackie Chan Fang Shilong (born 7 April 1954), known professionally in English as Jackie Chan and in Chinese as Cheng Long ( zh, c=成龍, j=Sing4 Lung4; "becoming the dragon"), is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman known for ...

and

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. In 1980s, Horan appeared as Lewis in the 1981 film ''

'' along with

Tong Lung Kim Tai-chung (June 5, 1957 – August 27, 2011), also known as Kim Tai-jong or Tong Lung (唐龍; Chinese stage name), was a Korean born taekwondo practitioner martial artist, actor and businessman. Kim was one of two stand-ins for Bruce Lee us ...

and Hwang Jang-lee. Horan also directed in the 1981 documentary ''Art of High Impact Kicking''. Horan played American Consular in 1987 film '' No Retreat, No Surrender 2'', along with Hwang Jang-lee, Loren Avedon,

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and Cynthia Rothrock, which he also wrote and produced.

Final film and retirement from acting

In 1991, Horan retired from acting at the age of 41, after final film ''Shanghai 1920''. Horan served as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the

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. Roy was the Founder and CEO of Innovea Ltd., a company that trains/consults in higher-order thinking, including creative and mindful approaches for enhancing performance and well-being. He also tackled social emotional learning for learning disabled children and trained others to develop an environmentally-friendly mindset. Roy formulated the Ocean Model which combines empirical studies of creativity and intelligence with Eastern philosophical concepts on the same. He conducted electrophysiological studies on the neuropsychological relationship between creativity and meditation and investigated the problem of creativity assessment, for which he developed the Creative Momentum Model, a tool for assessing creative achievement. Roy also designed new psychometric instruments for measuring core competencies (Integral Psychological Profile), creative potential (Information Boundaries Recognition Test; Unusual Gratitude), stress/resilience profile (StressQuest).http://www.linkedin.com/pub/roy-horan/0/869/525

References

Filmography

Movies

*''

'' (1977) - Russian Prime Minister *''

'' (1977) - Charlie *'' Snake in the Eagle's Shadow'' (1978) - Russian *''Ring of Death'' (1980) - Russian Prime Minister *''

'' (1981) - Lewis *''Gun is Law'' (1983) *'' No Retreat, No Surrender 2'' (1987) - American Consular *''Shanghai 1920'' (1991) - (final film role)

Director

*''Art of High Impact Kicking'' (1981)

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Horan, Roy 1950 births 2021 deaths American film producers American male film actors American male taekwondo practitioners Hong Kong film directors People from Laurel, Maryland