Cheng Gwan Min (1917–1994) was a
Hong Kong TVB actor. He died in China at the age of 77, reportedly from lung cancer.
A native of Baoan county, Guangdong province, Cheng was once a theatre actor and broadcaster. In 1936, he made his debut in ''The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhou'' in Guangzhou. During his long career of more than half a century, he made more than 200 films, mostly Cantonese.
A skilful imitator of singers from the East and the West, Cheng had numerous albums and performed Cantonese opera and musicals. He earned himself a nickname "Elvis Presley of the East".
From the 1970s onwards, he became a host of the classic variety show ''
Enjoy Yourself Tonight'', with occasional guest appearances in films.
Filmography
* ''
The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhou'' (1937)
* ''
A Wealthy Family'' (1947)
* ''
Separated Too Soon'' (1948)
* ''
Night Discovery of the Women's Trap'' (1949)
* ''
A Pitiable Wife'' (1949)
* ''
Strange Bedfellows'' (1949)
* ''
Blood-Stained Azeleas'' (1951)
* ''
The Talking Bird'' (1959)
* ''
The Orphans'' (1960)
* ''
Death to the Killer
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'' (1960)
* ''
Ali Baba and the 40 Robbers'' (1960)
* ''
Revolutionary Heroine
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...
'' (1960)
* ''
Temperamental Amazon
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* ''Temperamental'' (Everything but the Girl album)
* ''Temperamental'' (Divinyls album)
* ''The Temperamentals
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'' (1961)
* ''
False Alarm'' (1962)
* ''
Naughty! Naughty!'' (1974)
* ''
The Perfect Match'' (1982)
* ''
Rise of the Great Wall
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Plot
The series follows the lif ...
'' (1985)
* ''
Project A Part II
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'' (1987)
* ''
Looking Back In Anger'' (1989)
* ''
Man from Guangdong'' (1991)
External links
*
Hong Kong Cinemagic entry
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1917 births
1994 deaths
20th-century Hong Kong male actors