Ric Young is a Malaysian-born British

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. He is best known for his role as Dr. Zhang Lee in the TV series ''

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'' (2001–04) and as the henchman Kao Kan in the

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''.

Early life

Young was born in

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in 1944 as Wing-Wah Yung. He trained as an actor at the

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and then moved to

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to study

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and

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Career

Actor

At 12 years old, Young took part in radio sketches in Kuala Lumpur. When he moved to the UK in 1958, he was introduced to US theater and film producer

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, landing him a small part in the film ''

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''. He moved to

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for five months, where he played roles in movies and television. On his return to the UK, he performed under the name Eric Young, appearing on TV shows in the 1960s and 1970s such as ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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Hour'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' The Chinese Puzzle'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. Some of his best-known roles include: Kao Kan in ''

'',

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's father in '' Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story'' (1993),

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in ''

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'' (1995), General Chang Jing Wu in ''

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'' (1997), Mr. Kwai in ''

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'' (2002) and Henry Lee in ''

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'' (1999). He is one of the few individuals who performed in both the original versions of the TV series ''

'' (in 1964), ''

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'' (in 1976) and their reboots in ''

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'' (in 1978) and ''

'' (in 2010).

Producer

Young has produced two projects, ''Paranormal Whactivity'' and the short ''Oy Vey!''.

Personal life

Young teaches acting alongside his other projects.

Filmography

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Young, Ric Living people American male film actors British male actors of Chinese descent English male film actors English people of Chinese descent English people of Malaysian descent Alumni of RADA 1944 births