Cheng Gwan-min
{{Short description|Hong Kong actor (1917–1995)}}
{{infobox person
| name = Cheng Gwan Min
鄭君綿
| image = Cheng Kwan Min 1960s.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Cheng in the 1960s
| birth_date = {{birth year|1917}}
| birth_place = Bao'an County, Guangdong, China
| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|8|2|1917}}
| death_place = Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1937–1994
| module = {{Infobox Chinese|child=yes
| t = 鄭君綿
| s = 郑君绵
| p = zhèng jūn miàn
| j = cheng4 gwaan1 meen2
}}
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Cheng Gwan Min (January 1, 1917 – August 2, 1994) was a Hong Kong TVB actor. He died in Bao'an District, Shenzhen at the age of 77.{{cite book |author1= Huang Ren (黃仁) |title=《中華民國八十四年電影年鑑》 |date=1995年 |publisher=National Film Archive |location=Taipei |isbn=9579987475 |pages=256-261 |url=https://www.tfai.org.tw/Content/TFI/PublicInfo/%E4%B8%AD%E8%8F%AF%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B%E9%9B%BB%E5%BD%B1%E5%B9%B4%E9%91%91%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B84%E5%B9%B4.pdf|chapter=〈1994年世界影壇失去的精華〉}}
A native of Bao'an 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 (1960)
- Ali Baba and the 40 Robbers (1960)
- Revolutionary Heroine (1960)
- Temperamental Amazon (1961)
- False Alarm (1962)
- Naughty! Naughty! (1974)
- The Perfect Match (1982)
- Rise of the Great Wall (1985)
- Project A Part II (1987)
- Looking Back In Anger (1989)
- Man from Guangdong (1991)
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1554908}}
- [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=3279 Hong Kong Cinemagic entry]
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