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Dai Peng

{{Short description|Singaporean actor (1938–2013)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}}

{{family name hatnote|Dai|lang=Chinese}}

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| name = Dai Peng

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| birth_name = Dai Dexin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1938|9|19|df=y}}

| birth_place = Singapore

| death_date = {{death date and given age|df=y|2013|5|12|74}}

| burial_place = Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium{{cite web |title=本地资深演员戴鹏病逝享年75岁 |url=https://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_66f58d5f0101ee4n.html |website=Sina blog |access-date=13 July 2023}}

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| spouse = Chen Yuying

| children = 1

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|television and theatre director|screenwriter|playwright}}

| other_names = Peng Dai

| years_active = 1964−2013

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| t = 戴鵬

| s = 戴鹏

| p = Dài Péng

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| t2 = 戴德馨

| s2 = 戴德馨

| p2 = Dài Déxīn

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Dai Peng (born Dai Dexin; 19 September 1938 − 12 May 2013) was a Singaporean actor, theatre and radio personnel whose acting career spanned more than 40 years.{{cite news |title=15岁踏上舞台 说话字正腔圆 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhzb20130515-1.2.37.5.2 |access-date=13 July 2023 |issue=Page 7 |publisher=联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao) |date=15 May 2013}}{{cite news |title=担心减少演戏机会 老演员隐瞒病情？ |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhzb20130516-1.2.38.7.4 |access-date=13 July 2023 |issue=Page 10 |publisher=联合早报 (Lianhe Zaobao) |date=16 May 2013}}{{cite news |title=Time to praise the old guard |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19880909-1.2.75.7 |access-date=13 July 2023 |issue=Page 3 |publisher=The Straits Times |date=9 September 1988}}{{cite news |title=A PROBLEM OF AGE Where have all the old folk gone? |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19891117-1.2.74.2 |access-date=13 July 2023 |issue=Page 1 |publisher=The Straits Times |date=17 November 1989}}

Career

Prior to becoming a television actor, Dai had taught at Shuqun Secondary School for a year, and had worked in the administration department at Nanyang University and worked as a gold dealer. He was also active in the theatre scene, where he first performed at the age of 15, and had written and directed plays.{{cite news |title=超级大忙人 "阳光""火城" 同时征用戴鹏 |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19840523-1.2.47.11 |access-date=13 July 2023 |issue=Page 23 |publisher=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |date=23 May 1984}}

He began his career in the television industry in 1964, sometimes taking on both directing and acting roles at the same time in a number of productions. He had also wrote television screenplays and radio plays and did voiceover jobs. In 1983, Dai became a full-time Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC) actor. He has mostly starred in supporting roles as the villain in multiple Channel 8 drama series. He also had notable eunuch roles in several period dramas, as well as prominent roles as an elderly man suffering from dementia in television series such as Dr Justice (1994) and Facing the Music (1998).{{cite news |title=几部戏都演‘公公’ 戴鹏有‘太监命’ |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/lhwb19950310-1.2.32.1 |access-date=13 July 2023 |issue=Page 16 |publisher=联合晚报 (Lianhe Wanbao) |date=10 March 1995}}

Personal life

Dai was married to Chen Yuying, whom he got acquainted through a stage production. They have a son, Dai Liyao, who works in the advertising industry.

Death

In April 2013, Dai felt unwell and visited the hospital for a routine check-up. Two weeks later, while the doctor was extracting bone marrow, he discovered that Dai was suffering from lymphoma. Dai was prescribed chemotherapy drugs, but reacted negatively to them, and treatment had to be stopped after a week.

A month later, Dai died on 12 May 2013 at 2.30pm local time, at the age of 75. A memorial service was held at Saint Joseph's Church, which was attended by actors Zoe Tay, Vincent Ng, Huang Shinan, Edmund Chen, Xiang Yun and Li Yinzhu, among others.{{cite web |title=Photos: Veteran local actor Dai Peng dies from same cancer as Huang Wenyong |url=https://www.asiaone.com/static/multimedia/gallery/130614_dai/ |website=www.asiaone.com |access-date=13 July 2023}}{{cite web |title=早报Kopitiam - 【今日焦点】甘草演员戴鹏上周末因淋巴癌病逝，享年75岁。多名艺人如郑惠玉、向云、陈之财、翁清海、黄世南等昨晚到灵前吊丧。 {{!}} Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/ZaobaoKopitiam/photos/a.132423140160421/497387526997312/?type=3 |website=www.facebook.com |access-date=13 July 2023 |language=en}} Dai was then cremated at the Mandai Crematorium and Columbarium.{{cite web |title=Another Mediacorp actor passes away |url=https://sg.news.yahoo.com/another-mediacorp-actor-passes-away-085800150.html |website=Yahoo News |access-date=13 July 2023 |language=en-SG |date=15 May 2013}}

Selected filmography

Dai appeared in the following programmes and films:{{cite web |title=戴鹏 Peng Dai的演员作品 |url=https://movie.douban.com/celebrity/1397964/movies?sortby=vote&format=pic&role=A1 |website=movie.douban.com |access-date=13 July 2023}}

=Television series=

=Film=

  • Fatal Memory (1995; telemovie)
  • Thorny Love (1995; telemovie)

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|1350100}}

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Category:1938 births

Category:2013 deaths

Category:Deaths from lymphoma in Singapore

Category:Singaporean male television actors

Category:Singaporean male film actors

Category:20th-century Singaporean male actors

Category:21st-century Singaporean male actors

Category:Singaporean dramatists and playwrights

Category:Singaporean radio people

Category:Singaporean screenwriters