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Peter Yang

{{Short description|Hong Kong film actor, producer and director (1935–2022)}}

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| birth_name = Yang Qun

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|9|25|df=y}}

| birth_place = Harbin, Manchuria, Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2022|10|24|1935|9|25|df=y}}

| death_place = Cerritos, California, United States

| occupation = Actor, director, producer, martial artist

| spouse = Florence Fung-Chi

| children = 2

| years_active = 1957–2001

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Peter Yang Kwan, also known as Yang Qun ({{zh|t=楊群}}; 25 September 1935 – 24 October 2022){{cite web|url=https://tw.news.yahoo.com/金馬影帝癌逝-享壽88歲-在妻兒旁斷氣-影壇長青樹落幕-235904749.html|title=金馬影帝楊群「癌逝享壽88歲」！在妻兒旁斷氣 影壇長青樹落幕|date=24 October 2022}} was a Hong Kong martial artist film actor, film producer and director, best known for his appearances in Hong Kong action cinema of the 1970s and 1980s.

Yang starred in the 1969 film King of Kings.[http://kungfucinema.com/reviews/movies/king_of_kings.html Kung Fu Cinema] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20070626133955/http://kungfucinema.com/reviews/movies/king_of_kings.html |date=26 June 2007 }}

Biography

Yang was born in 1935 in Harbin, Manchuria. He left Harbin at the age of 6 and went to Beijing and studied in Yu Ying Secondary School until the age of 12. He then fled to Shanghai with his family because of the Chinese Civil War for 8 months. The family finally sought refuge in Taiwan after their brief stay in Shanghai.

In Taiwan, he studied in a practical Mandarin School for a year in Taipei before again relocating with his family in Hong Kong and studied in the Yin Nan Middle School.

During these years, his family's financial status plummeted significantly. In order to help with his family's situation, Yang took up odd jobs. He was cast in a few films as an extra and did this for several years. He also worked in radio stations and dubbed for Japanese films in Mandarin. He also worked as an auxiliary police officer in Hong Kong.

Yang maintained his multifaceted life until 1960 when he landed a role as a leading actor in "Qin Xiang Lian".

Filmography

= Films =

Personal life

Yang was married to Florence Fung-Chi. They had a son and a daughter.

References

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External links

  • [http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/people.asp?id=1143#bio Peter Yang Kwan at hkcinemamagic.com]
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Category:1935 births

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Category:Hong Kong male film actors

Category:Hong Kong film producers

Category:Hong Kong male television actors

Category:Male actors from Harbin

Category:Male actors from Heilongjiang

Category:Chinese Civil War refugees

Category:Chinese male film actors

Category:Chinese male television actors

Category:20th-century Chinese male actors

Category:20th-century Hong Kong male actors