Bowie Wu

Bowie Wu
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Chinese name	胡楓 胡繼修 (traditional)
Chinese name	胡枫 (simplified)
Pinyin	hù fēng (Mandarin)
Jyutping	woo4 fong1 (Cantonese)
Birth name	Wu Gai Sau
Origin	Hong Kong
Born	(1931-01-18) 18 January 1931 Guangzhou, China
Other name(s)	修哥 (Sau Gor) 修修 (Sau Sau)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953 - current
Ancestry	Guangdong, China
Awards Golden Bauhinia Awards Lifetime Achievement Award 2003 TVB Anniversary Awards Life Achievement Award 2003

Bowie Wu Fung is a Hong Kong actor and director with family roots in Guangdong, China. A matinee idol in the 1950s and 1960s he began his acting career in 1953, becoming an overnight success with his debut film, Mens' Hearts. In his long career he has starred opposite many of Hong Kong cinema's leading ladies, of particular note being his many collaborations with Josephine Siao in 1960s musicals. Roles for which he earned the nickname the Dance King for his dancing skills. In the 1970s Wu Fung began working in television and continues to do so as a contract artist to Hong Kong's TVB, with occasional guest appearances in films.

Wu Fung remains a very much loved and respected elder in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, and is "godfather" to both Jacky Cheung and Leon Lai.

Filmography

(This list is incomplete)

• Mens' Hearts (1953)
• Tears For An Absent Love (1953)
• The Supernatural Go In-Between (1954)
• Motherly Love (1954)
• Boys Are Easy (1993)
• The Tricky Master (1999)
• Marry a Rich Man (2002)
• Love Undercover 2: Love Mission (2003)
• 72 Tenants of Prosperity - Bookstore owner (2010)
• Overheard 2 - Szema Cheung (2011)

Television series

(This list is incomplete)

Asia Television Limited

• Rise of the Great Wall (1985)

TVB

The Final Verdict (1988) Looking Back In Anger (1989) The Seasons(1989) Blood of Good and Evil (1990) Drifters (1991) One Step beyond (1991) Angel's Call (1992) The Vampire Returns (1993) Forty Something (1995) Night Journey (1996) Corner the Con Man (1997) Justice Sung (1997) A Recipe for the Heart (1997) Untraceable Evidence (1997)

Secret of the Heart (1998) Healing Hands (1998) Happy Ever After (1999) Justice Sung II (1999) Game of Deceit (1999) War of the Genders (2000) The Legendary Four Aces (2000) Healing Hands II (2000) Screen Play (2001) Reaching Out (2001) Law Enforcers (2001) A Case of Misadventure (2002) The Trust Of A Life Time (2002) The 'W' Files (2003)

Virtues of Harmony II (2003-2005) A Herbalist Affair (2003) Seed of Hope (2003) Riches and Stitches (2003) Life Begins at Forty (2003) To Catch the Uncatchable (2004) Shine on You (2004) The Prince's Shadow (2005) The Academy (2005) Fantasy Hotel (2005) The Biter Bitten (2006) Men in Pain (2006) Maidens' Vow (2006) At Home With Love (2006)

Steps (2007) Men Don't Cry (2007) Survivor's Law II (2007) D.I.E. (2008) Just Love II (2009) Born Rich (2009) A Watchdog's Tale (2009) You're Hired (2009) My Better Half (2010) Every Move You Make (2010) Show Me the Happy (2010) Only You (2011) My Sister of Eternal Flower (2011) Forensic Heroes III (2011)

Men with No Shadows (2011) Til Love Do Us Lie (2011) The Hippocratic Crush (2012) Daddy Good Deeds (2012) Gloves Come Off (2012) Inbound Troubles (2013) Come On, Cousin (2014) The Executioner (2015)

References

• This article's content is based on that from the corresponding article on the Chinese Wikipedia.

External links

• Wu Fung on HK Cinemagic
• Bowie Wu at the Internet Movie Database