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Wei Ping-Ao

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Wei Ping-Ao

Nov 29, 1929 – Dec 3, 198974 titles 74 movies · 0 TV
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Biography

Wei Ping-Ao (Chinese: 魏平澳, 29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December 1989 in Hong Kong.

Also known as

Paul Wei Ping-ao · Paul Wei · Wei Ping-Ou · Ngai Ping-Ngo

Born

Nov 29, 1929 – Dec 3, 1989

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

73

Acting credits

1

Directing

1

Writing

0

Other crew

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Career timeline

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1956 2 title(s)

1960 1 title(s)

1961 1 title(s)

1966 2 title(s)

1967 6 title(s)

1968 4 title(s)

1969 4 title(s)

1970 4 title(s)

1971 2 title(s)

1972 5 title(s)

1973 7 title(s)

1974 3 title(s)

1975 5 title(s)

1976 3 title(s)

1977 5 title(s)

1978 1 title(s)

1979 3 title(s)

1981 3 title(s)

1982 8 title(s)

1984 1 title(s)

1985 2 title(s)

1988 2 title(s)