Lee Hoi-chuen

Not to be confused with Lee Hoi-chang.
Lee Hoi-chuen
Chinese name 李海泉 (Traditional)
Chinese name 李海泉 (Simplified)
Pinyin Lǐ Hǎiquán (Mandarin)
Jyutping Lei5 Hoi2 Cyun4 (Cantonese)
Birth name Lee Moon Shuen 李滿船
Ancestry Shunde, Guangdong, China
Origin Hong Kong
Born 4 February 1901(1901-02-04)
Shunde, Guangdong, China
Died 7 February 1965(1965-02-07) (aged 64)
Hong Kong
Spouse(s) Grace Ho
Children Agnes Lee
Phoebe Lee
Peter Lee
Bruce Lee
Robert Lee
This is a Chinese name; the family name is Lee.

Lee Hoi-Chuen (4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965) was Bruce Lee's father and was a Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and film actor.

Lee Hoi-chuen and his wife, Grace Ho, were in San Francisco in 1940 when Bruce Lee was born; they were on a one-year U.S. tour with the Cantonese Opera Company. Their other son Robert, Bruce's younger brother was famous in Hong Kong during the 1960s as the lead singer and founder of a popular beat band The Thunderbirds.[1][2]

Lee Hoi-chuen died at the age of 64, a week after the birth of his grandson, Brandon Lee. He was portrayed by Tony Leung Ka-fai in the 2010 film Bruce Lee, My Brother.

Filmography

  1. Gu ling jing guai (1952)
  2. Xi lu xiang (1950)
  3. Huang jin shi jie (1948)
  4. Robbing the Dead (1939)
  5. Christmas Tree (1947)
  6. Hundreds of Birds Adoring a Phoenix (1947) ... beggar
  7. Feed the Scholar (1947)
  8. Wealth Is Like a Dream (1948) ... Cheung Chiu
  9. A Golden World (1948)
  10. Five Rascals in the Eastern Capital (Part 1) (1948)
  11. Five Rascals in the Eastern Capital (Part 2) (1948)
  12. The Four Kings of Heaven (1948)
  13. Native Scholar (1948)
  14. The Outstanding One (1948)
  15. Two Drug Addicts Sweep a Long Dike (1948) ... Chiu Ting-Cheong
  16. Everything Goes My Way (1948)
  17. Rich and Abundant (1948)
  18. Full Happiness (1949) ... Smallpox Hoi
  19. Trashy Heaven (1949) ... Fortune teller
  20. Golden Turtle from Hell (1949) ... Chun Pak-Cheung
  21. Out of This World (1949)
  22. Romantic Adventure (1949)
  23. Loosing the Red Sack (1949) ... Cheung Si-Ma
  24. How Ten Heroes of Guangdong Slew the Dragon (1950)
  25. Kaleidoscope (1950)
  26. Seven Shaolin Heroes' Five Ventures into Mount Emei (Part 2) (1950) ... laughing work
  27. Seven Shaolin Heroes' Five Ventures into Mount Emei (Part 1) (1950) ... laughing work
  28. The Haunt of the Eastern Capital (Part 3) (1950) ... Chiang Ping
  29. The Story of Tung Siu-Yen (1950) ... Fo Yee the Eunuch
  30. The Kid (1950) ... Hung Pak-Ho
  31. Life's Blessing Complete (1950)
  32. The Net of Justice (1950)
  33. A Great Hero of Many Blunders (1951)
  34. Business Is Blooming (1951)
  35. She Says "No!" to Marriage (1951)
  36. Funny Fellows (1952)
  37. A Bright Future (1952)
  38. The Story of Diaochan (1953)
  39. The God's Story (1953)
  40. Peace to All Generations (1953)
  41. The Independent Daughter (1955)
  42. The Flower-Girl in Love (1955)
  43. The Next Generation (1955)
  44. Bad-luck for the Fishmonger at Tortoise Hill (1955)
  45. Bandits of Shandong Province (1955)
  46. The Three Tests of Yu Tangchun (1955)
  47. Now That I've Got a Daughter, Everything's O.K. (1955)
  48. Backyard Adventures (1955) ... fortune-teller
  49. The Merry Month of May (1955)
  50. Philosopher Zhangzhi's Butterfly Dream (1956)
  51. Fatty Marries Skinny (1956)
  52. Bloodshed in the Chu Palace (1956)
  53. The Sanmen Street Brawl (1956)
  54. How Xue Dingshan Thrice Angered Fan Lihua (1956)
  55. The Clumsy Hero (1956)
  56. Zhu Maichen's Grand Homecoming (1956)
  57. A Country Girl Looks for Her Husband (1956)
  58. How Zhou Yu Was Thrice Defeated by Kong Ming (1956)
  59. The Strange Adventures of a Strange Man (1956)
  60. How Miss Thirteenth Raided Nengren Monastery (1957)
  61. The Princess Joins the Chu Army (1957)
  62. Luo Tong Conquers the North (1957)
  63. How Fang Tangjing Exasperated the Government Official (1957)
  64. Martyrs of Ming (1957)
  65. Naughty Princes, Proud Husband (1957)
  66. Tricking the Lords with Beacon Fires (1957)
  67. The Naughty Princess and Her Lover (1957)
  68. How Di Qing Seized the Pearl Flag (1957)
  69. The Feuds Between Fang Tanfgjing and Chen Mengji (1957)
  70. The Petal-Spraying Fairy (1958) ... Kong, father
  71. The Carp Spirit (1958)
  72. A Buddhist Recluse for 14 Years (1958)
  73. The Rouge Well (1958)
  74. Heartbreak Plaque (1958)
  75. The Marriage of the 2 Beautiful Qiao Sisters (1958)
  76. Wu Song Fights the Tiger (1959)
  77. Miserable Daughter-in-Law (1959)
  78. Cuckoo's Soul in March (1959)
  79. The Lotus' Story (1959)
  80. Story of the Wronged Wife (1959)
  81. Funny Misunderstanding (1959)
  82. Three Attempts to Steal the Cup of the Nine Dragons (1959)
  83. The Orphan's Adventure (1961)
  84. The Idiot Husband (1961)
  85. Black Punch 4000 (1961)

References

  1. ^ In The Shadow Of A Legend - Robert Lee Remembers Bruce Lee
  2. ^ Trans World 60's Punk Hong Kong 60s Re-capture

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Golden Gate Girl (1941) · The Kid (1950) · Marlowe (1969) · The Big Boss (1971) · Fist of Fury (1972) · Way of the Dragon (1972) · Enter the Dragon (1973) · Game of Death (1978)
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