Roy Chiao

Roy Chiao
Chinese name 喬宏 (traditional)
Chinese name 乔宏 (simplified)
Pinyin Qiáo hóng (Mandarin)
Jyutping Kiu4 wang4 (Cantonese)
Born (1927-03-16)16 March 1927
Shanghai, China
Died 15 April 1999(1999-04-15) (aged 72)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1960–1990
Ancestry Linfen, Shanxi

Roy Chiao (16 March 1927 – 15 April 1999) was a Hong Kong and Chinese actor most famous for playing the minor villain Lao Che in the 1984 movie Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.

Biography

Other English speaking film appearances included roles in the 1988 Jean-Claude Van Damme film Bloodsport, the 1973 Bruce Lee film Enter the Dragon and the 1978 version of Lee's Game of Death. He performed in many Hong Kong films with a career total of 90 films.

He was the founder of "Artists' Home," a Christian Fellowship for actors in Hong Kong. He suffered three heart attacks before his heart disease-related death. He worked as an English language overdubber for Hong Kong produced films.

Outside of acting Chiao was a United States Army interpreter during the Korean War.

Selected filmography

  • Heng chong zhi zhuang (1950)
  • Alishan feng yun (1956)
  • Xian mu dan (1959)
  • Qing chun er nu (1959) - Niu Mai (Buffalo)
  • San xing ban yue (1959) - Chang Ping-chung
  • Kong zhong xiao jie (1959) - Lei Daying
  • Ferry to Hong Kong (1959) - Johnny Sing-Up
  • Tian chang di jiu (1959)
  • Lan gui feng yun (1959)
  • Liu yue xin niang (1960) - Mai Qin
  • Chang tui jie jie (1960) - Xiao Jin / Jin Junior
  • Nu mi shu yan shi (1960)
  • Mu yu nu (1960) - Yuan Zhitang
  • Xin xin xiang yin (1960)
  • Kuai le tian shi (1960) - Jin Wenou
  • Tie bi jin gang (1960)
  • Hong nan lu nu (1960)
  • Yu lou san feng (1960) - Zheng Dajiang
  • Sha ji chong chong (1960) - Luo Shouli
  • Zei mei ren (1961)
  • You xi ren jian (1961)
  • Tao li zheng chun (1962) - Xu Zhaofeng
  • Huo zhong lian (1962) - Tian Shaoqing
  • Ye hua lian (1962)
  • Hao shi cheng shuang (1962) - Wang Shu
  • Jiao wo ru he bu xiang ta (1963) - Jin Shiming
  • Die hai si zhuang shi (1963)
  • Xi Taihou yu Zhen Fei (1964)
  • Ti xiao yin yuan shang ji (1964) - Liu - The Warlord General
  • Ti xiao yin yuan xia ji (1964) - Liu - The Warlord General
  • Shen gong yuan (1964) - Hong Chengchou
  • Luan shi er nu (1966) - Ma Jen-shan
  • Bai tian e (1967)
  • Five Golden Dragons (1967) - Inspector Chiao
  • Wo de ai ren jiu shi ni (1967) - Ling Chi Chiu
  • Jue dou e hu ling (1968) - Diao Jinghu
  • Yan ling dao (1968) - 2nd Chief Yueh
  • The Arch (1968) - Captain Yang
  • You long xi feng (1968)
  • Hu shan hang (1969) - Ching Wu Chih
  • Jia bu jia (1970) - (Guest star)
  • Xue lu xue lu (1970) - Driver
  • A Touch of Zen (1971) - Hui Yuan
  • Cheating Panorama (1972)
  • Hei lung (1973)
  • Enter the Dragon (1973) - Shaolin Abbott (uncredited)
  • The Fate of Lee Khan (1973) - Tsao Yu-kun
  • Pian shu qi zhong qi (1973) - Fur coat grifter
  • Hen ye qing deng (1974)
  • Golden Needles (1974) - Lin Toa
  • Games Gamblers Play (1974) - Ticketed Man at Bar (Guest star)
  • Yinyang jie (1974)
  • Yun cai tong zi xiao zu zong (1974)
  • Zhong lie tu (1975) - Yu Da-you
  • Lao fu zi (1975)
  • The Last Message (1975) - Cheng Ming
  • Tian cai yu bai chi (1975) - Mr. Chiang Wo
  • Lan qiao yue leng (1975)
  • Da jia le (1975)
  • Zhong yuan biao ju (1976) - (Guest star)
  • Yi qi guang gun zou tian ya (1977)
  • Foxbat (1977) - Doctor Vod
  • Da sha xing yu xiao mei tou (1978) - Drunken Sheng
  • Game of Death (1978) - Henry Lo
  • Wen ni pa wei (1978)
  • Enter the Fat Dragon (1978) - Chiu
  • Shen tou miao tan shou duo duo (1979) - Biggie
  • Meng zai Sha mei miao zhen tan (1979)
  • Huang shi shi (1979) - (Guest star)
  • Bo za (1980) - White norman
  • Yi er san (1980)
  • Shi ba (1980) - Chu Tung Shen
  • Game of Death 2 (1981) - Abbot
  • Da li xiao shui shou (1981)
  • Chuang ban shen tan dian zi gui (1981)
  • Once Upon a Mirage (1982) - Policeman Ma
  • Chiu pei nui hok sang (1982)
  • Meng (1983)
  • Feng shui er shi nian (1983) - (Cameo)
  • Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984) - Lao Che
  • Ge wu sheng ping (1985)
  • The Protector (1985) - Harold Ko
  • Heart of Dragon (1985) - Restaurant Owner
  • Aces Go Places IV (1986) - The Professor
  • Wu long da jia ting (1986)
  • Righting Wrongs (1986) - Magistrate Judge
  • Shen tan zhu gu li (1986) - Chief Inspector Chiao
  • Zhao hua xi shi (1987)
  • Dragons Forever (1988) - Judge Lo Chung-Wai
  • Bloodsport (1988) - Senzo Tanaka
  • Fa da xian sheng (1989)
  • Lady Reporter (1989)
  • Long zhi zheng ba (1989) - Hwa's father
  • Shadow of China (1989) - Lee Hok Chow
  • Do wong (1990)
  • Bamboo in Winter (1991) - Father
  • A Kid from Tibet (1992) - Lawyer Robinson
  • Cageman (1992) - Koo Yiu-Choo
  • Treasure Hunt (1994) - Uncle Bill
  • Mr. X (1995) - Roy
  • Summer Snow (1995) - Lin Sun
  • Dai lo bai sau (1995) - Great Uncle
  • Ma ma fan fan (1995) - Death
  • Tou tou ai ni (1996) - Tung-Tung's Grandfather
  • All's Well, Ends Well 1997 (1997) - Mr. Lo
  • Tin sai ji shing (1999) - Uncle Wang (final film role)
Awards and achievements
Preceded by
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai
for Chungking Express
Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor
1996
for Summer Snow
Succeeded by
Kent Cheng
for The Log


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