Yuen Siu-Tien
November 27, 1912 (112 years old) in Hong Kong, China
Yuen Siu-Tien (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real life son Yuen Woo-ping. Yuen died having a heart attack in 1979. Leader of the Yuen Clan and father of: Peace Yuen Wo-Ping; Charlie Yuen Cheung-Yan; Sunny Yuen Shun-Yi; Simon Yuen Yat-Choh; Brandy Yuen Jan-Yeung and Yuen Lung-Kui.
Known For
Credits
- 1982 · Little Mad Guy as
- 1981 · An Old Kung Fu Master as
- 1980 · The Buddhist Fist as Sleeping monk
- 1980 · Against Rascals with Kung-Fu as
- 1980 · The Six Directions of Boxing as
- 1979 · The World of Drunken Master as [Cameo]
- 1979 · Blind Fist of Bruce as The Blind Master
- 1979 · The Story of the Drunken Master as Beggar So
- 1979 · Dance of the Drunk Mantis as Sam the Seed / Beggar Su
- 1979 · Crystal Fist as Cook / Teacher
- 1979 · Sleeping Fist as Old Fox
- 1979 · The Mystery of Chess Boxing as Master Cook
- 1979 · Mad Mad Kung Fu as Bamboo Stick
- 1979 · Iron Bridge Kung-Fu as Piggy
- 1979 · Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist as Yuen Hsiao-Tien
- 1979 · Horse Boxing Killer as
- 1978 · Heroes of the East as Ho To's Sifu
- 1978 · Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat as
- 1978 · Drunken Master as Beggar So
- 1978 · Drunken Master Strikes Back as Su Hua Chi / Beggar So / Sam Seed
- 1978 · Snake in the Eagle's Shadow as The Beggar / Pai Chang Tien
- 1978 · The 36th Chamber of Shaolin as Abbot in Charge of Boxing Chamber
- 1977 · The Dragon Lives Again as Hua Tao
- 1977 · Deadly Snake Versus Kung Fu Killers as Head Snake Demon
- 1976 · Karate from Shaolin Temple as Yuen Yun
- 1976 · 成龙 - 龙威天下 as Self
- 1976 · Wong Fay Hung as
- 1975 · The Valiant Ones as Pirate with bow
- 1975 · The Young Rebel as Rong's Sifu
- 1974 · The Association as Sifu
- 1974 · Shaolin Martial Arts as Master Liang Hong
- 1974 · Martial Arts as Street performer
- 1973 · Fist to Fist as Sleeping Waiter
- 1973 · The Kiss of Death as Yuen
- 1972 · The Warlord as Bald man at the Kao Pai trial
- 1970 · Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation as
- 1969 · The One-armed Magic Nun as
- 1969 · Sword of Emei as Chiu's man
- 1969 · Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves as
- 1969 · Dragon Swamp as Ding Long (fisherman)
- 1969 · The Fragrant Sword as
- 1969 · Iron Bones as
- 1968 · Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship as
- 1968 · The Sword and Knife (Conclusion) as
- 1968 · The Chivalrous Whip as Uncle 2
- 1967 · Paragon of Sword and Knife as
- 1967 · The Silent Swordsman as Sun Moon Clan member
- 1967 · Jin ou as Henchman
- 1967 · The Sword and the Lute as Red Lotus Clan member
- 1967 · The Witch as
- 1967 · The Goddess of Mercy as Dancing Soldier
- 1966 · The Knight of Knights as Chaoching monk
- 1966 · Come Drink with Me as Jade Faced Tiger's Man
- 1965 · The All-powerful Flute: Part 2 as
- 1965 · Red Dragon as
- 1965 · Sword of Swords as Pole-fighter
- 1964 · Spy No. 13 as Agent A
- 1964 · Magic Snowflake Sword as
- 1964 · Operation Hong Kong as
- 1964 · The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two as Monk Yi Tin
- 1964 · The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One as Monk Yi Tin
- 1963 · The White-Bone Sword as
- 1963 · The Killing Flag (Part 1) as
- 1963 · The Black Centipede as
- 1963 · The Secret Book (New Series), Part 2 as
- 1962 · The Birth of Yue Fei as
- 1962 · Hong Kong Hot Harbor as
- 1961 · Secret Book as
- 1961 · A Sword and Nine Rings, Part Two as imperial guard
- 1960 · The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine as Gangster
- 1959 · How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies as
- 1956 · The White Crane Hero as
- 1956 · Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan as Uncle Liu
- 1956 · How Liang Hongyu's War Drum Caused the Jin Army to Retreat as
- 1956 · The Murder Case at Club 99 as
- 1955 · The Nine-Finger Devil as
- 1949 · Wong Fei-hung: The Whip That Smacks the Candle as Thug
- 1947 · Lady Robin Hood as