Wei Ping-Ao
ActingAlso Known As
Paul Wei Ping-ao, Paul Wei, Wei Ping-Ou, Ngai Ping-Ngo
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.
Movies
(73 total)
Fist of Fury
as Interpreter Wu
Ninja in the Dragon's Den
as Chemist
Hapkido
as Black Bear Secretary Zhang
The Fate of Lee Khan
as Wen Mei Chi
Fist of Unicorn
as San Tin
Fists of Bruce Lee
as Octopus
Vengeance Is a Golden Blade
as Master Jin
The Magnificent Swordsman
as Xiu Xiu's Brother
Killer Darts
as Light Footed Hero
The Trail of the Broken Blade
as Shi Gan
King Cat
as Jiang Ping, Underwater Mouse
The Winged Tiger
as You Ming
Valley of the Fangs
as Hu San
The Chinese Stuntman
as The Director