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Wong Shee Tong** (born September 20, 1945; died April 10, 2021) was a Hong Kong film and television actor. His younger sister is actress Wong Man-wai and his son is voice actor Wong Wing-cheung. He worked with Rediffusion Television, TVB, and Asia Television.

Biography

Wong Shee Tong was born in Macau and moved to Hong Kong with his family as a child. His father was a secondary school teacher and soccer coach. He completed secondary school and initially considered joining the police force, but instead enrolled in the actor training class of Sin Hok Hong Luen Film Company. There he studied under and performed alongside martial arts masters Lau Kar-leung and Tang Chia, becoming an action actor and fight choreographer in the early 1970s.

In 1976 he joined Rediffusion Television as an actor and martial arts choreographer. In 1979 he was considered to choreograph the series “The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain” but was released after contract disputes. He then signed with TVB, but left in 1981 after an altercation with management. He directed and starred in films under Pearl City Film Company, then returned to television and also opened catering businesses in Yau Ma Tei and Kowloon Bay.

In October 1986 he rejoined Asia Television (formerly Rediffusion) and appeared in dozens of series over more than a decade. His signature role was He Ying-Kau in the “A Date with a Vampire” series. After leaving ATV in 2004, he worked in Southeast Asia and won Vietnam’s Best Actor award in 2015 for the drama “Unbreakable.” In later years he taught martial arts at a school. In 2020 he received the Outstanding Contribution Award from the Hong Kong Action Stunt Performers Association.

He was diagnosed with stage II colorectal cancer in 2018 and recovered after surgery, but the cancer recurred in late 2020 and spread to his lungs. He died on April 10, 2021 of organ failure related to the illness, aged 75.

Personal Life

In 1982 he married his singing teacher Hu Gui-lan; they had one son, Wong Wing-cheung (born February 17, 1983). Hu Gui-lan died of cancer in 2005.

Selected Filmography

Television (TVB)

• 1979: “The Legacies of the Great Masters” as Gao Zhan-Fei
• 1979: “Chor Lau-heung” as Central Plains Red
• 1979: “Web of Deceit” as Ah Wei
• 1980: “Farewell Hook” as Yeung Zing
• 1980: “Salt Baron” as Lam Cham
• 1980: “Affection” as So Tat-sang
• 1981: “Four Seasons of Love”
• 1981: “Passengers” as Director Tsang
• 1981: “Dragon Tiger Twin Kings”
• 2019: “Hollywood Conman” as Kwan Kuen (his final TV series)

Television (Rediffusion/ATV)

• 1976: “Big Sister” as Law Kwan
• 1976: “Top Ten Assassins: The Killer Horse” as Cheung Man-Sheung
• 1976: “Splendid Life: Dragon and Tiger Warriors” as Ah Biu
• 1977: “The Imperfect Man”
• 1977: “Seven Weapons: Seven Killers” as Long Ng
• 1977: “The Third Young Master’s Sword” as Yip Siu-Kwan
• 1978: “The Pursuit” as Ah Wing
• 1978: “Li Houzhu” as Ma Shing-Seun
• 1986: “The Five Shaolin Brothers”
• 1987: “King of Lions”
• 1987: “Golden Phoenix” as Wanyan Hachi Nu
• 1987: “Tales of Wulin” as Lung Si
• 1987: “New The Five Younger Gallants” as Tofu Tian-Lung
• 1989: “Royal Files: Sharp Mouth Dragon”
• 1989: “Love Bat-Man” as Jim Yat-Ga
• 1989: “Wild Cherry” as Kit
• 1989: “Little White Dragon” as Third Strike
• 1990: “Master of Exorcism” as Caligula
• 1991: “Shanghai 1949”
• 1991: “The Fearless Chinaman” as Knife Man
• 1992: “Modern Family”
• 1992: “Dragon in the River” as Lam Ka
• 1992: “The Invincible” as Ho Fei
• 1993: “God of Gun” as Cheuk Bat-Fan
• 1993: “Heavenly Silkworm Transformation: Taller Than Heaven” as Liu Sin-Chiu
• 1994: “Sisters in the City”
• 1994: “The Legendary Fong Sai-Yuk” as Pak Mei / Manchu Prince
• 1995: “Nine Kings Contest for the Throne” as Eunuch Yik
• 1995: “Outlaws of the Law”
• 1995: “New Justice Pao” multiple roles
• 1996: “Vampire Expert” as Feng To
• 1996: “God of Gamblers Return” as Hui Bat-Dat
• 1997: “Who is the Murderer” as Wong Wah-Tung
• 1997: “International Criminal Police” as Lam Dai-Chu
• 1997: “Fat Cat Chronicles” as Sam Shuk-Kan
• 1997: “Chameleon ’97” as Wong Chi-Cheung
• 1998: “Rogue Lawyer” as Lai Hon-Jo
• 1998: “Extraordinary Women Police” as Leung Sing
• 1998: “Sleeping with the Wolf” as Ip Tung-Kuen
• 1998: “A Date with a Vampire” as He Ying-Kau
• 1999: “Fat Cat Chronicles II” as Gu Ka
• 1999: “Heroes of Guangdong Tigers” as Lau Wing-Fuk
• 1999: “Nanhai Thirteen Lords” as Ma Si-Chang
• 1999: “A Date with a Vampire II” as He Ying-Kau
• 2000: “Treasure Island Spring Dream” as Security Chief
• 2000: “Movie Tycoon” as Father of Cao Mei-Lan
• 2000: “Television Storm” as Fong Yuen
• 2000: “Love as You Think” as AM
• 2001: “Very Good Cop” as Tsui Kun-Cho
• 2001: “Soaring East Reviews” as Dumpling
• 2002: “Robbery Couple” as Mok Kau
• 2002: “Lucky Mission” as Dai Pang-Fei
• 2003: “Ten Thousand Lights” as Tang Wan-Loi
• 2003: “Lady Knight Ding Ding-Dang” as Gat Cheung
• 2003: “Storm Cops” as Situ Sing
• 2004: “Bus Stop No. 8 Love Story” as Lee Suet
• 2004: “Love in the Heart” as Sam Lik-Kin
• 2004: “A Date with a Vampire III: Eternity” as He Ying-Kau / Ksitigarbha Proxy
• 2004: “Dad’s Two Sides” as Ko Pak-Fei
• 2006: “Hong Kong Crime Files: Five Corpse Mystery” as Shaman
• 2010: “The King of Fighters” as She Yiu-Chung

Television (RTHK)

• 1984: “Memories of Fragrant Harbour” as Chung Sei-Long
• 1991: “Hong Kong Dream: Letters from Two Places”
• 1991: “City People: My Father, My Master”
• 2001: “Modern Fairy Tales: Three Little Pigs of the Estate”
• 2010: “Come Home Love” as Fortune-Sharing Guest
• 2010: “Legal Mavericks” as Mr. Chu
• 2013: “The Appeals” as Uncle Kau
• 2014: “Social Enterprise II” as Medical Team Leader
• 2014: “Hope in the Sky II” as Entrepreneur
• 2019: “Starry Kids” as Martin
• 2021: “Extraordinary Building God” as Lo Yat-Yuen

Other Series

• 2015: “Unbreakable” (Vietnam)
• 2017: “OCTB” as Hsu Chin-Chuan (web drama)
• 2020: “White War Zone” as Pipe (Mainland China)

Stage & Musicals

• “I Am the Veteran: Hong Kong Love” (2017, Sheung Wan Civic Centre)
• “I Am the Veteran: North-South Family” (2018, Ngau Chi Wan Civic Centre)
• “Twins” (2019, Tuen Mun Town Hall; revived July 2019)

Short Film

• 2019: “I Not Only Date Vampires” as He Ying-Kau

Guest Appearances

• 2011: ATV Classic Series Memories
• 2012: ATV 100 People (Ep. 31)

Commercials

• 2017: Octopus App (with Bowie Lam, Maggie Shiu, Bryan Leung)

Films

• 1966: “Old Master Q Three Saves the Dumb Guy” as Fei Jai
• 1966: “The Golden Dragon Tour” as Cheng Leung
• 1966: “Old Master Q and the Big Sweet Potato”
• 1967: “The Master” as Actor
• 1967: “Heroine Against Hell’s Gate”
• 1967: “The Green-Eyed Witch” as Ng Yim-Fung
• 1967: “Harbor Vendetta”
• 1969: “One Sword Perfume”
• 1969: “The Bodyguard”
• 1970: “Revenge”
• 1970: “The Great Swordsman”
• 1970: “Someday I’ll Catch You”
• 1970: “Fly with Wings”
• 1970: “Dragon vs Tiger”
• 1971: “The New One-Armed Swordsman”
• 1971: “Boxing”
• 1971: “Unknown Hero”
• 1971: “The Eagle King”
• 1971: “Mad Killer”
• 1971: “Ten Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart”
• 1971: “Twin Heroes”
• 1972: “Aikido”
• 1972: “The Four Knights”
• 1972: “Fong Sai-Yuk”
• 1972: “Happy Forest”
• 1972: “The Young Champion”
• 1972: “World’s No. 1 Fist”
• 1972: “The Great Assassin”
• 1972: “Young People”
• 1972: “Ma Wing-Chuen”
• 1972: “Rival Chains”
• 1973: “The Assassin”
• 1973: “Sky Rocket”
• 1973: “Breakthrough”
• 1973: “Spring in Denmark”
• 1973: “Little Tiger”
• 1973: “Angry Youth”
• 1973: “Hero List”
• 1973: “Police”
• 1973: “King of Big Knife”
• 1973: “Twin Fist Path”
• 1973: “Night Stalker”
• 1973: “Rebel”
• 1974: “Five Tiger Generals” as Bandit
• 1974: “Deadly Assassin”
• 1974: “Fong Sai-Yuk and Hung Hei-Gun”
• 1974: “Nezha”
• 1974: “The Five Ancestors of Shaolin”
• 1974: “Friends”
• 1974: “Hung Fist vs Wing Chun”
• 1974: “The Drug Addict”
• 1974: “Strange People, Strange Things”
• 1974: “One Net to Capture All”
• 1974: “The Five Great Men”
• 1974: “Motorcycle”
• 1975: “Dragon & Tiger on the Road”
• 1975: “Flying Dart Banner”
• 1975: “Young Blood”
• 1975: “Hung Fist Kid”
• 1975: “Escape”
• 1975: “Lustful Monk”
• 1975: “Spirit Strike”
• 1975: “Rebel Chronicles”
• 1976: “Eight-Nation Alliance”
• 1976: “Lu A-Cai vs Wong Fei-Hung”
• 1977: “Iron Fist Kid”
• 1978: “Mad Kung Fu”
• 1978: “Golgo 13: Kowloon’s Head” as Detective Hong
• 1979: “Butterfly Transformation” as Tin Fung
• 1979: “Strange Moves, Rotten Cricket” as Snake Hand
• 1981: “The Big Trial”
• 1982: “Song of the Clouds”
• 1983: “Seven Ghosts”
• 1984: “Tang Dynasty Free Woman” as Kong Meng-Wu
• 1989: “Heroes of Righteousness” as Hua Gor’s Underling
• 1989: “Miracle”
• 1990: “Wealthy Battalion”
• 1991: “To Be Number One” as Police Officer
• 1992: “Tong West Chronicles”
• 1993: “Love in Hong Kong”
• 1996: “Lucky Stars Triad”
• 1997: “Doomsday Storm” as News Agency Boss
• 1999: “Truth or Dare” as Father
• 2000: “Deadly Lover”
• 2001: “Breaking the Law” as Old Yiu
• 2002: “Dimension X” as Fish Dad
• 2003: “Lucky Uncle” as Uncle Shing
• 2004: “Infernal Affairs” as Snake Ming
• 2004: “This Magnetic Dad is Explosive” as Third Uncle
• 2005: “Black & White Battlefield” as Coffin
• 2007: “Triad Life”
• 2008: “Three Without Care” as Mr. Kam
• 2008: “Big Four Happiness”
• 2010: “Avenger’s Death” as Old Ghost
• 2011: “3D Sex and Zen II” as Bag Monk
• 2013: “Young and Dangerous: New Order” as Uncle Tong
• 2017: “Blue Skies, White Clouds” as Dr. Ho
• 2021: “Sing Loud!” as Mr. Wah

Behind the Scenes

Action Choreography

• “Chase” (1978)
• “Butterfly Transformation” (1979)
• “Legend of Fok” (1980)
• “Triad Leader” (1988)

Assistant Director

• “The Mad Monk” (1984)

Director

• “Blood, Sweat & Money” (1983)
• “Flower Street Goddess” (1991)
• “Love in Hong Kong” (1993)

Clapper Loader

• “One Sword Perfume” (1969)

Awards

• 2020 Outstanding Contribution Award, Hong Kong Action Stunt Performers Association