Chen Zhenhua (1940)

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Chan Chun Wah was a Hong Kong male actor who^[1] worked for TVB and Rediffusion Television.

Biography

Chan Chun Wah studied at Hong Kong Datung Secondary School,^[2] where he joined the China Student Weekly Drama Club and often performed in stage plays with Lau Tin Chi, John Woo, and Lui Kei. After graduation, he worked as a clerk and primary school teacher. He once applied to Guang Yi Company but was not accepted. In 1973, introduced by Chung King Fai, he officially entered the entertainment industry and became one of TVB's^[3] first leading male actors. Later, at the end of 1975, he switched to Rediffusion Television. After leaving television work in 1980, he focused on studying palmistry and metaphysics. His sons Chan Ting Hin and Chan Lok Man, and daughter-in-law Ng Mui, are voice actors. Chan Chun Wah often taught voice acting courses at the Hong Kong Federation of Trade Unions.^[4]^[5]

He passed away on 4 January 2018 at St. Teresa's Hospital in Kowloon City, Hong Kong, aged 78. Following his low-profile style, his family donated his body to the University of Hong Kong for medical education, making him a "silent teacher." His eldest son Chan Ting Hin also passed away in the United States on 5 June 2019 due to a brain tumor at the age of 48.

Filmography

TV Series (TVB)

1970: "Palace Grief" as Emperor Guangxu
1971: "Home" as Gao Jue Xin
1972: "Sunflower"
1972: "Galaxy"
1973: "Wild Rose" as Liu Yun Qiao
1973: "Truth Revealed" as Wen Wen Bin
1974: "Laughing and Crying Relationships" as Fan Ka Shu
1974: "Yun Niang" as Shen San Bai
1974: "Liang Tian Lai" as Liang Tian Lai
1974: "Journey to the West" as Tang Sanzang
1974: "Folk Legends: Lion's Roar Story" as Chen Ji Chang
1974: "Ladies Group"
1975: "Living Together"
1975: "Starting a Family"
1975: "Starting a Family II"
1975: "Dong Xiao Wan" as Mao Pi Jiang
1975: "Folk Legends: Hairpin Phoenix" as Lu You
1975: "Folk Legends: Tower of Shame" as Hu Wen Cai
1975: "Folk Legends: Thorn Hairpin Story" as Wang Shi Peng
1990: "The Moon Shines on All States" as Ou Zheng Qiu
1992: "Sky of the Dragon" as Yang Shu Gen

TV Series (Rediffusion Television)

1975: "Midnight"
1976: "Half Life Relationship" as Shen Shi Jun
1976: "Spring and Autumn of the Three Kingdoms" as Liu Bei
1976: "Sea of Desire" as Wu San Gui
1976: "World Scenery"
1976: "Top Ten Strange Cases II: Drunken Cat Cheung"
1977: "Casting Love"
1977: "Top Ten Assassins: Qiu Jin" as Emperor Guangxu
1977: "Top Ten Assassins: Jing Ke" as Crown Prince Dan
1977: "TV People" as Zhou Zhan Peng
1978: "Chasing Tribe" as Yong Zhong He
1978: "Emperor Li Yu" as Li Yu
1978: "Crocodile Tears" as Wu Hao Ran
1979: "Strange Woman" as Wu Su De
1979: "Shen Sheng Yi" as Xiang Zu Lou
1979: "The Sword Stained with Royal Blood" as Bai San Kong

TV Series (RTHK Television Division)

1991: "Hong Kong Dream: Round Dance"
1991: "The Novelist's Family: Humanity Has Love - Du Guowei" as Su Tian Ci
1996: "One Family Under Heaven" as Principal Deng

Films

1964: "Student Prince"
1967: "Factory's Third Miss" as Lu Zi Xing
1973: "Chase and Kill" as Big Tiger
1974: "Famous in Every Alley"
1974: "Daily Joy"
2003: "Sixth Floor Rear Flat" as Father of Leung Wing

References

[1] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20180108062652/https://hk.entertainment.appledaily.com/enews/realtime/article/20180107/57678673

[2] ttps://www.mpweekly.com/entertainment/focus/local/20180115-97831

[3] ttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E6%8C%AF%E8%8F%AF_(1940%E5%B9%B4)#cite_ref-4

[4] ttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E6%8C%AF%E8%8F%AF_(1940%E5%B9%B4)#cite_ref-5

[5] ttps://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E6%8C%AF%E8%8F%AF_(1940%E5%B9%B4)#cite_ref-6

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