Person Details

Birthday: 1929-11-29 17:48:37

Death: 1989-12-03 17:48:37

Aliases: 魏平澳 , Ping Ou Wei , Paul Wei Ping-ao , Ping-ao Wei

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

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Movie Involvements: 23

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Fist of Fury
Average
7

Fist of Fury

(1972) Interpreter Wu
The Way of the Dragon
Average
7
Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend
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9
Hapkido
Average
7

Hapkido

(1972) Black Bear Secretary Zhang
The Fate of Lee Khan
Average
7

The Fate of Lee Khan

(1973) Wen Mei Chi
Fists Of Bruce Lee
Average
5

Fists Of Bruce Lee

(1979) Octopus
The Chinese Stuntman
Average
6

The Chinese Stuntman

(1981) The Director
Naughty! Naughty!
Average
0

Naughty! Naughty!

(1974) Wei Ping Ao

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
1985 Master Charng
1984 N/A
1982 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Chemist
N/A
N/A
1981 Bo's Dad
The Director
N/A
1979 N/A
Octopus
N/A
1978 N/A
1977 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
1976 N/A
N/A
1975 N/A
N/A
Hsin Kwei
1974 Wei Ping Ao
N/A
Witch
1973 Wen Mei Chi
Self
Pin Hao
Travel Agent
Retinue Officer Bo Sin
1972 Black Bear Secretary Zhang
N/A
Ho
N/A
Interpreter Wu
1971 N/A
1970 Hu San
Zhang Xiao-Shan
You Ming
Zhou Rongzong (Chu Yung-Chung)
1969 Li Laosan
Zhu Zhi Shan
Jiang Wen Qiang
1968 Wei Chung Liang
1967 Li Yuan-Ming
TV host
Chien Kun
1966 Fourth Brother
N/A
1961 Chen Hsi-Ting
1960 N/A
1956 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

Directing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1977 Director
Year Role Movie/Tv

Writing

Year Role Movie/Tv
1977 Writer
Year Role Movie/Tv

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