Peter Chen Ho
Date of birth: 1929-07-01
Place of birth: Shanghai, China
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 陳厚, Chen Shang-Ho, Chan Hau, Hou Chen, Peter Chen Hou
Biography
Born as Chen Shang-Ho in Shanghai, Chen was widely regarded as the "King of Comedy" in the Mandarin film circle. His screen debut was "Qiu Jin, the Revolutionary Heroine" and later became a household name with "Songs of the Peach Blossom River". Comedy and musical were Chen's specialities. His acclaimed works include "Les Belles", "Love Parade", "The Dancing Millionairies", "Hong Kong Nocturne" and "Hong Kong Rhapsody". It was a sensation when Chen and fellow actress Betty Loh Ti were married in 1962, yet the relationship only lasted for five years. Chen died of bowel cancer in New York, on april 17, 1970. He was 40.
Movie Credits
Four Sisters
1967-05-05
Hong Kong adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's Little Women. Macau hospital matron Mrs. Lo has four dau
Hong Kong, Manila, Singapore
1965-09-15
Carefree Peter Chen and serious Paul Chang are airline pilots and close friends. Peter disturbs the
Lady Balsam's Conquest
1955-04-01
Lady Balsam's Conquest. A sequel of General Chai and Lady Balsam.
Camille
1955-06-03
A Mandarin adaption of Camille directed by Chang Shan-Kun and Evan Yang.
Mambo Girl
1957-03-06
A young woman in search of a lost identity, her long lost mother who abandoned her soon after her bi
Hong Kong Nocturne
1967-02-07
A musical about 3 sisters, singers and dancers, and their dad, a magician performing in nightclubs u
The Lark
1965-07-28
A musical staring Carrie Ku Mei as a singer named Xiaoyun Shi, who comes to Hong Kong after a tour o
Cinderella and her little Angels
1959-01-30
Lin Fu is a resolutely romantic tailor, who talks to his mannequins and is especially attached to on
Till the End of Time
1966-03-15
Jenny Wu is a singer who charms the well-to-do Peter Chen, but his parents object to a union between
Les Belles
1961-02-25
Linda Lin Dai and Fanny Fan join the dancing troupe of Kao Pao-shu. Linda and Kao's son Peter Chen,
Love Parade
1963-01-21
The winning couple of Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Hu light up the screen in the delightful Shaw Bro
Appointment with Death
1959-12-03
HK crime drama thriller film.
Qiu Jin, the Revolutionary Heroine
1953-10-16
Spring Song
1959-02-13
Teenage idols Grace Chang and Jeanette Lin Cui played competitive university freshman fighting again
Black Tulip
1956-11-30
Black Tulip
Divorce, Hong Kong Style
1968-12-28
A philandering business tycoon accuses his angelic wife of cheating. He learns the hard way he had
The Brain-Stealers
1968-12-21
A mad scientist wants to get his hands on a certain growth-accelerating serum developed by Hong Kong
The Pistol
1961-11-01
Long unemployed and stone-broke, Shen Jiaguang is dealt a further blow when his wife Lu Xiaoyin has
Calendar Girl
1959-03-04
Musician Sun Ping is estranged from his wife. Second daughter Yinzheng lives with Sun while eldest d
Sons of the Good Earth
1965-03-19
The year is 1937, just prior to the Japanese invasion of China. Painters Ju Rui and Lao San stumble
Love & Obligation
1955-01-01
Yang Naifan's family has agreed to an arranged marriage. Yang Naifan is not happy with the arrangeme
Our Sister Hedy
1957-11-14
The Kong family has four daughters. Hilda, the eldest sister, assumes the role of a mother and often
Stranger Than Fiction
1963-02-14
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Grace Ting Ning.
When the Poles Meet
1961-11-29
A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Patricia Lam Fung.
All the Best
1961-02-14
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Ding Ling.
How to Marry a Millionaire
1960-08-05
A Shaw Brothers romantic comedy starring Margaret Tu Chuan and Peter Chen Ho.
Rendezvous in the South Sea
1960-03-17
A Shaw Brothers drama starring Peter Chen Ho and Ding Ling. It was filmed on location in Malaysia.
Kiss for Sale
1961-05-18
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Fanny Fan Lai.
The Fair Sex
1961-07-21
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho, Pat Ting Hung, Ding Ling, Fanny Fan Lai and Margaret
Husband's Lover
1959-08-28
A romantic comedy by the Shaw Brothers studio starring Peter Chen Ho, in his first starring role in
The Husband's Secret
1961-09-15
A romantic comedy by the Shaw Brothers studio. This is a sequel to Husband's Lover (1959).
Desire
1959-12-22
A Shaw Brothers drama starring Linda Lin Dai and Peter Chen Ho.
Bride For Rent
1961-09-22
A film by the Shaw Brothers studio starring Betty Loh Tih and Peter Chen Ho.
The Tryst
1962-11-08
A Shaw Brothers comedy starring Peter Chen Ho and Pat Ting Hung.
Sing High, Sing Low
1967-06-27
Lee Ho Yin is a young musician turned advertising executive who is shy and tongue-tied when it comes
Hong Kong Rhapsody
1968-01-29
There's nothing like a good, opulent, gaudy musical to lift the spirits, but when it's a 1960's Hong
The Mating Season
1966-09-14
The Weiss Advertising Co under manageress Lo Yu Chun (Pat Ting Hung) and the Jen An Advertising Co.
Whose Baby Is in the Classroom?
1970-02-18
This movie stars Peter Chen Ho as a male teacher in an all girls school. The girls are teens and, si
The Millionaire Chase
1969-05-20
Shaw Brothers musical about three Showgirls chasing millionaires.
Blue Skies
1967-09-13
Hsiao Yun's rise to fame all results from a lucky break, as she's forced to substitute for another s
The Dancing Millionairess
1964-02-12
Chen Hou is a chauffeur who gets caught in a mistaken identity scandal linking him to businesswoman
Dear Murderer
1969-04-17
Tu Chang (Peter Chen Ho)’s boss Yeh Kuang Lung (Liu Kei) thinks highly of him and is prepared to giv
Forever Diamonds
1968-07-07
Ding Zhi-Hua (Pat Ting Hung) and Ding Wen-Hua (Wu Ma) steal expensive jewelry while in Hong Kong. On
Corpse-Drivers of Xiangxi
1957-05-10
Criminals use jiangshi corpses to smuggle illicit drugs.
The Joy of Spring
1966-12-21
The film tells the story of Xing Yonghui, a rich girl who has fun with her painter boyfriend Du Shao
The Battle of Love
1957-05-29
Yeh Wei-fang, a rich young lady, flirts with her suitors and hopes it would make Shi Rongsheng, the
Bitter Sweet
1963-07-10
A widow of four gave up two of her children to be raised by an uncle in Singapore. Many years later,
裸尸痕
1969-04-17
Blood Will Tell
1955-01-01
Legendary thief Hai Tang Hong (Wang Yin) is about to retire when he accidentally kills his wife's lo
The Lady and the Thief
1963-09-25
A Shaw Brothers production
The Boat Girl
1968-02-15
Overseas student Qiao Jian-hua and his friend Bai Xue-Liao traveled together to the Typhoon Shelter