Chieh Yuen
Date of birth: 1945-03-15
Place of birth: Kluang, Johor, Malaysia
Known for: Acting
Also known as: 解元, Che Yuen, Hsieh Yuan, Gai Yuen, Chieh Yuan, Jie Yuan, Tsze Yuen, Ki Yuen, Samson Kay, Jay Yuen
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Chieh Yuan (15 March 1945 – 16 November 1977) was an actor and martial artist. He was an actor for Shaw Brothers and in 1972, he was cast in Bruce Lee's The Game of Death. Chieh died in 1977 from cerebral edema, the same cause as Bruce Lee's death, and at age 32, the same age at which Bruce Lee had died.
Movie Credits
The Shaolin Brothers
1977-03-12
Complicated mix of Chinese history and myth, where old Shaolin friends find themselves on different
The Rainbow
1968-07-11
A young tutor, miss Chen, is sent to home school in a dysfunctional household head by a wealthy patr
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 Delivery
1978-06-07
HK action movie about drug trafficking.
The Bells of Death
1968-06-30
A simple woodcutter named Wei Fu finds his world shattered when three murderous horsemen arrive to k
The Invincible Armour
1977-06-29
Hwang Jang Lee is a corrupt Ming guard who frames John Liu for murder. A wanted fugitive, John hides
The Rebel of Shao-lin
1977-04-28
Superstar Carter Wong must protect the Shaolin Temple from a traitor from within the order. The Silv
Killer in the Dark
1973-01-01
Our hero hunts a brutal murderer who killed several women.
The Blazing Temple
1976-09-09
Young men, angered by the repressive and corrupt Ching government, come to the Shaolin Temple to stu
The One-Armed Swordsman
1967-07-26
A noble swordsman, whose arm had been chopped off, returns to his former teacher to defend him from
The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious
1977-01-27
The sleepy town of Black Stone erupts into martial turmoil when a counterfeiting ring, run by the my
The Golden Triangle
1975-03-07
A coalition of anti-narcotics brigades from many countries make a daring attempt to halt the flow of
Black List
1972-11-02
Two brothers, one wrongly accused of a crime, go on a mission of vengeance to find the men who frame
The Imperial Swordsman
1972-10-05
Chuan Yuan is the noble, powerful hero and Shu Pei-pei, one of Shaw’s top swordswoman, is a reluctan
Tiger
1973-03-15
Hapkido Master Kim Jin Pal takes on a mass of Japanese bushido experts in occupied China Bolo plays
Five Fingers of Death
1972-04-28
A young boxer joins a martial arts school to increase his skill so he can enter a martial arts compe
The Angry Guest
1972-02-29
The Angry Guest is a direct sequel to Duel of Fists which had two long-separated brothers, Ti Lung a
Lady of Steel
1970-02-27
A young swordswoman named Fang Ying-qi (Cheng Pei-Pei) sets out to join a gathering of the martial w
Kung Fu: The Invisible Fist
1972-12-06
This martial arts film set in the 1920s pits masters from kung fu and karate styles of fighting agai
The Swordmates
1969-10-08
Ming dynasty traitors have sent a secret message in a jade goddess statuette, containing their plans
Twin Blades of Doom
1969-01-01
A kung fu knight walks the road to vengeance after the evil Ghost Gang kills his wife and son. The s
The Water Margin
1972-03-17
The corruption in the Sung Dynasty of 11th century China is so rampant that it inspires a band of Or
The 14 Amazons
1972-07-27
The Yang family, men and women, have served their country loyally for generations. During the war Ge
Game of Death Redux
2019-07-19
In July 2019, Alan Canvan premiered "Game of Death Redux", a new edit of the fight footage Bruce Lee