Bowie Wu

Bowie Woo
Bowie Woo
Born	Woo Gai Sau; 18 January 1932 (age 89); Guangzhou, China
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1953-present
Awards	Golden Bauhinia Awards – Lifetime Achievement Award; 2003; ; TVB Anniversary Awards – Life Achievement Award; 2003; ;
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	胡楓; 胡繼修
Simplified Chinese	胡枫
Hanyu Pinyin
showTranscriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Hù fēng
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Woo4 fong1
	Musical career
Also known as	修哥 (Sau Gor)
Origin	Hong Kong

Bowie Woo Fung (born 18 January 1932) is a Hong Kong actor and director with family roots in Guangdong, China. A matinee idol in the 1950s and 1960s, he began his acting career in 1953, becoming an overnight success with his debut film, Men's Hearts. In his long career he has starred opposite many of Hong Kong cinema's leading ladies, and of particular note are his many collaborations with Josephine Siao in 1960s musicals. For these roles he earned the nickname the "Dance King" for his dancing skills. In the 1970s Woo Fung began working in television and continues to do so as a contract artist to Hong Kong's TVB, with occasional guest appearances in films.

Woo Fung remains a very much loved and respected elder in Hong Kong's entertainment industry, and is "godfather" to both Jacky Cheung and Nick Cheung.

Woo Fung will hold a concert on Jun 19, 2021 at the Hong Kong Coliseum.^[1]

Filmography[]

Film[]

This is a partial list of films.

1953 Men's Hearts
1953
1954
1954
1970 The Young Girl Dares Not Homeward (aka Girl Wanders Around) - Mr. Ho. ^[2]
1987 Scared Stiff
1988 Operation Pink Squad - Inspector Wu.
1992 Cageman - Officer Lam Tsung
1993 Boys Are Easy (Voice Actor: Corey Burton, Frank Welker, April Winchell, Bill Farmer, Wayne Allwine
1999 The Tricky Master - Brother Tone.
2002 Marry a Rich Man - Uncle D
2003 Love Undercover 2: Love Mission (Voice Actor: Tony Anselmo, Bill Farmer, Tress MacNeille, Russi Taylor, Bret Iwan)
2010 72 Tenants of Prosperity - Bookstore owner. (Had English Voice)
Overheard 2 (2011) - Sze-ma Cheung(Voice Actor: Daniel Ross, Gael Garcia Bernal, Jim Cummings, Rob Paulsen, Tress MacNeille, Bill Farmer, Tony Anselmo, Bret Iwan)

Television series[]

(This list is incomplete.)

Asia Television Limited[]

Rise of the Great Wall (1985)

TVB[]

(1988)
Looking Back In Anger (1989)
The Seasons (1989)
(1990)
(1991)
(1991)
(1992)
(1993)
(1995)
(1996)
Corner the Con Man (1997)
(1997)

A Recipe for the Heart (1997)
Untraceable Evidence (1997)
Healing Hands (1998)
Secret of the Heart (1998)
(1999)
Happy Ever After (1999)
Justice Sung II (1999)
Healing Hands II (2000)
(2000)
War of the Genders (2000)
Law Enforcers (2001)
Reaching Out (2001)
(2001)
(2002)

(2002)
A Herbalist Affair (2003)
Life Begins at Forty (2003)
Riches and Stitches (2003)
Seed of Hope (2003)
Virtues of Harmony II (2003-2005)
The 'W' Files (2003)
To Catch the Uncatchable (2004)
Shine on You (2004)
The Academy (2005)
Fantasy Hotel (2005)
The Prince's Shadow (2005)
At Home With Love (2006)

The Biter Bitten (2006)
Maidens' Vow (2006)
Men in Pain (2006)
Men Don't Cry (2007)
Steps (2007)
Survivor's Law II (2007-2008)
D.I.E. (2008)
Born Rich (2009)
Just Love II (2009)
A Watchdog's Tale (2009-2010)
You're Hired (2009)
Every Move You Make (2010)
My Better Half (2010)

Show Me the Happy (2010)
Forensic Heroes III (2011)
Men with No Shadows (2011)
My Sister of Eternal Flower (2011)
Only You (2011)
Til Love Do Us Lie (2011-2012)
Daddy Good Deeds (2012)
Gloves Come Off (2012)
The Hippocratic Crush (2012)
Inbound Troubles (2013)
Come On, Cousin (2014)
The Executioner (2014-2015)
Tiger Cubs II (2014-2015)
House of Spirits (2016)

Another Era (2018)
Legal Mavericks 2020 (2020)
(2020-2021)
The Forgotten Day (2021)
童時愛上你 (Filming)

References[]

^ "V89歲開騷破紅館紀錄胡楓望加場想曾江謝賢捧場". SingTao news. 2021-05-16
^ "The Young Girl Dares Not Homeward". hkmdb.com. April 25, 1970. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

This article's content is based on that from the corresponding article on the Chinese Wikipedia.

External links[]

[1] "V89歲開騷破紅館紀錄胡楓望加場想曾江謝賢捧場". SingTao news. 2021-05-16

[2] "The Young Girl Dares Not Homeward". hkmdb.com. April 25, 1970. Retrieved April 21, 2021.

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show v t TVB Anniversary Award for Lifetime Achievement
Kwan Hoi-san (2001) Helena Law (2002) Wu Fung (2003) Lily Leung (2004) Teresa Ha (2005) Chung King-fai (2006) Lydia Shum (2007) Louise Lee (2010) Lee Heung-kam (2011) Liza Wang (2012) (2013) Tam Ping-man (2014) Natalis Chan (2015) Chow Chung (2016) All TVB Staff^{[Note 1]} (2017) Nancy Sit (2018) Lau Dan (2019) Come Home Love: Lo and Behold (2020)
Note 1: Kevin Lo and Liza Wang accepted the award on behalf of all TVB staff at the 2017 TVB Anniversary Awards.