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Yuen Siu-tien

1912 - 1979

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Yuen Siu-tien (Chinese: 袁小田) (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. In the late 1970s, Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So (a.k.a. Sam Seed) in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in several films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real-life son Yuen Woo-ping. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yuen Siu-tien is the 1,261st most popular actor (up from 1,307th in 2019), the 438th most popular biography from China (up from 526th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Chinese Actor.

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Yuen Siu-tien ranks 1,261 out of 13,578. Before him are Al Lettieri, Sergio Castellitto, Thomas Mitchell, Eva Longoria, Johnny Lever, and Samantha Fox. After him are Lucy Lawless, David Thewlis, Claire Forlani, Common, Jean-Marie Collot d'Herbois, and Loretta Young.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Yuen Siu-tien ranks 101. Before him are Philibert Tsiranana, Marina Raskova, Chaïm Perelman, Nereo Rocco, Jacques Ellul, and Jiří Trnka. After him are Princess Caroline-Mathilde of Denmark, Gordon Gollob, Michel Debré, Barbara W. Tuchman, Arne Næss, and Samuel Fuller. Among people deceased in 1979, Yuen Siu-tien ranks 64. Before him are Michael Wilding, Rudi Dutschke, Heinz Reinefarth, Nicos Poulantzas, Nereo Rocco, and Konstantin Simonov. After him are Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry, Ali Hassan Salameh, Gustavo Díaz Ordaz, Friedrich Ebert Jr., Dhyan Chand, and Charles Mingus.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yuen Siu-tien ranks 438 out of 1,610. Before him are Huo Guang (-150), Zhou Tai (163), Wen Tianxiang (1236), Yan Xishan (1883), Mao Dun (1896), and Demchugdongrub (1902). After him are Zhu Youlang (1623), Yuen Woo-ping (1945), Emperor Shunzong of Tang (761), Zhuge Jin (174), Gan De (-400), and Fuchai (-550).

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Among ACTORS In China

Among actors born in China, Yuen Siu-tien ranks 7. Before him are Toshiro Mifune (1920), Jet Li (1963), Bolo Yeung (1946), Donnie Yen (1963), Gong Li (1965), and Ruan Lingyu (1910). After him are Yuen Biao (1957), Run Run Shaw (1907), Yoshiko Yamaguchi (1920), Shih Kien (1913), Zhou Xuan (1920), and Na Moon-hee (1941).

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