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Birthday: Nov 27, 1912
Place of Birth: Hong Kong, China

Yuen Siu-Tien

Yuen Siu-tin (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real life son Yuen Woo-ping. Yuen died having a heart attack in 1979. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yuen Siu-tien, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia. Leader of the Yuen Clan and father of: Peace Yuen Wo-Ping; Charlie Yuen Cheung-Yan; Sunny Yuen Shun-Yi; Simon Yuen Yat-Choh; Brandy Yuen Jan-Yeung and Yuen Lung-Kui.

Filmography
Movie Cast Year
Drunken Master Beggar So 1978
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow The Beggar / Pai Chang Tien 1978
Iron Bridge Kung-Fu Piggy 1979
Dance of the Drunk Mantis Sam the Seed / Beggar Su 1979
Sleeping Fist Old Fox 1979
The Story of the Drunken Master Beggar So 1979
Blind Fist of Bruce The Blind Master 1979
The Mystery of Chess Boxing Master Cook 1979
Dragon Swamp Ding Long (fisherman) 1969
The Chivalrous Whip Uncle 2 1968
Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist Yuen Hsiao-Tien 1979
The Silent Swordsman Sun Moon Clan member 1967
The Nine-Finger Devil 1955
Lady Robin Hood 1947
The Dragon Lives Again Hua Tao 1977
The Knight of Knights Chaoching monk 1966
The White Crane Hero 1956
Jin ou Henchman 1967
The Murder Case at Club 99 1956
The Young Rebel Rong's Sifu 1975
Wong Fei-hung: The Whip That Smacks the Candle Thug 1949
The World of Drunken Master [Cameo] 1979
A Sword and Nine Rings, Part Two imperial guard 1961
Drunken Master Strikes Back Su Hua Chi / Beggar So / Sam Seed 1978
The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One Monk Yi Tin 1964
The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two Monk Yi Tin 1964
Mad Mad Kung Fu Bamboo Stick 1979
Crystal Fist Cook / Teacher 1979
Shaolin Martial Arts Master Liang Hong 1974
The Warlord Bald man at the Kao Pai trial 1972
Deadly Snake Versus Kung Fu Killers Head Snake Demon 1977
Secret Book 1961
Karate from Shaolin Temple Yuen Yun 1976
Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat 1978
Come Drink with Me Jade Faced Tiger's Man 1966
Operation Hong Kong 1964
Hong Kong Hot Harbor 1962
The Valiant Ones Bald Pirate Monk with Bow 1975
The Kiss of Death Yuen 1973
Against Rascals with Kung-Fu 1980
Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation 1970
Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship 1968
Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves 1969
The Birth of Yue Fei 1962
Sword of Swords Pole-fighter 1965
Paragon of Sword and Knife 1967
Fist to Fist Sleeping Waiter 1973
The Sword and Knife (Conclusion) 1968
Sword of Emei Chiu's man 1969
The One-armed Magic Nun 1969
Iron Bones 1969
The Association Sifu 1974
The Witch 1967
The Black Centipede 1963
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin Abbot in Charge of Boxing Chamber 1978
Heroes of the East Ho To's Sifu 1978
Red Dragon 1965
The Buddhist Fist Sleeping monk 1980
The Sword and the Lute Red Lotus Clan member 1967
The White-Bone Sword 1963
The Fragrant Sword 1969
Magic Snowflake Sword 1964
Little Mad Guy 1982
The Goddess of Mercy Dancing Soldier 1967
An Old Kung Fu Master 1981
Martial Arts Street performer 1974
The All-powerful Flute: Part 2 1965
How Liang Hongyu's War Drum Caused the Jin Army to Retreat 1956
成龙 - 龙威天下 Self 1976
The Six Directions of Boxing 1980
Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan Uncle Liu 1956
The Killing Flag (Part 1) 1963
Spy No. 13 Agent A 1964
The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine Gangster 1960
How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies 1959
The Secret Book (New Series), Part 2 1963
Horse Boxing Killer 1979
Series Cast Year
Wong Fay Hung 1976
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