Australia's First Screen Martial Artist & The Hong Kong Karate Tournament?

[DragonClaws]

 

Can anyone confirm if the following Wikipedia information, about BL meeting Peter Archer is true?. In an interview with Walting Missingham, he said he first met BL, when came to his Martial Arts school in Hong Kong?.

 

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Archer was a successful karate champion in Hong Kong. During a tournament, Bruce Lee approached him after watching Archer fight.

"Would you like to be in my film?", Bruce asked.

"Sure," Peter responded, "what as?"

"Not sure," Bruce replied, "I'll write something in for you."

The film was Enter The Dragon.

Parson's voice was dubbed by another actor. The director did not feel that Archer's voice was "New Zealand" enough, though the dubbed voice sounded nothing like a New Zealander's accent.

Archer remembered Lee to be a deeply philosophical man, who loved to discuss and break down the philosophies behind martial arts and life itself. Lee and Archer enjoyed their filmmaking experience together, with Lee reportedly asking Archer to be in his next film. However, neither knew that this film was to be Lee's last.

After fighting in Hong Kong and becoming a karate champion, Archer moved into a business career. He founded Jackel Australia in 1975, becoming the sole Australian and New Zealand Tommee Tippee licensee.

Source- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Archer_(actor)

 

 

Click on the link below, for the Walt Missingham/Peter Archer interview.

 

 

Edited February 27, 2019 by DragonClaws

[Cognoscente]

It's strange that he didn't do any more HK movies. It would have been quite something to see him alongside Lazenby in The Man from Hong Kong or Stoner.

Perhaps the reason why we don't see him in ETD after his fight with Williams was because he was fired.

Edited June 23, 2021 by Cognoscente