Member DragonClaws Posted October 27, 2019 Member Share Posted October 27, 2019 (edited) Michael Chan Wai-Man - Basic Biography & Filmography "For my weight, I could punch hard. At that time, I used to enter these empty hand Kung Fu fighting tournaments and, compared to me, the fighters couldn't hit hard, so I used to knock them out. Later, the standard of those kind of matches improved. Now we have quite a few good ring fighters in Hong Kong. I had about sixteen bouts. All but two ended in knock-outs. Many of them, I could knock out with my jab!" - Chan Wai-Man (Below) Michael Chan Wai-Man(left) strikes out in a scene from - the Joseph Kong directed The Furiouse (1979). Actor, director, producer, bodyguard, streetfighter and Martial Artist Michael Chan Wai-Man, was born on the 10th of July 1946 in Hong Kong's New Teritories. A Hakka of Wuhua ancestry. He started his Martial Arts training at the age of ten, studying Northern Shaolin Kung Fu under Sifu Yau Han Gung-Si. He also learned Tam Ka Sam Gin, and later learned Western style Boxing. Becoming a Boxing champion in Hong Kong. In 1972 Chan was crowned the East Asian Kung Fu fighting champion. Entering many empty handed Kung Fu tournaments. He would fight anybody, and often took on much bigger opponents from the West. When fighting fellow boxer's who were stationed in British armys bases in Hong Kong. Aged eighteen he joined the Royal Hong Kong Police force, but was kicked out due to his Triad connections. Chan Wai-Man would go onto study many other fighting styles, including Thai Boxing & Taekwondo. In 1972 he got his break in movies, after film producer Victor Lam watched him one of Chan's televised fights in Taiwan. Lam was so impressed by his fighting ability, he cast him in the Ho Fan directed Love & Blood a.k.a Killer from Denmark. This would be the first of over hundred and seventy four movie roles. From indiependent productions, to Golden Harvest and Shaw Brother's films. Chan has starred alongside most of Asia biggest movie names and talents. He's also run his own film company and is still active in the entertianment world. Currently set to star alongside Carrie Ng & Richard Ng in self directed Heaven Road. Filmogrpahy (1972 - 2021) 1970's - Love & Blood (1972) - Black List (1972) - The Good & the Bad (1972) - The Devils (1973) - Angry Tiger (1973) - The Escaped Convict (1973) - Devil & Angel (1973) - Freedom Strikes a Blow (1973) - Back Street (1973) - Adventures in Denmark (1973) - Only the Brave Stands (1973) - The Chivalrous Knight (1973) - All Men Are Brothers (1973) - Bravest Fist (1974) - The Owl (1974) - The Concret Jungle (1974) - Martial Art's (1974) - Tiger Force (1975) - Temperament of Life (1975) - Thou Shalt not Kill.... But Once (1975) - Female Fugitive (1975) - The Delivery (1975) - Secret of Kowloon Town (1976) - The Big Boss Part 2 (1976) - Bruces Finger's (1976) - The Ming Patriots (1976) - The Double Crossers (1976) - Jumping Ash (1976) - Triumph of Two Kung Fu Arts (1977) - V.I.P (1977) - Deadly Chase for Justice (1977) - The Kung Fu Kid (1977) - Judegment of an Assassin (1977) - The Chase (1977) - Broken Oath (1977) - The Invincible Killer (1978) - Bruce Lee The Invincible (1978) - The Proud Youth (1978) - Black Society(1978) - Shaolin Handlock (1978) - Godfather's Fury (1978) - Mysterious Footworks of Kung Fu (1978) - For Whom to Be Murdered (1978) - The Deadly Breaking Sword (1979) - The King of Fists & Dollars (1979) - The Servants (1979) - The Handcuff (1979) - Beauty Escort (1979) - Blood Treasury Fight (1979) - Snake Deadly Act (1979) 1980's - Lonely Famous Sword (1980) - Eightt Ecorts (1980) - The Heroes (1980) - The Furious Killer (1981) - The Legal Illegals (1981) - Diamond Fight (1981) - The Club (1981) - The Mad Cold Blooded-Murder (1981) - Deadly Duo (1981) - Don't Love Any Stranger (1982) - Unreal Dream (1982) - Crimson Street (1982) - Dragon Lord (1982) - Winner Takes All (1982) - Five Elemnet Ninjas (1982) - Outlaw Genes (1982) - My Darling, My Goddess (1982) - My Rebelious Son (1982) - Mercenaries from Hong Kong (1982) - Fire Lord (1983) - Precious Adolescence (1983) - The Body is Willing (1983) - The Express (1984) - Prince Charming (1984) - Profile of Anger (1984) - I Love Lolanto (1984) - Three Stooges Go Underscover (1984) - Dress of For Life (1984) - Rocky's Love Affairs (1985) - The Master Strikes Back (1985) - Kung Hei Fat Choy (1985) - Carry On Doctors & Nurses (1985) - Ghost Festival (1985) - Royal Warriors (1986) - Pom Pom Strikes Back (1986) - The Ghost Snatchers (1986) - The Man from Holland (1986) - The Innocent Interloper (1986) - Inspector Chocolate(1986) - Legacy of Rage(1986) - Project A II (1987) - Goodbye Darling (1987) - Fortune Hunters (1987) - One Husband Too Many (1988) - Ruthless Family (1988) - Escape from Kingdom (1988) - Bloody Brotherhood (1989) - My Heart is That Eternal Rose (1989) - Carry On Yakuza (1989) - Mr Sunshine (1989) - Triads - The Inside Story (1989) - Devil Hunter's (1989) - Spy Games (1989) - Spiritually a Cop (1989) 1990's - Widow Warriors (1990) - Unmatchable Match (1990) - Gangland Odsessey (1990) - BB 30 (1990) - All Mighty Gabmler (1991) - Blood Brothers (1991) - Don't Fool Me (1991) - Lee Rock (1991) - Lee Rock II (1991) - The Good The Bad & the Bandit (1991) - Legend of Brothers (1991) - Truant Hero (1992) - What A Hero (1992) - Once a Black Sheep (1992) - Gun & Rose (1992) - Mr Vampire 1992 (1992) - Hero of the Beggars (1992) - Talk to Me, Dicky (1992) - Hong Kong Adams Family (1992) - The Wild Girls (1993) - Beyond the Copline (1993) - No More Love, No More Death (1993) - The Mad Monk (1993) - Lady Supercop (1993) - Obsession (1993) - Black Dream (1995) - Once Upon a Time in Triad Society (1996) - Young & Dangerous 3 (1996) - To Be No.1 (1996) - Mongkok Story (1996) - We're No Bad Guy's (1997) - Deadly Ulusion (1998) - Casino (1998) - Young & Dangerous: The Prequel(1998) - A True Mob Story(1998) - Wonton Love (1999) - Outburst (1999) - Gambler Series: Perfect Skill (1999) - Gambler Series: No Way Out (1999) - What a Hero (1999) - Gambler Series: Fraudelent Culture (1999) - Heavin of Hope (1999) - The Kingdom of The Mob (1999) - Metade Fumaca (1999) 2000's - The Empty Office (2000) - The Teacher Without Chalk (2000) - MAFIA.COM (2000) - Master Q 2001 (2001) - You Shoot, I Shoot (2001) - Bullets of Love (2001) - The Stewardess (2002) - The Spy Dad (2003) - Lost in Time (2003) - Xin yi dai jei ban ren zhi sha lu jiang Hu(2004) - Enter the Phoenix(2004) - 6 AM (2004) - Where is Mama's Boy? (2005) - A Chinese Tall Story (2005) - Run Papa Run (2008) 2010 - 2020 - Bad Blood (2010) - Gallants (2010) - Triad (2012) - Lives in Flames (2012) - Gangster Payday (2014) - Knowhere to Hide (2015) - Super Bodyguard (2016) - Muay Thai Girls(2016) - Chasing the Dragon (2017) 2020 - 2022 - Heavin Raod (2021) Cut & Splice Movies Movies that used existing Michael Chan Wai-Man footage, edited into a new production. - Mission Thunderbolt(1983) - Uses footage from Don't Love Any Stranger(1982) T.V Work - (Under Construction) - Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes CTV (1976) - Spirit of the sword ATV (1978) - The Hero Without TearsTVB (1982) - General Lin Silverbird (????) - Happy ATV (1983) - City of Ring ATV (????) - Blood Debt ATV (????) Chan Wai-Man HKMDB page Link- http://www.hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3965&display_set=eng A couple of related questions. Can anyone I-D the movie from which the following jaw droppig bridge stunt footage is taken from?. Would love to see an English translated version of this footage. Edited July 6, 2022 by DragonClaws 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted October 29, 2019 Author Member Share Posted October 29, 2019 (edited) Recently searched the forum for a Chan Wai-Man thread, did this get lost/deleted when the forum went down in 2016?. Seem to recall @Lady Jin Szu-Yi starting an appreciation thread for the actor. Edited January 3, 2021 by DragonClaws 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Omni Dragon Posted October 29, 2019 Member Share Posted October 29, 2019 23 minutes ago, DragonClaws said: Recently searched the forum for a Chan Wai-Man thread, did this get lost/deleted when the forum went down in 2016?. Seem to recall @Lady Jin Szu-Yi starting an appreciation thread for the actor. The 14K Triads didn't like what people said about Chan...so it has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted October 30, 2019 Author Member Share Posted October 30, 2019 19 hours ago, Silver and Gold Dragon said: The 14K Triads didn't like what people said about Chan...so it has disappeared under mysterious circumstances. It now resides in a vault next to a 35mm copy of The Big Boss Part II. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panku Posted October 31, 2019 Member Share Posted October 31, 2019 On 10/27/2019 at 1:33 PM, DragonClaws said: Can anyone I-D the movie from which the jaw droppig bridge stunt footage is taken from?. Would love to see an English translated version of this footage That's from The Handcuff. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panku Posted October 31, 2019 Member Share Posted October 31, 2019 The yt clip looks like it's from a TVB interview that would have been done at the time 1979-1980. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted October 31, 2019 Author Member Share Posted October 31, 2019 4 hours ago, panku said: That's from The Handcuff. Thank you @panku. 4 hours ago, panku said: The yt clip looks like it's from a TVB interview that would have been done at the time 1979-1980. Much appreciated, I would love to see the complete segment with English subtitles. Alos need to put this on the to Buy List with about a hundred other titles. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member monk Posted November 7, 2019 Member Share Posted November 7, 2019 hancuff needs a decent release 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted November 19, 2019 Author Member Share Posted November 19, 2019 Can anyone tell me more about this Asian T.V program about Chan Wai-Man?. I've been unable to source an English subtitled version of this. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted August 16, 2020 Member Share Posted August 16, 2020 Question: On Michael's HKMDB page, one of his aliases is Bruce Chen. Does anyone know of a film (or specific region release of a film) in which he was credited as Bruce Chen? None of the films listed on the IMDB stated that he was credited as Bruce Chen in anything. 陳惠敏(1) ♂ 陈惠敏(1) Michael Chan Wai-Man Chan Wai-Man (1), Bruce Chen, Raymond Chan, Chen Hui-Min, Chen Hui-Ming, Charlie Chan (2), Chen Huey-Miin, Weiman Chan, Chen Wei-Man, W. M. Chan, Chen Wei-Min, Chan Wai-Mang, Chan Wei-Min, Chen Hwai-Men, Charles Chan, Micheal Chan Born: July 10th, 1946 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator KUNG FU BOB Posted August 17, 2020 Administrator Share Posted August 17, 2020 I feel like I saw the "Bruce" pseudonym used for him once on a US poster, but damned if I can recall which one. I'll mull it over, and if I think of it I'll let you know. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member panku Posted August 18, 2020 Member Share Posted August 18, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 11:31 AM, DrNgor said: Question: On Michael's HKMDB page, one of his aliases is Bruce Chen. Does anyone know of a film (or specific region release of a film) in which he was credited as Bruce Chen? None of the films listed on the IMDB stated that he was credited as Bruce Chen in anything. 陳惠敏(1) ♂ 陈惠敏(1) Michael Chan Wai-Man Chan Wai-Man (1), Bruce Chen, Raymond Chan, Chen Hui-Min, Chen Hui-Ming, Charlie Chan (2), Chen Huey-Miin, Weiman Chan, Chen Wei-Man, W. M. Chan, Chen Wei-Min, Chan Wai-Mang, Chan Wei-Min, Chen Hwai-Men, Charles Chan, Micheal Chan Born: July 10th, 1946 He is credited as Bruce Chen on the German VHS of Rocky's Love Affairs called Das Vermächtnis der Ninja. I see there is another release called Ninja Strike. Country unknown, but there is Arabic text on the poster. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted August 18, 2020 Author Member Share Posted August 18, 2020 On 8/16/2020 at 8:31 AM, DrNgor said: Does anyone know of a film (or specific region release of a film) in which he was credited as Bruce Chen? None of the films listed on the IMDB stated that he was credited as Bruce Chen in anything. Angry Tiger(1973) was later re-issued as Spirits of Bruce Lee, did they change his name on the credits for the re-release?. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DrNgor Posted August 18, 2020 Member Share Posted August 18, 2020 1 hour ago, DragonClaws said: did they change his name on the credits for the re-release? In the film itself, he's credited as "Micheal Chan". 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Killer Meteor Posted August 18, 2020 Member Share Posted August 18, 2020 He is called Bruce Chen on the English trailer for "Thou Shalt Not Kill But Once" 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member rdenn Posted August 20, 2020 Member Share Posted August 20, 2020 on instagram he now goes by the name charlie chan wai man 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 3, 2021 Author Member Share Posted January 3, 2021 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 4, 2021 Author Member Share Posted January 4, 2021 I originally started this thread in the Classic Kung Fu movie forum, to ask a question regarding an interview clip. Since it's now been moved into the actor's & Actresses sub-forum. I've now added a mini-bio and basic filmography to the thread. If anyone can see any errors, let me know and I'l make the correct changes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 7, 2021 Author Member Share Posted January 7, 2021 Quote For a 76 year old man, my papa still pretty fit for a man of his age Video Link- https://www.facebook.com/114151728693571/videos/3088281677878146/?t=8 A young Chan Wai-Man(2nd row far right) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted January 7, 2021 Member Share Posted January 7, 2021 On 1/3/2021 at 4:56 PM, DragonClaws said: The first two pictures on the youtube clip (I haven't watched it as yet) are SUPERB !! He is hardly recognizeable in the last two clips, sadly... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted January 7, 2021 Member Share Posted January 7, 2021 He also played in TV series... Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes 1976 (CTV) Spirit of the sword ATV 1978 are the first that come to my mind, but there are surely other ones... 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member rdenn Posted January 7, 2021 Member Share Posted January 7, 2021 city of ring ATV General Lin silverbird Bloody Debt ATV 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted January 8, 2021 Member Share Posted January 8, 2021 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member DragonClaws Posted January 8, 2021 Author Member Share Posted January 8, 2021 On 1/7/2021 at 10:27 AM, ShawAngela said: He also played in TV series... Legend of the Condor Heroes and Return of the Condor Heroes 1976 (CTV) Spirit of the sword ATV 1978 are the first that come to my mind, but there are surely other ones... I was just about to ask if anyone knew about some of his T.V appearances, thanks for sharing the information here. Thanks @Drunken Monk for the cool picture, Chan Wai-Man loves his sports cars. image source- https://www.facebook.com/Charlie-Chan-Wai-Man-陳惠敏-114151728693571/ 20 hours ago, rdenn said: city of ring ATV Thanks for posting this images/title @rdenn, do you know the years in which these shows aired in Hong Kong?. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member ShawAngela Posted January 8, 2021 Member Share Posted January 8, 2021 12 hours ago, rdenn said: city of ring ATV General Lin silverbird Bloody Debt ATV Oh, yes, I had forgotten General Lin and Blood debt, though I have both !! Thanks, @rdenn ! Is it him who also played in City swordsman ? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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