Ko Lo Chuen

Ng Kui Chuen (Chinese: 吳鉅泉), better known by his stage name Ko Lo Chuen (Chinese: 高魯泉, 1909 – May 13, 1988), was a Hong Kong actor. Ko and his brother began acting in the 1930s.^[1]

Biography

Ko was born in 1909 as Ng Kui Chuen. He got his stage name based on his nickname describing his tall appearance. His brother was Ng Cho-fan [zh], who was also an actor. They both acted movies with martial arts star Bruce Lee in 1950 and 1960. In 1950, Ko acted as a secretary in Bruce Lee's film, The Kid. In 1960, his brother acted as a headmaster in Bruce Lee' film, The Orphan, Ko was also in the film. Before acting films, he was a teacher of a primary school. He died on May 13, 1988, at the age of 79.

Filmography

1937 Youth of China (film)
1950 The Kid - Secretary Ko
1960 The Orphan
1990 Kung Fu Vs. Acrobatic - Man in intro (From Buddah's Palm 1964)

References

^ Restless breed : Cantonese stars of the sixties: – Page 103 Hong Kong. Urban Council – 1996– Apart from the occasional vulgarian and philistine, Ko Lo-chuen had moved up the social ladder to play middle-class fathers. However, his characters were marked by shrewd proclivities: they were scheming, stubborn, lascivious, who were often blundering idiots as well. In Young, Pregnant, and Unmarried, he was a blundering father; in Diary of a Chauvinistic Husband, Part Two, he was a lascivious old man searching for a concubine; in The Student Prince, he was a snob of a parent.

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[1] Restless breed : Cantonese stars of the sixties: – Page 103 Hong Kong. Urban Council – 1996– Apart from the occasional vulgarian and philistine, Ko Lo-chuen had moved up the social ladder to play middle-class fathers. However, his characters were marked by shrewd proclivities: they were scheming, stubborn, lascivious, who were often blundering idiots as well. In Young, Pregnant, and Unmarried, he was a blundering father; in Diary of a Chauvinistic Husband, Part Two, he was a lascivious old man searching for a concubine; in The Student Prince, he was a snob of a parent.

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