Wei Ping-ao

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

29/11/1929

Place of Birth

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Also Known As

魏平澳

Ping Ou Wei

Paul Wei Ping-ao

Ping-ao Wei

Paul Wei

Wei Ping-ao

Biography

Wei Ping-ao (Chinese: 魏平澳, 29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December 1989 in Hong Kong.

Wei Ping-ao

Wei Ping-ao

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthday

29/11/1929

Place of Birth

Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Also Known As

魏平澳

Ping Ou Wei

Paul Wei Ping-ao

Ping-ao Wei

Paul Wei

Biography

Wei Ping-ao (Chinese: 魏平澳, 29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong-based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December 1989 in Hong Kong.