Zhao Lei
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-01-01 (68 years old)
Deathday
1996-06-24
Place of Birth
Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China
Also known As
Lei Zhao
Chiu Lui
Chao Lai
Chao Loi
Wong Yuk-Man
Chao Lei
Zhao Lei
Biography
Zhao Lei (simplified Chinese: 赵雷; traditional Chinese: 趙雷) was a Chinese actor born in 1928 as Wang Yumin (王育民). He moved to Hong Kong in 1947, joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in 1953. He was one of the most popular male leads in the cinema of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1950s and 60s. He frequently played the role of an Emperor and is often called the "Film Emperor". He died in Hong Kong on 24 June 1996.
Acting
1967
1959
1954
as Wen Zi-Yang
1972
as Kang Wai
1975
as Emperor
1967
as Xie Wu-Yang
1968
as Deng Da-Shuo
1953
1961
as Bus passenger
1954
as Yang Wei
1954
as Xu Dehuai
1955
1959
as Chu Te Cheng
1960
as Ning Caichen
1970
1979
1957
as Geng Hu
1957
as Gao Lang
1956
as Jing Shan
1956
as Wei Zhong Hua
1958
as Zhao Ren (Flying Trapezes King)
1958
1960
as Chao Yung Sheng
1963
as Lin Yang-Shan
1961
as Insp. Li Te-Biao
1962
as Sung Tan-ping
1965
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as 文質彬
1963
as Emperor Tang Kao Tsung
1962
as Hsu Hsien
1968
as Chang Kuei-Yin
1958
as 吕布
1980
as Emperor
1978
as Master Jia
1968
as Pei Shun-Ching
1967
as Liu Zigu
1965
as Mo Ji
1966
as Archer Hòu Yì
1964
as Emperor Yuan Ti
1964
as Erlang, Vanguard of Heaven
1964
as Wang Chin-Lung
1962
as 2nd Master Jia Zheng
1973
1962
as Assassin
1964
as Emperor Shunzhi
1989
as Boss Cao
1975
as Captain
1973
as Lung's Father
1960
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