Wei Ping Ao
(Wei Ping Au, Ngai Ping Ngo)
Actor
The late Wei Ping Ao is most famous for his role as the interpreter 'Wu' in Fist of Fury (1972).
Though the character was secondary to the main Japanese villain, Wei's rendition of the
annoying, cruel Chinese who sells out his nationality to earn the favor of his Japanese
oppressors was even more memorable.
Even though Bruce Lee could have easily snapped him in half, the cowardly, selfish Wu
proved to be one of Lee's most formidable screen enemies, and Wei played a similar
character in Lee's follow-up film, Way of the Dragon later the same year.
He reprised the role over the course of his career in some variation or another in various
cash-in flicks following Lee's death starring imitators such as Bruce Li.
Wei Ping Ao also starred in the over the top reptile disaster movie Calamity of Snake,
playing the slimy assistant to a greedy developer.
Wei Ping Ao Filmography
|
Bruce Lee's Secret | |
| Calamity of Snake | |
| 1977 | Carry on Bangkok |
| 1970 | Double Bliss |
| 1974 | The Chinese Godfather |
| 1981 | The Chinese Stuntman (Counter Attack) |
| 1978 | Crazy Guy With Super Kung Fu |
| 1971 | Deaf and Mute Heroine |
| 1973 | The Fate of Lee Khan |
| 1972 | Fist of Fury (The Chinese Connection) |
| Fist of Fury II | |
| 1973 | Fist of Unicorn |
| Fists of Bruce Lee | |
| 1972 | Hap Ki Do |
| Incredible Kung Fu Mission | |
| 1982 | The Marvelous Kung-Fu |
| 1969 | The Millionaire Chase |
| 1971 | Money and I |
| 1974 | Naughty! Naughty! |
| 1982 | Ninja in the Dragon's Den (cameo) |
| The Prominent Eunuch Chen Ho | |
| 1956 | Remote Love |
| 1970 | The Romantic Fortune Chaser |
| Sea God and Ghosts | |
| Struggle Through Death | |
| 1974 | The Suicide Murder |
| Super Dragon's Dynamo (cameo) | |
| 1969 | The Three Smiles |
| 1967 | The Trail of the Broken Blade |
| 1969 | Vengeance Is A Golden Blade |
| 1972 | Way of the Dragon (Return of the Dragon) |
| 1971 | Wedding Song |
| 1977 | What Price? ..Stardom (writer, director) |
| 1970 | Wrath of the Sword |
Wei Ping Ao sings in this 1960's record album
Wei Ping Ao holding a picture of Sze Ma Lung in The Chinese Stuntman.
Jon Benn, Wei Ping Ao threaten Bruce Lee in Way of the Dragon (1972).
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