Fan Mei-Sheng

Fan Meisheng ??? born 13 September 1942 also known as Fan Mui Sang is a prolific Hong Kong Cantonese actor Fan Meisheng started acting in movies from 1964 his first movie was The Story of Sue San He made his name in Shaw Brothers Studio productions including the role of Black Whirlwind in All Men Are Brothers Through the 1970s and 1980s he was often cast as the villain in many Hong Kong martial arts films and thrillers In 1979 Fan replaced Simon Yuen who died during filming in The Magnificent Butcher That as well as his role as an explosives man in The Postman Fights Back became one of his best known performances He also acted in the Michael Cimino film Year of the Dragon and in total has acted in one hundred films In addition he has directed one film Amsterdam Connection in 1978 and produced another Dark Side of Chinatown in 1989