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Statistics : 11630 Movies 19215 People 1448 Studios 29 Articles 73 Interviews 12 DVD Reviews 32452 Screenshots 3722 Videos
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陈会毅 Billy Chan Chan Kooi Ngai Chan Wu Ngar Chan Wui Ngai Cheng Hui Yi
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Nationality : |
Hong Kong |
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Hong Kong |
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Director (15), Assistant Director (1), Producer (16), Executive producer (1), Action Director (22), Assistant Action Director (5), Writer (1), Actor (45), Brief appearance (7), Cameo (1), Stuntman (5) |
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He is the brother of Peter Chan Lung, and actually when I first spotted Billy in Bruce Lee’s Big Boss I thought: "Wow, Chan Lung was quite a thin guy in his younger days". In Big Boss Billy’s part is brief but highly visible, it's at the moment Bruce Lee decide to intervene in the fight between the workers and the thugs at the factory. Billy holds a knife and receives Bruce's swift, snappy kick right in the jaw. Wow, it's a priceless cinematic moment, with it's speed and crisp feel it was the first real indication that Bruce was something more than the usual karate chopping martial star.
Billy like his brother was part of Madame Fan Fok’s opera academy. Along with Lam Ching Ying he was one of the earliest Golden Harvest stuntmen and can be seen or glimpsed in bit appearances in countless early Golden Harvest films usually choreographed by Sammo.
In the second half of the seventies he also did some work with Lau Kar Leung along with a couple of others like Wilson Tong and went back and forth in-between the two stunt-teams. In given time he rose to assistant action director then action director and with Lam Ching Ying and Yuen Biao were Sammo’s big action director assistants for his major works. All three won the H-K equivalent of the Oscar for their fight choreography in Prodigal Son. Unlike Yuen and Lam though I don't recall Billy ever been given any significant role beyond the occasional bit parts.
Instead his real skills were best displayed in his role as action choreography. Other than the above-mentioned Prodigal Son, he also performed as action choreographer in such classics as The Victim, Dead and the Deadly, Winners and Sinners (won the HK Film award for Best Action Choreography along with Yuen Biao and Lam Ching-ying), Encounters of the Spooky Kind and Long Arm of the Law. By the mid-80s he evolved towards becoming a director in his own right with New Mr. Vampire, License to Steal (starring Yuen Biao), Crazy Safari (starring Lam Ching Ying and his brother), All Men are Brothers (1993) and was the director of the 2001 Legend of a Professional with Anthony Wong and Josie Ho.
Like two other protégés of Sammo, cinematographer Ricky Lau and Wilson Tong, he did a lot of ghost-comedies (and had his directorial debut in one). He produced a film for Wilson Tong (Ghost Nursing) and a few other films as well – Raid on Royal Casino Marine, The Spooky Family and Ghost Legend.
Some films that he can be spotted in are: Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Victim, His Name is Nobody, Magnificent Butcher, Carry on Pickpocket, Knockabout, Warriors Two and Encounter of the Spooky Kind.
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Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year |
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Activity |
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36th Chamber Of Shaolin, The |
1978 |
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All Men Are Brothers : Blood Of The Leopard |
1993 |
Director |
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Amsterdam Connection |
1978 |
Actor |
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Amsterdam Kill, The |
1978 |
Actor |
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Back Alley Princess |
1973 |
Actor |
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Beginners Luck |
1994 |
Director, Writer |
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Bet To Basic |
2006 |
Producer |
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Big Boss, The |
1971 |
Actor |
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Bloody Ring |
1974 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Broken Oath |
1977 |
Actor |
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Brotherhood |
1987 |
Director |
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Brotherhood |
1976 |
Brief appearance |
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Carry On Pickpocket |
1982 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Casino Raiders |
1989 |
Action Director |
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Casino, The |
1972 |
Brief appearance |
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Challenge Of The Masters |
1976 |
Actor |
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Chinese Kung Fu |
1973 |
Actor |
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Crazy Partner |
1979 |
Actor |
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Crazy Safari |
1991 |
Director |
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Crazy Spirit |
1987 |
Director |
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Dead And The Deadly, The |
1982 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Demon Possession |
2002 |
Producer |
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Devil And Angel |
1973 |
Actor |
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Dirty Kung Fu |
1978 |
Actor |
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
1978 |
Actor |
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Dragon : Since 1973 |
2004 |
Actor |
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Dynamite Brothers |
1974 |
Actor |
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Encounters Of The Spooky Kind |
1980 |
Actor |
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Enter The Dragon |
1973 |
Stuntman |
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Enter The Fat Dragon |
1978 |
Brief appearance |
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Eunuch, The |
1971 |
Actor |
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Executioners From Shaolin |
1977 |
Brief appearance |
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Fearful 24 Hours |
2004 |
Action Director |
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Fist Of Fury |
1972 |
Stuntman |
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Fortune Code, The |
1989 |
Action Director |
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From Here To Prosperity |
1986 |
Action Director |
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From Riches To Rags |
1979 |
Action Director |
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Fugitive, The |
1972 |
Brief appearance |
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Ghost Legend |
1990 |
Producer |
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Ghost Nursing |
1982 |
Producer |
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Girlie Bar, The |
1976 |
Actor |
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Hapkido |
1972 |
Stuntman |
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He Has Nothing But Kung Fu |
1977 |
Actor |
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Heart Of Dragon |
1985 |
Assistant Director, Action Director, Actor |
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Himalayan, The |
1976 |
Actor |
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His Name Is Nobody |
1979 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Incredible Kung Fu Master, The |
1979 |
Actor |
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Invincible Eight, The |
1971 |
Actor |
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Iron Fisted Monk, The |
1977 |
Stuntman |
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Jeet Kune Do |
2010 |
Producer |
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Knockabout |
1979 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Krazy Kops |
1981 |
Action Director |
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Kung Fu Jungle |
2014 |
Cameo |
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Kung Fu Stars |
1975 |
Actor |
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Legend Of A Professional, The |
2001 |
Director |
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Legend Of Chiuchow Brothers |
1991 |
Producer |
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Licence To Steal |
1990 |
Director |
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Long Arm Of The Law |
1984 |
Action Director |
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Mad Mad Ghost |
1992 |
Director |
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Mad Stylist |
1997 |
Action Director |
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Magnificent Butcher, The |
1980 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Masters Of Tiger Crane |
1983 |
Actor |
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Money Crazy |
1977 |
Actor |
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Mr Boo Meets Pom Pom |
1985 |
Actor |
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My Lucky Stars |
1985 |
Action Director |
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New Mr. Vampire |
1986 |
Director |
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No Compromise |
1989 |
Director |
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No Way Back |
1990 |
Producer |
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Odd Couple |
1979 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Owl VS Bumbo, The |
1984 |
Actor |
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Possessed |
2002 |
Producer |
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Private Eyes, The |
1976 |
Actor |
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Prodigal Son, The |
1981 |
Action Director |
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Proud And Confident |
1989 |
Producer |
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Raid On Royal Casino Marine |
1990 |
Producer |
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Running Mate |
1989 |
Producer, Action Director |
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S.D.U. Mission In Mission |
1994 |
Producer |
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Security Unlimited |
1981 |
Action Director |
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Seven Swords Of Mount Heaven |
2005 |
Action Director |
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Shaolin Plot, The |
1977 |
Actor |
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Shiver |
2003 |
Producer, Action Director |
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Skin Striperess |
1992 |
Director |
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Spooky Family, The |
1990 |
Producer |
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Stand Behind The Yellow Line |
1997 |
Director |
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Sting, The |
1992 |
Producer |
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Stoner |
1974 |
Brief appearance |
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Swordmates, The |
1969 |
Actor |
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Thou Shall Not Commit |
2001 |
Executive producer |
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Three Wishes |
1988 |
Director |
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Touch Of Zen, A |
1971 |
Stuntman |
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Tournament, The |
1974 |
Actor |
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Treasure Castle |
1972 |
Actor |
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Two Toothless Tigers |
1980 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Valiant Ones |
1975 |
Actor |
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Velvet Gloves |
1996 |
Director |
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Victim, The |
1980 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Warriors Two |
1978 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Way Of The Black Dragon |
1978 |
Action Director |
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When Taekwondo Strikes |
1973 |
Brief appearance |
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Where's Officer Tuba ? |
1986 |
Actor |
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White Storm |
2000 |
Director |
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Who Holds The Golden Key ? |
1978 |
Actor |
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Wing Chun |
2006 |
Producer |
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Winners And Sinners |
1983 |
Action Director |
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