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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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Winners And Sinners |
1983 |
Action Director |
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Wing Chun |
2006 |
Producer |
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Who Holds The Golden Key ? |
1978 |
Actor |
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White Storm |
2000 |
Director |
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Where's Officer Tuba ? |
1986 |
Actor |
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When Taekwondo Strikes |
1973 |
Brief appearance |
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Way Of The Black Dragon |
1978 |
Action Director |
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Warriors Two |
1978 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Victim, The |
1980 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Velvet Gloves |
1996 |
Director |
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Valiant Ones |
1975 |
Actor |
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Two Toothless Tigers |
1980 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Treasure Castle |
1972 |
Actor |
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Tournament, The |
1974 |
Actor |
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Touch Of Zen, A |
1971 |
Stuntman |
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Three Wishes |
1988 |
Director |
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Thou Shall Not Commit |
2001 |
Executive producer |
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Swordmates, The |
1969 |
Actor |
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Stoner |
1974 |
Brief appearance |
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Sting, The |
1992 |
Producer |
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Stand Behind The Yellow Line |
1997 |
Director |
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Spooky Family, The |
1990 |
Producer |
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Skin Striperess |
1992 |
Director |
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Shiver |
2003 |
Producer, Action Director |
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Shaolin Plot, The |
1977 |
Actor |
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Seven Swords Of Mount Heaven |
2005 |
Action Director |
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Security Unlimited |
1981 |
Action Director |
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S.D.U. Mission In Mission |
1994 |
Producer |
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Running Mate |
1989 |
Producer, Action Director |
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Raid On Royal Casino Marine |
1990 |
Producer |
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Proud And Confident |
1989 |
Producer |
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Prodigal Son, The |
1981 |
Action Director |
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Private Eyes, The |
1976 |
Actor |
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Possessed |
2002 |
Producer |
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Owl VS Bumbo, The |
1984 |
Actor |
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Odd Couple |
1979 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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No Way Back |
1990 |
Producer |
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No Compromise |
1989 |
Director |
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New Mr. Vampire |
1986 |
Director |
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My Lucky Stars |
1985 |
Action Director |
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Mr Boo Meets Pom Pom |
1985 |
Actor |
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Money Crazy |
1977 |
Actor |
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Masters Of Tiger Crane |
1983 |
Actor |
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Magnificent Butcher, The |
1980 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Mad Stylist |
1997 |
Action Director |
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Mad Mad Ghost |
1992 |
Director |
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Long Arm Of The Law |
1984 |
Action Director |
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Licence To Steal |
1990 |
Director |
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Legend Of Chiuchow Brothers |
1991 |
Producer |
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Legend Of A Professional, The |
2001 |
Director |
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Kung Fu Stars |
1975 |
Actor |
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Kung Fu Jungle |
2014 |
Cameo |
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Krazy Kops |
1981 |
Action Director |
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Knockabout |
1979 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Jeet Kune Do |
2010 |
Producer |
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Iron Fisted Monk, The |
1977 |
Stuntman |
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Invincible Eight, The |
1971 |
Actor |
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Incredible Kung Fu Master, The |
1979 |
Actor |
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His Name Is Nobody |
1979 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Himalayan, The |
1976 |
Actor |
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Heart Of Dragon |
1985 |
Assistant Director, Action Director, Actor |
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He Has Nothing But Kung Fu |
1977 |
Actor |
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Hapkido |
1972 |
Stuntman |
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Girlie Bar, The |
1976 |
Actor |
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Ghost Nursing |
1982 |
Producer |
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Ghost Legend |
1990 |
Producer |
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Fugitive, The |
1972 |
Brief appearance |
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From Riches To Rags |
1979 |
Action Director |
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From Here To Prosperity |
1986 |
Action Director |
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Fortune Code, The |
1989 |
Action Director |
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Fist Of Fury |
1972 |
Stuntman |
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Fearful 24 Hours |
2004 |
Action Director |
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Executioners From Shaolin |
1977 |
Brief appearance |
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Eunuch, The |
1971 |
Actor |
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Enter The Fat Dragon |
1978 |
Brief appearance |
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Enter The Dragon |
1973 |
Stuntman |
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Encounters Of The Spooky Kind |
1980 |
Actor |
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Dynamite Brothers |
1974 |
Actor |
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Dragon : Since 1973 |
2004 |
Actor |
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Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog |
1978 |
Actor |
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Dirty Kung Fu |
1978 |
Actor |
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Devil And Angel |
1973 |
Actor |
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Demon Possession |
2002 |
Producer |
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Dead And The Deadly, The |
1982 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Crazy Spirit |
1987 |
Director |
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Crazy Safari |
1991 |
Director |
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Crazy Partner |
1979 |
Actor |
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Chinese Kung Fu |
1973 |
Actor |
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Challenge Of The Masters |
1976 |
Actor |
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Casino, The |
1972 |
Brief appearance |
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Casino Raiders |
1989 |
Action Director |
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Carry On Pickpocket |
1982 |
Action Director, Actor |
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Brotherhood |
1987 |
Director |
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Brotherhood |
1976 |
Brief appearance |
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Broken Oath |
1977 |
Actor |
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Bloody Ring |
1974 |
Assistant Action Director, Actor |
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Big Boss, The |
1971 |
Actor |
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Bet To Basic |
2006 |
Producer |
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Beginners Luck |
1994 |
Director, Writer |
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Back Alley Princess |
1973 |
Actor |
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Amsterdam Kill, The |
1978 |
Actor |
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Amsterdam Connection |
1978 |
Actor |
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All Men Are Brothers : Blood Of The Leopard |
1993 |
Director |
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36th Chamber Of Shaolin, The |
1978 |
Actor |
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