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		Bao Fang

Other names :	鮑方鲍方 Bao Fong Bau Fong Bau Gai Wun Pao Fang Pao Fong Pau Fong Paw Fong

Birthdate :	13/11/1922
Date of death :	22/9/2006
Nationality :	China
Workplace :	China, Hong Kong
Activities :	Director (11), Assistant Director (1), Writer (6), Actor (83)

	Biography
HK actor Bao Fong (or Bao Fong, Pao Fang, Pau Fong, Pao Fong) (鲍方) died at the age of 84. Born Bao Ji Huan (鲍继焕) in November 12th, 1922 in Nanchang, Jiangxi province (江西, 南昌), Bao's family originated from the Anhui province. After law studies at the faculty of Guangxi, he joined a theatrical company in Guilin in 1942. In 1948, he arrived in Hong Kong. During the 1950s-1960s, he worked with almost all the island’s film studios, often under exiled film directors like him. He thus worked a lot with Bu Wancang, Zhu Shi Lin, Li Ping Qian and Chen Jing Bo, who had all started their careers in mainland China. Bao Fong then evolved in the cinema of the exiled Shanghai people, which was much different from the cinema of the local Cantonese. He appeared in adaptations of novels and plays, great historical events and social comedies. Being tall and good-looking made him play princes or romantic male leads. A friendly and comical air emanated from his personality, which seduced female audience. Among his performances at that time, we can mention Year In, Year Out (Yi Nian Zhi Ji), Wife and Husband (Fu Fu Zhi Jian), A Widow's Tears (Xin Gua), Thunderstorm (Lei Yu) or even Garden of Repose (Gu Yuan Chun Meng). In 1959, he co-directed a first film with Chen Jing Bo (陈静波) : The Teenage Girl (有女初长成). In 1963, he directed his first film alone The Reluctant Bridegroom (假婿乘龙). He made on the whole about fifteen films in which he also played most of the time. He found genuine critical recognition with the film (co-directed with Hui Sin/Xu Xian) about the poet Chu Yuan (屈原) (or Chu Yuan/Wat Yuen) in 1977. Between 1978 and 1983, he held positions of responsibility among the Feng Huang/Phoenix studio (凤凰影片公司). In the late 1970s, in order to pay for his son’s studies in the USA, he started acting in TV series for TVB. It was with his uncle, Wong Tin Lam, that he had better parts, usually those of conervative patriarchs, emperors, ministers or declining kung-fu school masters. In King Wah Chun Mung (京华春梦), a series by Wong Tin Lam, which depicts the adventures of a great feudal family, adapted from Zhang Hen Shui’s work, close to Pa Kin’s novels, Bao Fong fought against the star couple, Lisa Wong and Damian Lau. In Man Sui Chin San Chung See Ching/万水千山总是情 by the same Wong Tin Lam (a chronicle about a few families caught in the vicissitudes of History) Bao Fong played by the side of Patrick Tse Yin, Lisa Wong and Ray Lui. In Suet San Fei Wu/The Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain (1985), he worked once again with Ray Lui, but also Angie Chiu, Margie Tsang or even Chow Sau Lan. At that time, Johnnie To took part in the filming of all Wong Tin Lam’s series, in which we could also find the names of Law Kar (currently, a curator at the Hong Kong Film Archives), Benny Chan, Lau Shut Yue, Tam Ling or of course Wong Jing, his son. His great presence, his noble face and pleasant voice often forbade Bao Fong to play bad guys. As he grew old, he lost his comic aspect in his roles. He ended up specializing in the parts of strict yet good old men, or of old wisemen in wu-xia series. In the 1990s, he would occasionally appear in films. The fans of Ronny Yu, Brigitte Lin and Leslie Cheung must remember Bao Fong as the patriarch Wu-Tang in Jiang Hu/The Bride With White Hair (1993). Bao Fong got numerous honorary awards towards the end of his career. He had an apoplexy in 1999, during the shooting of a Chinese TV-series. That accident forced him to retire. Besides his 60-year career, Bao Fong took part in more than a hundred films and TV series. The actress Pao Hei Ching (鮑起靜) – recently seen as Jet Li’s mother in Fearless – is Bao Fong’s youngest daughter and producer Fong Ping’s (方平) wife, Derek Yee’s old friend. She started in the industry in her father’s shadow. She was an actress, but also scriptgirl, assistant, production assistant, etc. on the films he made. Bao Fong’s son Peter Pau (Pao Hei Ming/Pao Tak Hei - 鮑起鳴/鮑德熹), after film studies in the USA, came back and settled down in Hong Kong where he is now one of the most reknown directors of photography. The producer Fong Ping (方平), Derek Yee’s old friend, is his son-in-law. Bao Fong died at Hong Kong Ruttonjee Hospital on September 22th, 2006. VTL (September 2006)
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Filmography

[ 1990 - 1980 - 1970 - 1960 - 1950 - 1940 ]

Alternate lists by alpha / genre / year

Title ( HK - All )		Year	Activity

	Flying Fox of Snowy Mountain 1999, The	1999	Actor
	Chinese Box	1997	Actor
	Demi-Gods And Semi-Devils, The	1997	Actor
	Because Of Lies	1995	Actor
	Good Match From Heaven, A	1995	Actor
	Lover Of The Last Empress	1995	Actor
	Phantom Lover, The	1995	Actor
	Summer Snow	1995	Actor
	Drunken Master II	1994	Actor
	King Of The Sea	1994	Actor
	Long & Winding Road, The	1994	Actor
	Black Panther	1993	Actor
	Black Panther Warriors, The	1993	Actor
	Bride With White Hair, The	1993	Actor
	Heroes Among Heroes	1993	Actor
	Mary From Beijing	1992	Actor
	Sting, The	1992	Actor
	Thief Of Time	1992	Actor
	Ghost For Sales	1991	Actor
	Hong Kong Godfather	1991	Actor
	Blood Stained Tradewinds	1990	Actor
	Forsaken Cop	1990	Actor
	Kawashima Yoshiko - The Last Princess Of Manchuria	1990	Actor
	Point Of No Return	1990	Actor
	Final Combat, The	1989	Actor
	Tour Of Revenge	1989	Actor
	New Heaven Sword And The Dragon Sabre, The	1986	Actor
	Yangs' Saga, The	1986	Actor
	Flying Fox Of Snowy Mountain, The	1985	Actor
	Love With The Ghost In Lushan	1984	Director, Writer
	Warrant Of Assassination, The	1980	Director
	Chu Yuan	1977	Director, Writer, Actor
	Looks Of Hong Kong, The	1974	Actor
	Collegian	1970	Director, Writer, Actor
	Destiny Of Love	1969	Director
	I Have Come Again	1968	Director
	Adventures Of A Scholar	1967	Actor
	Operation Child Hung	1967	Actor
	Cricket And The King, The	1966	Director
	Wife On Trial	1966	Actor
	Happy Family, The	1964	Actor
	Happy Reunion, A	1964	Actor
	Hsu Hsueh Mei	1964	Actor
	Reluctant Bridgeroom, The	1964	Director, Writer
	Tung Hsiao Wan	1963	Actor
	Adventure Of The New Talents	1962	Actor
	Double Twins	1962	Director, Writer
	Romance Across The Window	1962	Director, Actor
	Alarm Conscious	1960	Actor
	Eternal Love, The	1960	Actor
	Laugh, Clown Laugh	1960	Actor
	Seventeen	1960	Actor
	Teenage Girl, A	1960	Director, Writer
	Fantasy Of Youth	1959	Actor
	Seaside Village, A	1959	Actor
	Unfulfilled Wish, An	1959	Actor
	Wild Rose	1959	Actor
	Culprit, The	1958	Actor
	Those Bewitching Eyes	1958	Actor
	Dog Murderer	1957	Actor
	Whither Spring ?	1957	Actor
	Foolish Heart, The	1956	Actor
	Survivors Of Love	1956	Actor
	Three Loves	1956	Actor
	To Marry Or Not To Marry	1956	Actor
	Widow's Tears, A	1956	Actor
	Between Father And Daughter	1955	Actor
	Full House	1955	Actor
	Wayward Love	1955	Actor
	Year In, Year Out	1955	Actor
	Return	1954	Actor
	Tears Of A Young Concubine	1954	Actor
	Beauty In Disguise	1953	Actor
	Closed Chamber	1953	Actor
	Midsummer Night's Romance	1953	Actor
	New West Chamber	1953	Actor
	Singing Under The Moon	1953	Actor
	Songstress Called Hong Lingyan, A	1953	Actor
	Tears Of A Songstress	1953	Actor
	Wife And Husband	1953	Actor
	Wonder Dog To The Rescue	1953	Actor
	Back Home Again	1952	Actor
	MIdas	1952	Actor
	Playboy, The	1952	Actor
	Portrait of a Lady	1952	Actor
	Song Of Nightingale	1952	Actor
	Woman's Heart	1952	Assistant Director, Actor
	Thirteen That Go Astray, The	1951	Actor
	To See The Clouds Roll	1950	Actor
	Twenty Four Hours Of Marriage	1950	Actor
	Soul Of China, The	1948	Actor