George Wang

George Wang

Born: November 12, 1918
Died: March 27, 2015
in Dandong, Liaoning, China
George Wang (born Wang Yie, 12 November 1918 – 27 March 2015) was a Taiwanese actor and producer who appeared in a multitude of Italian films.

Born in Dandong, Liaoning, Wang enrolled the Shanghai drama school China Film Studio in 1938 and the following year he made his film debut in Defending Our Homeland (保家鄉). In 1949, Wang moved to Taiwan, becoming one of the most important stars in the early years of Taiwanese cinema.

At the end of the 1950s he moved to Italy, where he was a very active character actor in genre films, mainly spy films, adventure films and Spaghetti Westerns, being mostly cast in roles of villains. Thanks to his good knowledge of English, he was also active in a number of English language productions, notably appearing in Nicholas Ray's 55 Days at Peking.

In 1976 Wang moved to Hong Kong, where with his son Don he founded the film production company "Wang Film Company". In 1978 he returned to Taiwan and back to acting, winning in 1981 a Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in The Coldest Winter in Peking (皇天后土).

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The Grandmaster
Title: The Grandmaster
Character: Gong Clan Elder
Released: January 10, 2013
Type: Movie
Ip Man's peaceful life in Foshan changes after Gong Yutian seeks an heir for his family in Southern China. Ip Man then meets Gong Er who challenges him for the sake of regaining her family's honor. After the Second Sino-Japanese War, Ip Man moves to Hong Kong and struggles to provide for his family. In the mean time, Gong Er chooses the path of vengeance after her father was killed by Ma San.
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Close to You
Title: Close to You
Character: Ta-Chieh's Grandfather
Released: August 13, 2010
Type: Movie
Chen Jiaxiang is martial Boxing Beijing, he had a car accident, his mother took him to Taipei to perform medical care. Xiang forget boxing skills, but the fans encouraged him to continue doing so he came back wearing boxing gloves, boxing ...
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Love in the City
Title: Love in the City
Released: January 9, 2007
Type: Movie
Young traffic cop Yang Le (Shawn Yue) sees kindergarten teacher Xiao You (Gao Yuanyuan) leading her kids to cross the road everyday. While he starts to have special feelings for her, he suddenly learns from a friend that she is a deaf-mute. Meanwhile, Yang's half-brother has a crush on a super star (Naoko Miyake) while working as her Chinese interpreter. But she will leave China when shooting is over. Can the four find true love in the end?
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Kangxi Upsets Wutai Mountains
Title: Kangxi Upsets Wutai Mountains
Released: January 1, 1989
Type: Movie
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Master Hui Neng
Title: Master Hui Neng
Released: January 1, 1987
Type: Movie
Taiwanese historical drama about the Buddhist monk Huineng.
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The Sunset in Geneva
Title: The Sunset in Geneva
Released: January 1, 1986
Type: Movie
Taiwanese film
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The Longest Night
Title: The Longest Night
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Taiwanese war film based on a small-scale battle between the invading People's Liberation Army and the resisting Republic of China Armed Forces on a few small islands (including Dadan Island) in the Taiwan Strait in late July 1950.
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Black and White
Title: Black and White
Released: January 1, 1983
Type: Movie
Taiwanese war film.
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Devil Returns
Title: Devil Returns
Released: February 17, 1982
Type: Movie
A woman is raped and impregnated by a psychopath, who comes back from beyond the grave to exact revenge when his demonic son undergoes an exorcism.
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The Battle for the Republic of China
Title: The Battle for the Republic of China
Released: October 9, 1981
Type: Movie
Patriotic extravanganza concerning early 20th century political events in Taiwan (i.e. the Republic of China), told in an ensemble format
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The Battle of Ku-Ning-Tou
Title: The Battle of Ku-Ning-Tou
Released: August 2, 1980
Type: Movie
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To Kill with Intrigue
Title: To Kill with Intrigue
Character: Master of Dragon Escort
Released: July 22, 1977
Type: Movie
Young master Cao Le chases his pregnant girlfriend away from the family castle. He does it in order to save her from vicious bandits who are going to murder his family.
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The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious
Title: The Hot, the Cool and the Vicious
Character: Mayor Yuen
Released: January 27, 1977
Type: Movie
The sleepy town of Black Stone erupts into martial turmoil when a counterfeiting ring run by the mysterious golden haired gorilla Mr. Lung comes under the scrutiny of an undercover agent Ching, a reformed assassin and expert of southern fist boxing.
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Il sergente Rompiglioni diventa... caporale
Title: Il sergente Rompiglioni diventa... caporale
Character: Chang
Released: March 27, 1975
Type: Movie
An inept sergeant is mistaken for a secret agent and charged with finding a spy, but he is so stupid he is demoted and becomes a corporal.
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This Time I'll Make You Rich
Title: This Time I'll Make You Rich
Character: Wang
Released: June 14, 1974
Type: Movie
Joe Esposito, an italo-american, and Brad McCoy, a Scottish man, are engaged by Giorgiakis to be his bodyguards, due to their physical stature, and muscular development. Only, on the cover, both men are dealing in drugs... Wang and his gang get interested in a particular big cache of drugs, and therefore Giorgiakis, and his bodyguards, will find themselves under unexpected pressure.
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Milarepa
Title: Milarepa
Released: May 21, 1974
Type: Movie
Due to a road accident, the professor Bennett is trapped in his car and, while his wife goes in search of help, the young student Leo - who translated Milarepa's text at his request - tells him the story of the great Tibetan poet, magician and hermit, performing an imaginary journey to the Himalayas and an intimate journey within himself. The story of Milarepa is structured in three parts: that of black magic (the protagonist, encouraged by his mother, learns the art of killing), that of white magic (a journey towards perfection thanks to the harsh teachings of Milarepa's master, Marpa) and that of transfiguration (the achievement of absolute detachment from the material reality).
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Man with the Golden Winchester
Title: Man with the Golden Winchester
Character: Pedro Garcia
Released: December 30, 1973
Type: Movie
Zorro aids an American gun-runner in his effort to supply arms to Mexican revolutionaries in their effort to overthrow Emperor Maximillian.
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The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
Title: The Fighting Fists of Shanghai Joe
Character: Yang
Released: December 28, 1973
Type: Movie
A Chinese immigrant, recently arrived in America, fights to free Mexican slaves from their cruel master.
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7 Hours of Violence
Title: 7 Hours of Violence
Released: November 15, 1973
Type: Movie
A former hitman is blackmailed into doing one more job. But the hit doesn't go as planned and he winds up with the police and a gang of Chinese hitmen hunting him down. A beautiful young woman helps to hide him until he can figure out a way to elude his pursuers.
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Mr. Hercules Against Karate
Title: Mr. Hercules Against Karate
Character: Ming
Released: September 14, 1973
Type: Movie
A skinny troublemaker and his good-natured, bemuscled sidekick find trouble in Hong Kong.
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Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro
Title: Li chiamavano i tre moschettieri... invece erano quattro
Character: Kungfu Master
Released: September 1, 1973
Type: Movie
Yet another adventure of the famous musketeers engaged as usual to help the needy. Cardinal Richelieu is always hindering their task.
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Studio legale per una rapina
Title: Studio legale per una rapina
Character: Lino
Released: June 27, 1973
Type: Movie
Maurice Poitier, a disbarred lawyer, is dumped in prison. In prison, he learns of a plan of robbery worth millions from a dying inmate: once released, will begin to put together a group of bandits to pull this off. But not everything goes as hoped.
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Super Fly T.N.T.
Title: Super Fly T.N.T.
Character: Poker player
Released: June 15, 1973
Type: Movie
A Harlem drug dealer and his girlfriend retire to Rome, where he joins an African revolution.
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The Executioner of God
Title: The Executioner of God
Character: Ramon Orea
Released: June 2, 1973
Type: Movie
A former gunman turned priest seeks vengeance on three bandits who are masquerading as law-abiding citizens.
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The Big Game
Title: The Big Game
Character: Wong
Released: April 2, 1973
Type: Movie
Two soldiers of fortune are hired by an inventor to protect him and his invention, a radar-like machine that is capable of controlling armies and forcing them to fight.
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Colt in the Hand of the Devil
Title: Colt in the Hand of the Devil
Character: Warner
Released: January 5, 1973
Type: Movie
When a cowboy is released from prison he fulfils a promise to visit a town run by a gang of ruthless gunmen. In doing so he makes a lot of enemies.
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Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
Title: Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre
Character: Ming
Released: January 1, 1973
Type: Movie
The Governor of Kansas hires six gunfighters to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the self-appointed sheriff of Abilene.
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Sotto a chi tocca!
Title: Sotto a chi tocca!
Character: Koyo
Released: October 24, 1972
Type: Movie
Straccio, a young acrobat, wants to free his beloved Julia, held prisoner in the tyrant's castle. He designs a good plan, and develops it with the help of his three friends, Pietro, Bitonto, and Gatto Mammone. When he thinks he achieved both his ends - overthrowing Fregonese from power, and winning Julia's love - he finds that his countrymen cupidity for the tyrant's gold is more difficult to deal with.
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Deadly Trackers
Title: Deadly Trackers
Character: Ling Fu
Released: September 2, 1972
Type: Movie
Jeff sets out to murder each one of the five outlaws who robbed, raped and killed his poor sister. He lays a fragment of her poncho on each of his victims' dead bodies as a mark of his revenge in a gripping, exciting tale.
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Two Brothers in Trinity
Title: Two Brothers in Trinity
Character: Chinaman
Released: April 26, 1972
Type: Movie
Charming, blithely amoral devil-may-care rogue Jesse Smith and peaceful, devout straight-arrow Mormon Lester O'Hara are estranged half brothers who are reunited after receiving a sizable inheritance from their deceased mother. The wildly contrasting mismatched duo get into all sorts of trouble while trying to claim said inheritance. Written by Woodyanders
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Roma bene
Title: Roma bene
Character: Che-Fang
Released: October 8, 1971
Type: Movie
A parade of corrupt and sleazy characters in the high society of Rome.
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Kill Django...Kill First
Title: Kill Django...Kill First
Character: Lupe Martinez
Released: February 5, 1971
Type: Movie
Johnny fights the banker Burton, who tries to acquire with the help of the strange bandit Martinez, in an unlawful way, all the gold mines in the nearer environment.
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Desert of Fire
Title: Desert of Fire
Character: El Marish
Released: January 29, 1971
Type: Movie
A desert bandit leader robs a jeep and hauls off a lot of American money. He doesn't get much of a chance to enjoy it, however, because he and his men are soon attacked by a "phantom", who kills all his men, and steals his weapons. When a beautiful young woman shows up in search of the money, she is raped by the phantom. When another man shows up the three of them decide to head into the desert to find the "treasure" and wind up finding something they weren't expecting.
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Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Title: Have a Good Funeral, My Friend… Sartana Will Pay
Character: Peng / Lee Tse Tung
Released: October 8, 1970
Type: Movie
After witnessing a brutal massacre, the legendary hero Sartana is ready to do some investigating. Almost everyone in the tiny town of Indian Creek seems eager to buy up the property left behind by the murder victims, and one of them could well be behind the killings. The sheriff himself is not above suspicion, so Sartana must uncover the culprit all on his own.
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36 Hours of Hell
Title: 36 Hours of Hell
Character: Major Koshiro
Released: July 25, 1969
Type: Movie
American marines are sent to a Japanese-occupied Pacific island that has been subjected to a bombing campaign, only to encounter heavy resistance from the surviving enemy forces.
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Tepepa
Title: Tepepa
Character: Mr. Chu
Released: January 31, 1969
Type: Movie
The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.
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Colt in the Hand of the Devil
Title: Colt in the Hand of the Devil
Character: El Condor / Capataz
Released: November 24, 1967
Type: Movie
Pat Scotty is hired to eliminate a gang of Mexican bandits led by El Condor. Scotty craftily earns the trust of the bandits, enabling him to trap them all, but in the meantime, genuine friendship and respect have developed between him and El Condor.
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Death on a Rainy Day
Title: Death on a Rainy Day
Character: Dr. Kung
Released: September 29, 1967
Type: Movie
Two French agents fight a Chinese sect that aims to control the American Secretary of Defence via high-tech medicine, so that he would start a world war.
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Your Turn to Die
Title: Your Turn to Die
Character: Chang
Released: January 1, 1967
Type: Movie
When Gordon Smash tries to get away with the loot from a successful diamond heist, his fellow conspirators shoot him in the back. Smash manages to get a clue to newspaper reporter Robert Foster, who sets of to retrieve the diamonds. Despite becoming a target for the rest of the gang, Foster prefers to rely on fashion model Arabella and news paper photographer 'Flash' instead of the more seasoned Inspector Chandler.
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Cisco
Title: Cisco
Character: El Tuscarora
Released: October 13, 1966
Type: Movie
El Cisco, who escaped a hanging with an exploding cigar, returns to the town of Calabasas five years later looking for the men who framed him.
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Black Box Affair
Title: Black Box Affair
Character: Agente cinese
Released: October 7, 1966
Type: Movie
An airplane crashes in Spain. The Russian as well as the Chinese government take care of the events because on board there was a "black box" containing precious and dangerous devices for the whole world.
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You'll See Me Returning
Title: You'll See Me Returning
Character: Principe Hiro Toyo
Released: August 7, 1966
Type: Movie
A young Italian sailor enrolled in the Italian Navy meets in Rome the Princess Liu, betrothed to a nobleman in Tokyo.
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Taste of Killing
Title: Taste of Killing
Character: Machete
Released: August 6, 1966
Type: Movie
Lanky Fellow has a typical cynical SW like way to earn his living. He observes valuable transports of money or gold, but when they are robbed he doesn't intervene, but follows the robbers and then brings the loot back to collect the insurance. When his "job" brings him in conflict with the notorious outlaw Gus Kenneback, he has personal reasons to protect the money as Kenneback was once responsible for the death of Lanky's brother.
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Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
Title: Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs
Character: Fong (uncredited)
Released: July 29, 1966
Type: Movie
The scheming mad scientist Dr. Goldfoot (Vincent Price) plots another mad scheme to take over the world by killing off the major military leaders of every country; to that end, he creates in his secret lab a bevy of bodacious girl bombs; full-length, life-size robots that explode when embraced.
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Delitto quasi perfetto
Title: Delitto quasi perfetto
Character: truck driver
Released: April 27, 1966
Type: Movie
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The 10th Victim
Title: The 10th Victim
Character: Chinese Attacker
Released: December 2, 1965
Type: Movie
In the near future, big wars are avoided by giving individuals with violent tendencies a chance to kill in the Big Hunt. The Hunt is the most popular form of entertainment in the world and also attracts participants who are looking for fame and fortune. It includes ten rounds for each competitor, five as the hunter and five as the victim.
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James Tont Operation U.N.O.
Title: James Tont Operation U.N.O.
Character: Kayo
Released: November 20, 1965
Type: Movie
The diabolical Goldsinger, enraged at being excluded from the UN, hatches a plot to blow up the assembly while all the heads of the state participate. Luckily, inept agent James Tont discovers the plot and sets out to stop Goldsinger.
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Spy in Your Eye
Title: Spy in Your Eye
Character: Ming
Released: September 17, 1965
Type: Movie
A secret agent is assigned ot rescue the daughter of a deceased East German scienist, who discovered a valuable formula.
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008: Operation Exterminate
Title: 008: Operation Exterminate
Character: Tanaka
Released: September 3, 1965
Type: Movie
The British Secret Service sends agent 006 to Cairo, to collaborate with an American colleague in searching for a stolen anti-radar device, but soon finds the task a bit more than he bargained for.
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The Pirates of Malaysia
Title: The Pirates of Malaysia
Character: Sho Pa
Released: October 16, 1964
Type: Movie
Filmed in Singapore it tells the story of Sandokan who is a Malaysian rebel who, with a group of renegades, goes up against a British General who is trying to force the King to resign.
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55 Days at Peking
Title: 55 Days at Peking
Character: Boxer Chief (uncredited)
Released: May 6, 1963
Type: Movie
Diplomats, soldiers and other representatives of a dozen nations fend off the siege of the International Compound in Peking during the 1900 Boxer Rebellion. The disparate interests unite for survival despite competing factions, overwhelming odds, delayed relief and tacit support of the Boxers by the Empress of China and her generals.
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The Mongols
Title: The Mongols
Character: Subodai
Released: August 31, 1961
Type: Movie
During the Mongol invasion of Poland, a conflict between Mongol Emperor Genghis Khan and his oldest son Ogotai ensues when the former aims for peace and the latter itches for war and conquest.
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The Dam on the Yellow River
Title: The Dam on the Yellow River
Character: Wang
Released: March 25, 1960
Type: Movie
Anti-Communist propaganda film, in which the victory of Mao Tse-Tung's People's Liberation Army is seen through the eyes of an American journalist reporting from the Nationalists' side.
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Opium Poppy
Title: Opium Poppy
Released: May 9, 1955
Type: Movie
The host of the Macau Enemy Intelligence Organization was nicknamed "Poppy". Intelligence agent Yu Pu went to Hong Kong and Macau to sabotage, and his identity was exposed. After a fight on the ship, they jumped into the water to escape. Poppy and his men were driving on the beach when the ship exploded and they lost control of the direction and fell into the sea.
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The Port of Hualien
Title: The Port of Hualien
Character: 哈卡那摩
Released: January 1, 1948
Type: Movie
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Undaunted Land
Title: Undaunted Land
Character: 林团长
Released: January 1, 1944
Type: Movie
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东亚之光
Title: 东亚之光
Character: 游击队司令
Released: January 1, 1940
Type: Movie