Alan Tang

Alan Tang Kwong-Wing (20 September 1946 – 29 March 2011) was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director.

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Tang.
Alan Tang
Born(1946-09-20)20 September 1946
Guangzhou, Guangdong, Republic of China
Died29 March 2011(2011-03-29) (aged 64)
Ho Man Tin, Hong Kong
OccupationActor, film producer, film director
Years active1964–1994
Spouse(s)Janet Yim Chan-nap (1975–2011)[1]
ChildrenTang Yip Yan Yvette and Tang Yip Wai Ellie
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese鄧光榮
Simplified Chinese邓光荣
Musical career
Also known asStudent Prince (學生王子)

Biography

Tang was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, He is the youngest of four children, having two older brothers and one older sister. His first starring role was actually at age 16 in the 1963 film The Student Prince, a role he had gotten after some school friends showed his picture to the people making a movie at their secondary school. His role in this early movie earned him the nickname of "The Student Prince."

His secondary education was at the New Method College. After graduation, he received a full scholarship to the University of Hong Kong Law School. He deferred his acceptance to pursue an acting career.

Career

Upon graduation from secondary school, Tang acted in Hong Kong youth films starring Josephine Siao, Chen Chen, and Connie Chan Po-chu throughout the 1960s. Tang was often voted "Best Male Actor" by film magazines.

Tang found fame when he moved to Taiwan during the 1970s, where he had made over 60 feature films. The films he made were often dramas and romances, where he would often pair off with Brigitte Lin, in such films as Run Lover Run.

It was reported that Tang made a salary of HK$150,000 per picture because of his popularity. In one 1974 article, Tang said that he was working on six movies at the same time, however, he only worked on one film a day and that made it difficult for producers. In 1974, Tang not only starred in the Splendid Love in Winter with Chen Chen but he also produced it. Also that same year the film, Dynamite Brothers was released. He co-starred with American Football hero Timothy Brown and James Hong. Tang continued his popular film career in both Hong Kong and Taiwan in the late 1970s. In 1977, Tang starred in director John Lo Mar's romance movie Impetuous Fire with up-and-coming teenage star Candice Yu. The movie was primarily shot in Macau which opened up Tang's business ventures there.

Later in 1977, he formed the production company, The Wing-Scope Company.

With Tang working in Taiwan, and his girlfriend at the time (Janet Yim) in Hong Kong, the pair had occasional difficulties especially since the press reported their every move. Tang and Janet, however, remained together, in spite of living under constant scrutiny.

In 1987, Tang established another production company, In-Gear Film Production Co., Ltd., working alongside his brother, producer/presenter Rover Tang, and continued to produce and act in films, establishing himself as an action star. He appeared in a number of films—generally of the triad genre—such as Flaming Brothers, Gangland Odyssey, Return Engagement, Gun n' Rose and The Black Panther Warriors. He has also produced two films directed by Wong Kar-wai--As Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild.

Working with Wong Kar-wai

In the mid-1980s, Wong Kar-wai became a scriptwriter/director at Wing-Scope and In-Gear. He had written the scripts for the films, Return Engagement and Flaming Brothers which both starred Tang.

Wong's current nostalgic artsy style took shape during his apprenticeship with Tang, who invested in the first movie Wong directed, As Tears Go By. Wong's career took off when he directed the film Days of Being Wild in 1990, despite Tang losing millions of invested dollars.

Later years

Following his retirement, Media Asia Group had gained rights to release his In-Gear film titles on DVD. Throughout the 1990s, Tang pursued a second career in the restaurant business. Additionally, he is an active philanthropist in Hong Kong and mainland China as both an individual and an involved Rotarian. According to the posthumous memoirs of democracy activist Szeto Wah, Tang lent significant financial and material support to help activists flee from China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Szeto said Tang helped out Operation Yellowbird by exerting his great influence in Macau and "got involved personally to save time but he remained low-key and never claimed his share of glory."[2]

On 29 March 2011, Tang died in his home in Ho Man Tin at around 9pm from a heart attack.[3]

Rape allegation

In December 2013, Next Magazine obtained the video of an interview with actress Yammie Lam in which she said that she had been raped by two "big brothers" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry more than two decades before. Lam stated that the first man, who had raped her after consuming alcohol, had died recently.[4] In January 2018, Chinese journalist Zhuo Wei uploaded what appeared to be the uncensored video of Lam's interview, which revealed the alleged rapists to be Alan Tang and Eric Tsang. Tsang has denied the allegation.[5]

Filmography

Actor
Year Title (Chinese/English) Role Ghi chú
1964學生王子/ The student prince Tang Wan-Tung
1967兔女郎/ Bunny girl Long Man
金色聖誕夜/A Glamourous Christmas Night
1968春曉人歸時/A Time For Reunion Fong Chung-Yeung
鐵二胡/Iron Fiddle
鎖著的新娘 /Bride in Chains Paul Fu
1969紅燈綠燈 / Red Light, Green Light
黃衫客/ The One in Yellow
飛男飛女/Social Characters Peter Ko
合歡歌舞慶華年/Let's Sing and Dance to Celebrate a Peaceful Year
成家立室/Let's Build a Family
1970快樂時光/ Haopy times Cheng
學府新潮/ Mordern school life David Tong
瘋狂酒吧/ The mad bar
小姐不在家/ Miss Not Home
1971我為你痴迷/ I Am Crazy About You
我的情人/ Oh my love
無敵鐵沙掌 / The Invincible Iron Palm Yen Tsang
日月神童/ The Mighty Couple Yue Di
浪子與修女 / Maria
淘氣女歌手/ Song of Happy Life
鈔票與我 /Money and I
No Other Way Roy Supit
1972偷情世界/The Stealing Love
鬼馬女歌手/Songs and Romance Forever
火戀/Impetuous Fire Tommy
色字頭上一把刀/The Peeper, the Model and the Hypnotist
騙術大觀/ Cheating in Panorama
辣手強徒/The Notorious Ones
白屋之戀/Love in a Cabin Chung Yin-Shin
情變/ Changing love
血愛/Love and Blood
野馬/Wild Horse
拳門/The Bloody Fight Shih Chen-Wa
火燙的愛人/Huo Tang De Ai Ren
1973血洒後街/ Back Street
蕩寇三狼 / Death Comes in Three George
彩雲飛/ The Young Ones / Min Yun Lau
明日天涯/ If Tomorrow Comes/ Paul
小偷鬥大賊 / The Rats /
愛從那裡來/Where Does Love Come From?
香港夜譚/Hong Kong Nite Life
一蔣士/One Reed Soil
怒雙衝冠/Unsubdued Furies Siao Wah
鐵牛/Iron Bull
愛慾奇譚/Love Is a Four Letter Word
香港式的偷情/Adultery Chinese Style
應召女郎/The Call Girls Phillip
亡命浪子/Death on the Docks Hsu Chien Ying
1974別了親人/ Farewell Dearest
一年幽夢/One Year's Fantasy Ho Dong-Ni
天堂/ The Paradise
運財童子小祖宗/ Lucky, Lucky
海鷗飛處/Where the Seagull Flies
近水樓台/ First Come, First Love Chan Ka Kai
早婚/Too Young
銀色大隊/ The Silver Band
功夫兄弟/ The Dynamite Brothers Larry Chin
花花公子/The Playboy
龍鳳配/The Colorful Ripples
冬戀/ The Splendid Love in Winter Chan Chi
大鄉里/The Country Bumpkin
1975吾土吾民/Land of the Undaunted Chu Yu-Bin
翩翩情/ Love Story of Pian Pian
彩宏焦焦/ The Floating Clouds
玫瑰戀/ Blood and Rose
未曾留下地止/24 Hours Romance
愛情辰跑/Run Lover Run Yang I-Fan
狼吻/Kissed by the Wolves
1976楓葉情 / Forever My Love Gao Yuan
愛的迷藏/ Love Is Like a Game
愛情奪標/Game of Love
金色的影子/ Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
狼來的時候/Long Loi Dik Shut Hau Lu Yi Min
海天一色/ The Beauty with Two Faces
戀愛功夫/Love by Post Yan Yi Fan
大富人家/Born Rich
愛在夏威弟/Love in Hawaii Joe
約會在早晨/The Morning Date
愛的奇譚/Love of Strange Talk
小祖宗/The Little Ancestors
1977波斯夕陽情/Mitra
今生今世/Impetuous Fire Tai Lun
牛郎艷遇
出冊/The Discharged Lee Kai Fa
幽蘭在雨中/ Orchid in the Rain Cheng Yang
流氓皇帝/The Scoundrel
1978情九點零三分/ Three Minutes Past Nine / Hua Xin-Cheng
白粉雙雄/ The Rascal Billionaire
追/ The Chase Cheng Yuan
大冧巴/ The Big Number
林亞珍/ Lam Ah Chun cameo
金鎖匙/The Golden Key/ Chìa khóa vàng Fang Dai-Kuen
1979 發窮惡/The Wickedness in Poverty
家法/Law Don Hun Ying
1980隻手遮天/Absolute Monarch
1981知法犯法/The Legal Illegals
無毒不丈夫/Don't Kill Me, Brother! Fan Kwok-Ho
1981血洗唐人街/ New York Chinatown Lui
狂夜大風暴/ Kong Ye Dai Fung Bou
1983怒拔太陽旗/ The Militarism Revival Tong
盟/I Do! Jenny Ngon Kok
舐血的日子/Lai Hyut Di Yat Ji
1984有 Friend 冇驚/Winner Takes All? Joe
黃禍/Yellow Peril Dennis Kwan Chi Wah
朝來寒雨晚來風
1987香港小姐寫真/ Miss Hong Kong George
江湖龍虎斗/ Flaming Brothers Wing / Chan Wai Lun
1989開心巨無霸/ Mr. Sunshine bomb specialistcameo
1990再戰江湖/Return Engagement Lung Ho Tin
義膽雄心 /Gangland Odyssey Mr Tang
1992五湖四海/ Requital Master Cheung
龍騰四海/ Gun n' Rose Alan Lung
19932黑豹天下/ Warriors: The Black Panther Black Cougar

Director
  • 1977: 出冊/The Discharged
  • 1979: 家法/Law Don

Producer
  • 1973: 亡命浪子/Death on the Docks
  • 1974: 冬戀/ The Splendid Love in Winter
  • 1983: 怒拔太陽旗/ The Militarism Revival
  • 1984: 有Friend冇驚/Winner Takes All?
  • 1985: 開心三響炮/ Funny Triple
  • 1985: 求愛反斗星/ Crazy Romance
  • 1987: 江湖龍虎斗/Flaming Brothers
  • 1987: 猛鬼差館/ The Haunted Cop Shop
  • 1987: 香港小姐寫真 / Miss Hong Kong
  • 1988: 我要富貴/ My Dear Son
  • 1988: 旺角卡門/ As Tears Go By
  • 1989: 捉鬼大師/ Vampire Buster
  • 1990: 再戰江湖/Return Engagement
  • 1991: 阿飛正傳/ Days of Being Wild
  • 1992: 龍騰四海/ Gun n' Rose
  • 1993: 黑豹天下 /Warriors: The Black Panther
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-04-04. Retrieved 2011-03-30.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. Lee, Diana and Wong, Natalie (12 July 2011) "Stars who played their part" Archived 2014-10-31 at the Wayback Machine. The Standard
  3. "Entertainment giant Tang found dead at home". Archived from the original on 2011-11-08.
  4. Chow, Vivienne (2018-01-11). "Hong Kong Star Eric Tsang Denies Rape Allegations – Variety". Variety.com. Retrieved 2018-09-16.
  5. "被指性侵女星 曾志偉：要讓造謠者付出代價". BBC News (in Chinese). 17 January 2018. Retrieved 2018-11-06.
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