Wong Cho Shan

Biography

Wong Cho Shan was a Chinese Hong Kong actor born in 1905 and passed away in 1991. He began his film career in 1932 and appeared in over 500 films. During the Pacific War, he joined the "Stars Troupe" with fellow actors to perform stage plays in Southeast Asia. He was nicknamed "Slow Electricity" due to his diplomatic and gentle demeanor. In 1948, he sang for the first time on Hong Kong radio in a duet with singer Lu Siao Sin. He served as the manager of the "Actors Company" alongside veteran performers. In 1957, he suffered a fall at a teahouse that caused a brain hemorrhage, requiring hospitalization funded by six film studios. He had a Christian family with a wife and five children. He retired in 1967, celebrated by over a hundred people at a farewell banquet, and emigrated to San Francisco. He returned to visit Hong Kong in 1984 after nearly twenty years abroad.