Lo Kim Long

Biography

Lo Kim Long, born Lo Fu Man on January 29, 1921, in Shanghai County, Jiangsu Province (present-day Shanghai), grew up in a middle-class family. He was a renowned Cantonese opera performer and film actor in Hong Kong, having studied under the martial arts actor Huang Hok Sing. In 1957, he founded the Guo Zhen Film Production Company. He participated in the filming of over 100 Cantonese feature films, collaborating with major stars such as Lo Ying Qing, Fong Yim Fan, Tang Pik Wan, Lam Ka Sing, and Leung Sing Bor. He emigrated to the United States in the 1960s. He passed away on January 23, 2003, in San Francisco due to asthma, at the age of 81.