Ho Li Jen

Biography

Ho Li Jen was a Chinese actor from Hong Kong, born in 1911 in Zhejiang Province. He graduated from the Police Academy and lived for a long time in Shandong Province, where he worked as a trainee under the Shandong provincial government and also served under the warlord Han Fu-chou, known as "Han Ching-tien." He later moved to Hong Kong and worked as a guard at Yong Wah Studios before entering the world of acting. His screen debut was in the Mandarin film "Huang Gui Gu Nyu" (Yellow Flower Maiden) in 1957, while his final film work was "Si Wang Ta" (Tower of Death), released in 1981. He appeared in over 80 Mandarin and Cantonese films in Hong Kong and Taiwan. In 1973, he played the role of Bruce Lee's father in "Enter the Dragon." His last television work was in the Hong Kong Radio Television series "Lion Rock" (Shi Zi Shan Xia), where he played a lonely retired actor living with dogs. He spent his later years in Tai Po Tsai in Sai Kung, Hong Kong, and enjoyed drinking and writing. He passed away on Tuesday, April 18, 1978, at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kowloon due to emphysema, at the age of 66, leaving behind three daughters. Director Lee Han-shiang handled his funeral arrangements, and his body was moved to the Universal Funeral Parlor; the funeral took place on Sunday, April 23, 1978, at 1 p.m., and his remains were cremated at Cape Collinson Crematorium the same day.