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He spoofed the "Bruceploitation" trend of kung fu movies at the time to imitate Bruce Lee with his film Enter the Fat Dragon in 1978.
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He directed and, along with Yuen Biao, starred in The Prodigal Son in 1982, which is said to contain some of the best wushu caught on film.
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The first film he appeared in was Education of Love in 1961.
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He is honored on the Hong Kong Avenue of Stars.
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He was the action director for female action star Angela Mao.
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He helped launch the careers of such stars as Yuen Biao, Michelle Yeoh, Andy Lau, and Cynthia Rothrock.
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He worked again with his childhood friend Jackie Chan as the action director for The Medallion.
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The first feature film he directed was The Iron Fisted Monk in 1977.
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He choreographed the unfinished Bruce Lee movie Game of Death.
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His nickname among the Hong Kong film industry is "Big Brother".
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He has acted in, directed, or choreographed over 140 movies.
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He has been married to Joyce Godenzi since 1995.
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He memorized and recited his lines phonetically for his parts in American shows.
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He attended Peking Opera School.
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He is the grandson of martial arts actress Zhi-Gong Chen.
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His son Timmy Hung works with TVB as an actor.
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He married and later divorced Jo Yuen Ok, whom he grew up with.
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He has two daughters and two sons, Jimmy Kimmy, Timmy, and Stephanie.
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He started Bo Ho, a subsidiary of the Golden Harvest film company.
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His parents worked in the film industry.
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He based his stage name "Sammo" off Sanmao, a Chinese comic book character with three hairs.
Sam = three
mo = hair
Sam + mo = three hairs
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He is a member of the Lucky Stars, a group who starred in a series of kung fu comedy films, along with Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao.
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He started the hopping corpse genre.
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He attended the same opera school as and is close friends with
Jackie Chan and Yuen Biao.
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Sammo is 5'7" (1.70 m) tall.
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A new movie called "Dragon Squad" featuring Sammo is coming. It will feature Michael Biehn from "The Terminator," too.
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He had a cameo in "80 Days Around the World" as Wong Fei-hung.