Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 27, 1912
Died
Dec 17, 1980
Place of Birth
Hong Kong, China
Credits
122 titles
Simon Yuen Siu-Tien
Biography
Yuen Siu-Tien (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real life son Yuen Woo-ping. Yuen died having a heart attack in 1979. Leader of the Yuen Clan and father of: Peace Yuen Wo-Ping; Charlie Yuen Cheung-Yan; Sunny Yuen Shun-Yi; Simon Yuen Yat-Choh; Brandy Yuen Jan-Yeung and Yuen Lung-Kui.
Known For
Filmography
Fights of Fury
Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter
Self
Little Mad Guy
An Old Kung Fu Master
Master with Cracked Fingers
Old Master
The Buddhist Fist
Sleeping monk
Against Rascals with Kung-Fu
The Six Directions of Boxing
The World of Drunken Master
[Cameo]
Blind Fist of Bruce
The Blind Master
The Story of the Drunken Master
Beggar So
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
Sam the Seed / Beggar Su
Crystal Fist
Cook / Teacher
Sleeping Fist
Old Fox
Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist
Crippled Fist Master (as Yuen Hsiao-Tien)
The Mystery of Chess Boxing
Master Cook
Mad Mad Kung Fu
Bamboo Stick
Horse Boxing Killer
Iron Bridge Kung-Fu
Piggy
Heroes of the East
Ho To's Sifu
Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat
Drunken Master
Beggar So
Drunken Master Strikes Back
Su Hua Chi / Beggar So / Sam Seed
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
The Beggar / Pai Chang Tien
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
Abbot in Charge of Boxing Chamber (uncredited)
The Dragon Lives Again
Hua Tao
Deadly Snail vs. Kung Fu Killers
Head Snake Demon
Karate from Shaolin Temple
Yuen Yun
Wong Fay Hung
"Fertility" Bank
Return of the Crazy Bumpkins
The Valiant Ones
Pirate with bow
The Young Rebel
Rong's Sifu
The Association
Sifu
Shaolin Martial Arts
Master Liang Hong
Martial Arts
Street performer
Fist to Fist
Sleeping Waiter
Chinese Kung Fu
The Kiss of Death
Yuen
Iron Bull
英雄榜
The Warlord
Bald man at the Kao Pai trial
鸿运当头
Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation
飞剑神童
孙悟空智取黄袍怪
The One-armed Magic Nun
Supreme Sword
Sword of Emei
Chiu's man
银刀血剑