Tang Ching (; 1 January 1924 - 2019) was a Chinese film actor and businessman. Born in

Zhengzhou Zhengzhou is the capital of Henan, China. Located in northern Henan, it is one of the nine National central city, national central cities in China, and serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational center of the province. Th ...

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, he primarily worked in the

Cinema of Taiwan The cinema of Taiwan or Taiwan cinema ( zh, t=臺灣電影 or ) is deeply rooted in the island's History of Taiwan, unique history. Since its introduction to Taiwan in 1901 under Taiwan under Japanese rule, Japanese rule, cinema has developed i ...

and the

Cinema of Hong Kong The cinema of Hong Kong ( zh, t=香港電影) is one of the three major threads in the history of Chinese-language cinema, alongside the cinema of China and the cinema of Taiwan. As a former Crown colony, Hong Kong had a greater degree of ar ...

, and starred in at least 70 films between 1956 and 1984, most of them kung-fu films of the 1970s. He initially moved to Taiwan in 1949, following the

Chinese Civil War The Chinese Civil War was fought between the Kuomintang-led Nationalist government, government of the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the forces of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Armed conflict continued intermitt ...

, where he joined the army troupe that same year. He began his acting career there at the Agricultural Education Films Company and was then contracted by the Motion Picture & General Investment Co. Ltd by Yuen Chau Fung in 1963. He joined the

Shaw Brothers Shaw Brothers (HK) Limited () was the largest film production company in Hong Kong, operating from 1925 to 2011. In 1925, three Shaw brothers— Runje, Runme, and Runde—founded Tianyi Film Company (also called "Unique") in Shangh ...

studio in Hong Kong in 1967.

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* Male actors from Henan Hong Kong male film actors 1924 births 2019 deaths Businesspeople from Henan People from Zhengzhou Chinese male film actors Chinese expatriates in Taiwan Chinese emigrants to British Hong Kong {{China-actor-stub