Dean Shek

Dean Shek
Dean Shek
	Shek at The Wit and Wisdom of Cinema City event held at the Hong Kong Film Archive in 2016
Born	Lau Wai-sing; 劉偉成 (Traditional); 刘伟成 (Simplified); Liú Ｗěichéng (Mandarin); Lau4 Wai2sing4 (Cantonese); 17 June 1949; Beijing, China
Died	20 September 2021 (aged 72); Hong Kong
Occupation(s)	Actor, film producer, film director, screenwriter, film presenter
Years active	1968–1992,; 2016–2021
Spouse	Lau Chun-yue (1979–2021)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	石天
Simplified Chinese	石天
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Shí Tiān
Yue: Cantonese
Jyutping	Sek6 Tin1
	Musical career
Also known as	Charlie Shek
Origin	Hong Kong

Dean Shek (17 June 1949^[1] – 20 September 2021),^[2] also known as Dean Shek Tin, was a Hong Kong film actor and producer with over 72 film credits to his name. Shek was perhaps best known as Professor Kai-hsien in the 1978 film Drunken Master, Lung Sei in the 1987 film A Better Tomorrow II, and Snooker in the 1990 film The Dragon from Russia.

^ ^a ^b SHEK Dean — 石天 — (1949.6.17−2021.9.20) director, screenwriter., In: filmarchive.gov.hk, Hong Kong Film Archive, pdf-file; 161 kB. Retrieved November 8, 2021.
^ "細仔證實石天已逝黃百鳴尊重亡友遺願未搞追思會". Oriental Press Group. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

[hkfa-1] SHEK Dean — 石天 — (1949.6.17−2021.9.20) director, screenwriter., In: filmarchive.gov.hk, Hong Kong Film Archive, pdf-file; 161 kB. Retrieved November 8, 2021.

[2] "細仔證實石天已逝黃百鳴尊重亡友遺願未搞追思會". Oriental Press Group. 2 November 2021. Retrieved 2 November 2021.

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