Paul Wei Ping-ao

Paul Wei Ping-ao
Born(1929-11-29)29 November 1929
Died3 December 1989(1989-12-03) (aged 60)
Years active1949–1989
Chinese name
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinWèi Píngào
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingNgai6 Ping4-ou3

Wei Ping-ao (29 November 1929 – 3 December 1989), also known as Paul Wei, was a Hong Kong–based Chinese actor who started his career in the Shaw Brothers Studio. He is best known for playing cunning interpreters in Bruce Lee's 1972 films Fist of Fury and Way of the Dragon, in which he dubbed his own voice, and also appeared in films such as Deaf Mute Heroine (1971), Hapkido (1972) and Fists of Bruce Lee (1978). He suffered from jaundice in his later years. He died on 3 December 1989 in British Hong Kong.[citation needed]