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Yuen Siu-tien | |||||||||||||
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袁小田 | |||||||||||||
| Born | 27 November 1912 Beijing, China | ||||||||||||
| Died | 8 January 1979 (aged 66)[citation needed] | ||||||||||||
| Other names | Simon Yuen Simon Yuen Siu-tien | ||||||||||||
| Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||||
| Years active | 1949–1979 | ||||||||||||
| Children | 11, including
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| Simplified Chinese | 袁小田 | ||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 袁小田 | ||||||||||||
| Hanyu Pinyin | Yuán Xiǎotián | ||||||||||||
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Yuen Siu-tien (Chinese: 袁小田) (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Hong Kong actor and martial artist. In the late 1970s, Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So (a.k.a. Sam Seed) in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in several films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real-life son Yuen Woo-ping.