Yuen Siu-tien

Yuen Siu-tien
袁小田
Born(1912-11-27)27 November 1912
Beijing, China
Died8 January 1979(1979-01-08) (aged 66)[citation needed]
Other namesSimon Yuen
Simon Yuen Siu-tien
OccupationActor
Years active1949–1979
Children11, including
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese袁小田
Traditional Chinese袁小田
Hanyu PinyinYuán Xiǎotián
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinYuán Xiǎotián
Wade–GilesYüan2 Hsiao3-t’ien2
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingJyun4 Siu2-tin4

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.