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Biography

Bruce Lee (Lee Hsiao Lung), was born in San Fransisco in November 1940 the son of a famous Chinese opera singer. Bruce moved to Hong Kong when he soon became a child star in the growing Eastern film industry. His first film was called The birth of Mankind, his last film which was uncompleted at the time of his death in 1973 was called Game of Death. Bruce was a loner and was constantly getting himself into fights, with this in mind he looked towards Kung Fu as a way of disciplining himself. The famous Yip Men taught Bruce his basic skills, but it was not long before he was mastering the master. Yip Men was acknowledged to be one of the greatest authorities on the subject of Wing Chun a branch of the Chinese Martial Arts. Bruce mastered this before progressing to his own style of Jeet Kune Do.

At the age of 19 Bruce left Hong Kong to study for a degree in philosophy at the University of Washington in America. It was at this time that he took on a waiter's job and also began to teach some of his skills to students who would pay. Some of the Japanese schools in the Seattle area tried to force Bruce out, and there was many confrontations and duels fought for Bruce to remain.

He met his wife Linda at the University he was studying. His Martial Arts school flourished and he soon graduated. He gained some small roles in Hollywood films - Marlowe- etc, and some major stars were begging to be students of the Little Dragon. James Coburn, Steve McQueen and Lee Marvin to name but a few. He regularly gave displays at exhibitions, and it was during one of these exhibitions that he was spotted by a producer and signed up to do The Green Hornet series. The series was quite successful in the States - but was a huge hit in Hong Kong. Bruce visited Hong Kong in 1968 and he was overwhelmed by the attention he received from the people he had left.

He once said on a radio program if the price was right he would do a movie for the Chinese audiences. He returned to the States and completed some episodes of Longstreet. He began writing his book on Jeet Kune Do at roughly the same time.

Back in Hong Kong producers were desperate to sign Bruce for a Martial Arts film, and it was Raymond Chow the head of Golden Harvest who produced The Big Boss. The rest as they say is history.

Filmography

Top Fighter (2000) (V)
Bruce Lee in G.O.D. (2000) (V)(archive footage) .... Himself
Bruce Lee: A Warrior's Journey (2000) (V)(archive footage) .... Himself
... aka Warrior's Journey, A (2000) (V) (USA: short title)
Path of the Dragon, The (1998) (V)(archive footage) .... Himself
Jackie Chan: My Story (1998) (V)(uncredited) (archive footage) .... Himself
Cinema of Vengeance (1994)
Curse of the Dragon (1993)(archive footage) .... Himself
... aka Bruce Lee: Curse of the Dragon (1993)
"Fame in the Twentieth Century" (1993) TV Series(uncredited) (archive footage) .... Himself
Bruce Lee and Kung Fu Mania (1992)(archive footage)
Cheng shi lie ren (1992)(uncredited) (archive footage) .... Fighter on Film #1 (Ship's Theater)
... aka City Hunter (1992) (Hong Kong: informal title English title)
Best of the Martial Arts Films, The (1990)(archive footage)
... aka Best of the Martial Arts Movies, The (1990)
... aka Deadliest Art: The Best of the Martial Arts Films (1990)
Bruce Lee - Best of the Best (1990)
Holy Batmania (1989) (V) .... Kato (archive footage)
Si wang ta (1981) .... Billy Lo/Chen-Chiang
... aka Game of Death II (1981) (USA)
... aka Tower of Death (1981)
Bruce's Fingers (1980)(archive footage)
... aka Bruce's Deadly Fingers (1980)
Fist of Fear, Touch of Death (1980) .... The Martial Arts Master
... aka Dragon and the Cobra, The (1991) (USA: video title)
Jie Quan ying zhao gong (1979)
... aka Chinese Connection 2 (1979)
... aka Fistful of the Dragon (1979)
... aka Fists of Fury II (1979)
... aka Jeet Kune the Claws and the Supreme Kung Fu (1979)
Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death (1978)
Si wang mo ta (1978) .... Chang
... aka Enter the Game of Death (1978)
Game of Death (1978) .... Billy Lo
... aka Bruce Lee's Game of Death (1978)
... aka Si wang you ju (1978)
Bruce Lee, the Legend (1977) .... Himself
Clones of Bruce Lee, The (1977)
Yung chun ta hsiung (1977)(uncredited) (archive footage)
... aka He's a Hero, He's a Legend (1977)
... aka King of Kung Fu (1977)
... aka New Game of Death, The (1977) (USA: video title)
Fury of the Dragon (1976) .... Kato
Goodbye Bruce Lee (1975)
... aka His Last Game of Death (1975)
... aka Last Game of Death (1975)
Last Days of Bruce Lee, The (1973)
Life and Legend of Bruce Lee (1973)
Real Bruce Lee, The (1973) .... Div
Enter the Dragon (1973) .... Lee
... aka Deadly Three, The (1973)
... aka Long zheng hu dou (1973)
... aka Operation Dragon (1973) (Europe: English title)
Qi lin zhang (1972)(uncredited)
... aka Bruce Lee and I (1972) (USA)
... aka Bruce and I (1972)
... aka Fist of Unicorn (1972)
... aka Force of Bruce Lee's Fist (1972)
... aka Unicorn Palm, The (1972) (Hong Kong: video title English title)
Meng long guojiang (1972) .... Tang Lung (a.k.a. Dragon)
... aka Fury of the Dragon (1972) (Europe: English title)
... aka Return of the Dragon (1972)
... aka Way of the Dragon (1972)
Jing wu men (1972) .... Chen Zhen
... aka Chinese Connection, The (1972) (USA)
... aka Fist of Fury (1972)
... aka Fists of Fury (1972) (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka Iron Hand, The (1972)
Tang shan da xiong (1971) .... Cheng Chao-an
... aka Big Boss, The (1971)
... aka China Mountain Big Brother (1971) (Hong Kong: literal title English title)
... aka Fists of Fury (1971) (USA)
... aka Fists of Glory (1971) (Europe: English title)
... aka Tang saan daai hing (1971) (China: Cantonese title)
Marlowe (1969) .... Winslow Wong
"Green Hornet, The" (1966) TV Series .... Kato
... aka "Kato Show, The" (1966) (Hong Kong: informal title English title)
Ren hai gu hong (1960)
... aka Orphan, The (1960) (Hong Kong: English title)
Lei yu (1957)
... aka Thunderstorm, The (1957) (Hong Kong: English title)
Zao zhi dang cu wo bu jia (1956)
Zha dian na fu (1956)
Gu er xing (1955)
Gu xing xue lei (1955)
Er nu zhai (1955)
... aka We Owe It to Our Children (1955) (Hong Kong: English title)
Ai xia ji (1955)
... aka Love Part 2 (1955) (Hong Kong: English title)
Fu zhi guo (1953)
... aka Blame it on Father (1953) (Hong Kong: English title)
... aka It's Father's Fault (1953) (USA)
Qian wan ren jia (1953)
Wei lou chun xiao (1953)
... aka In the Face of Demolition (1953) (Hong Kong: English title)
Ci mu lei (1953)
... aka Mother's Tears, A (1953) (Hong Kong: English title)
Ku hai ming deng (1953)
... aka Guiding Light, The (1953) (Hong Kong: English title)
Ren zhi cu (1951)
... aka Birth of Mankind, The (1951) (literal English title)
... aka Infancy (1951) (Hong Kong: English title)
Xi lu xiang (1950)(as Lee Siu Lung)
... aka Kid, The (1950)
... aka My Son, Ah Chung (1950) (USA)
Meng li xi shi (1949)(as Yam Lee)
... aka Sai See in the Dream (1949) (Hong Kong: English title)
Fu gui fu yun (1948)
... aka Wealth Is Like a Dream (1948) (Hong Kong: English title)
Birth of Mankind, The (1946)
Golden Gate Girl (1941) .... Infant

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