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David Wong and Dave Wang

Postby AkiraRus » Sat Sep 02, 2006 6:35 pm

Recently saw "Executioners from Shaolin" and was terrified how much little David Wong Dai-Wai (who plays Wong Yue character at 10 years - http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=21522&display_set=eng) looks like Dave Wang (War Named Desire and such - http://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=8688&display_set=eng). I think that's him and this is why.

1. Tremendous resemblance in face. Don't look at David Wong's foto in database - in movement he looks exactly like Dave Wang, even mimics is similar.
2. Dave Wang is a son of Shaw Bros. veteran actor Wang Hsia (Executioners from Shaolin is Shaw Bros. movie)
3. David Wong has only two movies in listing - Executioners from Shaolin(1976) and Soul of the Sword (1978).
4. Dave Wang was born in 1962 so in Executioners he would be at 14 y.o. Boy in the movie looks exactly on 14.

Just look at them!

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Postby Mike Thomason » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:21 pm

If you can ascertain whether or not "David Wong Dai-Wai" was Taiwanese born or not, that should house your answer! Being that Dave Wong Kit was born there and all...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Wong_Kit

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Postby AkiraRus » Sun Sep 03, 2006 4:29 pm

This is from site www.lovehkfilm.com. He was a stuntman and grew up in HK, not Taiwan! I'm starting to think my guess is 100% right.

"The son of veteran Taiwanese actor Wong Hap, Dave Wong Kit was born on October 20, 1962 in Taiwan, but grew up in Hong Kong and spent some of his formative years in the US. On his own since his parents divorced (he was twelve at the time), Wong worked many odd jobs to make a living and eventually entered the rough and tumble world of the movie stuntman. He sustained many serious injuries during that time, resulting in many metal plates and screws being installed in his body. Even today, the metal detectors are triggered whenever Wong goes through airport security."

And this is from his fan site - trivia part.

"Dave himself became a child actor at age 3 and as an adult has starred in dozens of movies and a few TV series, in addition to the hundreds of movies he had been in when working as a stunt double. "
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Postby Teddy Wong » Sun Sep 03, 2006 5:23 pm

I think AkiraRus is right
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Postby calros » Mon Sep 04, 2006 4:22 pm

If nobody stops me in 15 days I will merge them.
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Postby calros » Sun Sep 24, 2006 7:00 am

merged

David Wong Dai-Wai
王大偉
Aliases: 王大衛
Aliases: Wang Dai-Wei

Actor
Executioners from Shaolin (1977) ... Hung Wen Ting, age 10
Soul of the Sword (1978)

and

Dave Wong Kit
王傑
Aliases: Wang Chieh, Dave Wang
From the

Actor
Casino Raiders II (1991) ... Kit
Invincible (1992)
The Legend of the Flying Swordsman (2000) ... Flying Dagger Li Xun Fun
A War Named Desire (2000) ... York (Charles's right hand man
Roaring Wheels (2000) ... Fred Wong (Racing God)
Esprit D'Amour (2001) ... Ton (Aunt Ha's tenant)
Return from the Other World (2002)
Summer Breeze of Love (2002) ... Danny Cheung Lik (Lizard)
Love Is Butterfly (2002) ... Lon (Coco's boyfriend)
Heat Team (2004) ... Yuen Bak-Chun
New Police Story (2004) ... Sam Wong (cop)
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