Another one my parents taped off TV, missing the Nunchaku again, but at least here there's some other weapons to make up for it. Even as a kid I recognised that the other actors couldn't move like Bruce, but Williams was actually my favourite character. I loved his quips and stole a few for myself, whenever my parents asked me why I wouldn't do something, I'd give them a "too busy lookin' good"
fun times.PREVIOUS HKMDB CAST LIST
Bruce Lee Siu-Lung ... Lee
John Saxon ... Roper
Jim Kelly ... Williams
Betty Chung Ling-Ling ... Mei Ling
Ahna Capri ... Tania
Robert Wall ... O'Hara/Okata
Sek Kin ... Mr Han
Bolo Yeung Sze ... Bolo
Angela Mao Ying ... Su Lin
Hao Li-Jen ... Lee's relative
Roy Chiao Hung ... Lee's sifu
Lau Wing ... Tournament fighter
Tien Mi ... Mr Han's bodyguard
Geoffrey Weeks ... Braithwaite
Peter Archer ... Parsons
Marlene Clark ... Roper's secretary
Allen Kent ... Golfer
William Keller ... L.A. policeman
Frank James ... L.A. policeman
Pat Johnson ... Hood collecting debt from Roper
Darnell Garcia ... Hood collecting debt from Roper
Mike Bissell ... Hood collecting debt from Roper
Steve Sander ... BKF karate instructor
Donnie Williams ... BKF assistant karate instructor
Sammo Hung Kam-Bo ... Lee's sparring partner in opening scene
Stephen Tung Wai ... Lee's student at Shaolin Temple
Cham Siu-Hung ... Tournament referee
Yuen Wah ... Tournament fighter
Yuen Biao ... Tournament fighter
Wilson Tong Wai-Shing ... Ohara's crew who attacks Su Lin
Pan Yung-Sheng ... Ohara's crew who attacks Su Lin
King Lee King-Chu ... Ohara's crew who attacks Su Lin
Tai Bo ... Ohara's crew who attacks Su Lin
Chan Ming-Wai ... Ohara's crew who attacks Su Lin / Guard
Chung Fat ... Guard executed by Bolo
Mars ... Guard executed by Bolo
Ng Ming-Choi ... Guard executed by Bolo
Mang Hoi ... Chinese junk crew
Vincent Kwok Wing-Sing ... Chinese junk crew/Guard
Yue Tau-Wan ... Guard
Phillip Ko Fei ... Guard
Alan Chui Chung-San ... Guard
Yuen Bun ... Guard
Ng Kit-Keung ... Guard
Chan Ling-Wai ... Guard
Jackie Chan ... Guard
Billy Chan Wui-Ngai ... Guard
Addy Sung Gam-Loi ... Guard/Tournament fighter
Yeung Wah ... Guard/Tournament fighter
Wong Tin-Lam ... Party guest
Peter Chan Lung ... Party guest
Kwan Yan ... Party guest
Cheung Chok-Chow ... Senior Shaolin monk
Lam Ching-Ying ... Guard/Chief double for Sek Kin
Paul Heller ... Radio operator
Chow Kong ... Guard
Tony Leung Siu-Hung ... Guard
Robert Chan Law-Bat ... Guard
Chui Hing-Chun ... Guard
Lam Wah ... Guard
Chiu Jun ... Guard
Chan Lau (2) ... Guard
Unknown SB-Actor (21) ... Guard
Chow Ga-Chong ... Guard
Unknown SB-Actor (34) ... Guard
Jacky Chen Shao-Lung ... Guard
Sa Au ... Guard
Wu Ngan ... Party guest/Guard
Shing Gwan-On ... Party guest
Chin Yuet-Sang ... Acrobat at the party
Cheung Wing-Hon ... Guard
Yamashita Tadashi ... karateka in 16 mm footage shown to Bruce Lee
Mang Ding-Goh ... Guard
Yang Chun-Chun ... one of Han's daughters (see featurette)
Ho Pak-Kwong ... Guard
UPDATED HKMDB CAST LIST
#1 --- Bruce Lee Siu-lung as Lee
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=1919&display_set=eng
#2 --- John Saxon as Roper
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3984&display_set=eng
#3 --- Jim Kelly as Williams
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4296&display_set=eng
#4 --- Sek Kin as Mr. Han
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=1167&display_set=eng
#5 --- Robert Wall as O'Hara (Ohara, Otaka)
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13600&display_set=eng
#6 --- Betty Chung Ling-ling as Mei Ling
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=15814&display_set=eng
#7 --- Ahna Capri as Tania
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=18508&display_set=eng
#8 --- Bolo Yeung Sze as Bolo
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13138&display_set=eng
#9 --- Angela Mao Ying as Lee Su-lin
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3773&display_set=eng
#10 --- Hao Li-jen as Lee's relative
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=14520&display_set=eng
#11 --- Roy Chiao Hung as Lee's master
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=2524&display_set=eng
#12 --- Geoffrey Weeks as Braithwaite
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=50812&display_set=eng
#13 --- Peter Archer as Parsons
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=59906&display_set=eng
#14 --- Stephen Tung Wai as Lao (Lee's student)
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4353&display_set=eng
#15 --- Sammo Hung Kam-bo as Lee's sparring partner
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4074&display_set=eng
#16 --- Marlene Clark as Roper's secretary
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=50813&display_set=eng
#17 --- Allan Kent as Golfer
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=59900&display_set=eng
#18 --- Bill Keller as L.A. Cop
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=59901&display_set=eng
#19 --- Mickey Caruso as L.A. Cop
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=59902&display_set=eng
#20 --- Pat E. Johnson as Freddie's hood
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=59903&display_set=eng
#21 --- Darnell Garcia as Freddie's hood [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=59904&display_set=eng
#22 --- Mike Bissell as Freddie's hood [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=59905&display_set=eng
#23 --- Steve Muhammad as Black Karate Federation instructor [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=59509&display_set=eng
#24 --- Donnie Williams as Black Karate Federtion assistant instructor [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=15797&display_set=eng
#25 --- Peter Chan Lung as O'Hara's thug [NEW ID+role] / Banquet guest [NEW ID] / Han's guard [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4768&display_set=eng
#26 --- Wilson Tong Wai-shing as O'Hara's thug / Banquet guest [NEW ID+role] / Han's lab worker [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4358&display_set=eng
#27 --- Pan Yung-sheng as O'Hara's thug [NEW ID] / Tournament fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's guard [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=7630&display_set=eng
#28 --- Kim Lee King-chu as O'Hara's thug
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=6678&display_set=eng
#29 --- Tai Bo as O'Hara's thug [NEW ID] / Banquet guest [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5403&display_set=eng
#30 --- Chan Ming-wai as O'Hara's thug [NEW ID] / Tournament fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=39492&display_set=eng
#31 --- Tien Mi as Han's bodyguard [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4030&display_set=eng
#32 --- Cham Siu-hung as Tournament referee
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=15628&display_set=eng
#33 --- Lau Wing as Tournament fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4008&display_set=eng
#34 --- Yuen Wah as Tournamnet fighter / Han's guard [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4886&display_set=eng
#35 --- Phillip Ko Fei as Tournament fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's guard [NEW ID] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3901&display_set=eng
#36 --- Yuen Bun as Tournament fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=6308&display_set=eng
#37 --- Addy Sung Gam-loi as Tournamnet fighter [NEW ID] / Han's fighter
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4807&display_set=eng
#38 --- Jacky Chen Shao-lung as Tournamnet fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=14169&display_set=eng
#39 --- Wu Ngan as Tournamnet fighter [NEW ID] / Han's guard [NEW ID] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=18711&display_set=eng
#40 --- Cheung Wing-hon as Tournament fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter [NEW ID] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=39868&display_set=eng
#41 --- Yuen Miu as Tournament fighter / Banquet acrobat / Han's fighter [BRAND NEW IDs+credit]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=8229&display_set=eng
#42 --- Chin Yuet-sang as Banquet acrobat [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4366&display_set=eng
#43 --- Unknown SB-Actor (34) as Banquet guest [NEW ID+role] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=40570&display_set=eng
#44 --- Wong Tin-lam as Banquet guest
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=1737&display_set=eng
#45 --- Kwan Yan as Banquet guest
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=15920&display_set=eng
#46 --- Shing Gwan-on as Banquet guest [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=15437&display_set=eng
#47 --- Cheung Chok-chow as Senior Shaolin monk [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=15351&display_set=eng
#48 --- Yamashita Tadashi as O'Hara's trainer [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=19205&display_set=eng
#49 --- Vincent Kwok Wing-sing as Chinese junk crew
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=42683&display_set=eng
#50 --- Mang Hoi as Chinese junk crew
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4398&display_set=eng
#51 --- Paul M. Heller as Radio operator
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=130770&display_set=eng
#52 --- Mars as Han's guard (killed by Bolo) [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4788&display_set=eng
#53 --- Ng Ming-choi as Han's guard (killed by Bolo)
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4431&display_set=eng
#54 --- Chiu Jun as Han's guard (killed by Bolo) [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=38365&display_set=eng
#55 --- Chung Fat as Han's guard (killed by Bolo) [NEW ID] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4466&display_set=eng
#56 --- Yuen Biao as Han's guard [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4375&display_set=eng
#57 --- Yue Tau-wan as Han's guard [NEW ID] / Han's lab worker [NEW ID+role] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=6943&display_set=eng
#58 --- Alan Chui Chung-san as Han's guard [NEW ID] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4390&display_set=eng
#59 --- Jackie Chan as Han's guard
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=3894&display_set=eng
#60 --- Lam Ching-ying as Han's guard [NEW ID] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=4767&display_set=eng
#61 --- Lam Wah as Han's guard / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=39952&display_set=eng
#62 --- Unknown SB-Actor (21) as Han's guard [NEW ID] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=39953&display_set=eng
#63 --- Chow Ga-chong as Han's guard [NEW ID] / Han's fighter [NEW ID+role] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=40565&display_set=eng
#64 --- Ho Pak-kwong as Han's guard [NEW ID] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13515&display_set=eng
#65 --- Yeung Sai-gwan as Han's guard [BRAND NEW ID+credit]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=7055&display_set=eng
#66 --- Tony Leung Siu-hung as Han's guard
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5938&display_set=eng
#67 --- Billy Chan Wui-ngai as Han's lab worker
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=6059&display_set=eng
#68 --- Ng Kit-keung as Han's fighter [NEW ID] / Han's prisoner [NEW ID+role]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=7613&display_set=eng
#69 --- Chan Ling-wai as Han's fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=14965&display_set=eng
#70 --- Yeung Wah as Han's fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13145&display_set=eng
#71 --- Robert Chan Law-bat as Han's fighter
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=8115&display_set=eng
#72 --- Chui Hing-chun as Han's fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=41277&display_set=eng
#73 --- Chan Lau (2) as Han's fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=8665&display_set=eng
#74 --- Sa Au as Han's fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=41138&display_set=eng
#75 --- Mang Ding-goh as Han's fighter [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=5441&display_set=eng
#76 --- Chow Kong as Han's prisoner [NEW ID]
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=8896&display_set=eng
#77 --- Niki Wane as Williams' girl #1
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=19804&display_set=eng
#78 --- Yang Chun-chun as Han's daughter #1
https://hkmdb.com/db/people/view.mhtml?id=13669&display_set=eng
These are the names I used for the various groups of minor characters to help distinguish them from one another:
Tournament fighter --- the people wearing the same yellow gi as Roper, we don't see these outfits in any of the other scenes.
Banquet guest --- At the banquet Roper and the other tournament fighters are wearing robes. However, not everyone wearing a robe is a fighter e.g. Peter Chan or Kwan Yan.
Han's guard --- wearing brown gi.
Han's lab worker --- wearing blue and only seen in the underground lab.
Han's fighter --- the army of henchmen wearing white
Han's prisoner --- the people held prisoner underground wearing dark colours
Yuen Miu, Yeung Sai-gwan and Niki Wane were the only new actors to be added to the cast list, but I did spot many of the actors already there in plenty more roles.
There were a lot of people that looked familiar (seems like every stuntman in HK
) but I just wasn't confident with. Perhaps someone with more knowledge on stuntmen of this area can give the film another look over.I'm afraid I couldn't make a positive ID of Tony Leung Siu-hung, so have just left him as Han's guard, hopefully someone more familiar with his face can point him out.
Yang Chun-chun, didn't see her and don't know which "feature" is being referred to, does anybody know? There's a big gap in her credits, all her other films are 6 years after this, which makes me even more suspicious about this credit. Hopefully we find some more info on this, or it might be worth removing.
Wu Ngan (as a Tournament fighter) is in the Banquet scene, but is just out of shot in the actual film, you can see him clearly in some bts pics to figure out his location.
I couldn't see Vincent Kwok in any other role apart from on the ship, but it is possible I just didn't recognise him as one of the guards or as one of Han's fighters (in white).
I removed the character of "Tournament fighter" from Yuen Biao to conform with the new arrangement as I couldn't ID him as one of the guys in Yellow. There was one guy that might be him but you don't get a proper look at him, so he could be Biao or even Peter Chan or maybe neither. I think it most likely that the original editor was referring to when all the guys in white are practising punching, as Biao is very obvious there.
Similar situation with Yeung Wah, didn't see him in yellow so have removed the character name of Tournament fighter.
I already ID'd Mang Hoi for this film after his sad passing in 2023
The IMDB brought my attention to Niki Wane playing Williams' girl #1 which was a good call, but there were four credits there that I don't think are accurate: Robert Clouse as Thug #1; Antone Pagán as Young Shaolin monk; Linda Lee Cadwell as Banquet guest (I did see a blonde woman with similar hair in that scene but didn't think it was her); and Hidy Ochiai, who allegedly appeared in this film and Fist Of Fury, though I can't confirm either.
Ng Ming-choi shows up as a guard in the lab despite seemingly being killed by Bolo in an earlier scene.
I moved Lam Ching-ying's credit "Chief double for Sek Kin" to the notes on the main page of the film and on the pages of both actors.
Peter Ian Archer (8 July 1948 – 13 April 2000) born in Queensland, was an Australian martial artist, actor and entrepreneur. He started a company called Jackel Australia, which markets and distributes baby products and dye products in Australia.
He had a black belt in both Goju-ryu and Shotokan karate. He died of cancer in April 2000.
Archer studied Goju Ryu Karate in Seigo Tada's Odokan in Hong Kong, under Shogi Yuki.
Geoffrey Weeks - 1922 - 02Sep1974 - Radio Hong Kong's controller of English Language programs, Geoffrey Weeks, came to Hong Kong after service as an announcer and newsreader with All India Radio, The Malayan Broadcasting Department and the BBC. Besides being one of the best-known broadcasters in Hong Kong, he was also actively associated with English-language theatre as an actor and producer throughout his twelve years there.
Marlene Clarke - Born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA. Died May 18, 2023 · Los Angeles, California, USA
Mickey Caruso - added aliases
Pat E. Johnson - born on 31 December 1939 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA. Died November 5, 2023, Los Angeles, California, USA of natural causes - He studied Tang Soo Do under Kang Ro-hui in Korea, where he also met Chuck Norris and became his student. Pat's students included: Steve McQueen; Chad McQueen; William Zabka; Bob Barker; and The Osmond Family (including Donny & Marie).
Darnell Garcia - born in NY, USA. Tang Soo Do practitioner - Darnell Garcia was a Chuck Norris Blackbelt and would compete as a member of Norris' competition team. But he didn't study directly under Chuck, his instructor was Gheral Taylor.
Steve Muhammad - born Steve Sanders on 2 July 1939 in Indianola, Mississippi, United States.
Steve Sanders now Steve Muhammad co-founder of the Black Karate Federation (BKF) in 1969 and the organisation's first President. Trained for some time with Ed Parker in Kenpo Karate He earned his first Black Belt three years later under Parker’s instructors Dan Inosanto and Chuck Sullivan. As a tournament competitor, Steve became a member of the West Coast Karate Team. During those early days of sport karate, he faced renowned fighters such as Joe Lewis, Al Dacascos, Chuck Norris, and Benny Urquidez. Many tournament veterans called Steve Sanders “The fastest hands in karate.” He later received the ultimate tribute from the late Bruce Lee, who said Steve Sanders had the ‘fastest hands I had ever seen.’. Additionally, Steve Muhammad has worked with actor Wesley Snipes for several years as his bodyguard and accompanied him throughout his film career.
Steve notable students include Carl Scott, Ray Wizard, Robert Temple, Alvin Prouder (only film Full Contact 1993) and Cynthia Prouder (moved Steve Sander to alias)
[Needs a proper re-write at some point - don't include these guys (just leave just the actors): Lenny Ferguson / Sam Pace / Ernest Russel / Frank Argelander]
Donnie Williams co-founder of the Black Karate Federation (BKF) in 1969 Los Angeles. (born in 1947 in Savannah, Georgia.) He began his martial arts training in Texas with a brief introduction to the Shotakan Karate system under Jerry Atkins. He then studied Taekwondo while stationed for four years in Korea after enlisting with the U.S. Navy.
Upon his return he moved to California and continued learning TKD, now under Byong Yu. Four years later, he had developed into a superb kicker who gained renown on the tournament scene for his aggressive fighting style, as well as unique ring antics. It was this combination of fun and fury that earned Williams the nickname “Clown Prince of Karate.”
It was during this time of tournament competition that Donnie Williams met Steve Muhammad. During the ensuing 14 years, Williams learned about Muhammad’s deceptive Kenpo techniques.
[I'll come back at some point and do an improved re-write.]
Byong Yu - (already on HKMDB 俞炳龍 / Byong Yu / Yue Bing-Lung / male / only film The Association [1975] )
17Jan 1935 in Gyeonggi Province, Korea / nicknamed Lightning Bolt / Yoo Byung-yong / 유병용 / Yu Byeong-yong / Yoo Byung-ryong / 유병룡 / Moved to the US in 1964 (not 68) / he has co-writing credit on the song Ride The Tiger by Jefferson Starship. / Byung Hong Yu
[I'll add when I do a KUP for him with a proper bio]
Paul M. Heller - born Paul Michael Heller on 25 September 1927 in New York City, New York, USA. Died December 28, 2020 · Beverly Hills, California, USA (natural causes).
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