Yuen Siu-Tien (1912-1980)

Alias:
Juan Hsao-Ten
Simon Yuen
Simon Yuen Siu-Tin
Yin Siu-Tin
Yuan Hsiao-Tien
Yuan Hsiao-Tieng
Yuan Xiao-Tian
Yuan Xiaotian
Yuen Hsiao-Tien
Yuen Hsiao-Tieng
Yuen Shui-Tin
Yuen Siu-Tien
Yuen Siu-Tin
袁小田
袁小田

Birthplace:
Hong Kong, China

Born:
November 27, 1912

Died:
December 17, 1980

Yuen Siu-tin (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real life son Yuen Woo-ping. Yuen died having a heart attack in 1979.  Description above from the Wikipedia article Yuen Siu-tien, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.  Leader of the Yuen Clan and father of: Peace Yuen Wo-Ping; Charlie Yuen Cheung-Yan; Sunny Yuen Shun-Yi; Simon Yuen Yat-Choh; Brandy Yuen Jan-Yeung and Yuen Lung-Kui.

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