Cheng Gwan-min

Cheng Gwan Min (January 1, 1917 –August 2, 1995) was a Hong Kong TVB actor. He died in Hong Kong at the age of 78, reportedly from lung cancer.

A native of Bao'an county, Guangdong province, Cheng was once a theatre actor and broadcaster. In 1936, he made his debut in The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhou in Guangzhou. During his long career of more than half a century, he made more than 200 films, mostly Cantonese.

A skilful imitator of singers from the East and the West, Cheng had numerous albums and performed Cantonese opera and musicals. He earned himself a nickname "Elvis Presley of the East".

From the 1970s onwards, he became a host of the classic variety show Enjoy Yourself Tonight, with occasional guest appearances in films.

Filmography

 * The Three-Day Massacre in Guangzhou (1937)
 * A Wealthy Family (1947)
 * Separated Too Soon (1948)
 * Night Discovery of the Women's Trap (1949)
 * A Pitiable Wife (1949)
 * Strange Bedfellows (1949)
 * Blood-Stained Azeleas (1951)
 * The Talking Bird (1959)
 * The Orphans (1960)
 * Death to the Killer (1960)
 * Ali Baba and the 40 Robbers (1960)
 * Revolutionary Heroine (1960)
 * Temperamental Amazon (1961)
 * False Alarm (1962)
 * Naughty! Naughty! (1974)
 * The Perfect Match (1982)
 * Rise of the Great Wall (1985)
 * Project A Part II (1987)
 * Looking Back In Anger (1989)
 * Man from Guangdong (1991)