Shing Fui-On

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Shing.

Shing Fui On
Chinese name	成奎安 (Traditional)
Jyutping	sing4 fui1 on1 (Cantonese)
Ancestry	Bao'an, Guangdong
Born	1 February 1955(1955-02-01) Hong Kong
Died	27 August 2009(2009-08-27) (aged 54) Hong Kong
Other name(s)	大傻 Dai Sor
Years active	1973 - 2009

Shing Fui On (成奎安; 1 February 1955 - 27 August 2009) was a Hong Kong actor, best known for his supporting roles in Hong Kong cinema. He had only one leading role in his entire career.

Biography

Shing Fui-On was the fourth of five siblings. Due to family poverty, Shing had to drop out of school at the age of 13. At the age of 15, he worked as an extra at Shaw Brothers, and later moved to Golden Harvest before working at a dance hall. Shing Fui On was an original resident of Sai Kung's Nam Wai Village. In 2003, he was elected the village chief. In 2007, he was elected to the post for a fifth time.^[1]

Career

Shing often appeared as a supporting actor in films with Chow Yun-fat including A Better Tomorrow, A Better Tomorrow II, The Killer, Tiger on Beat, Prison on Fire, God of Gamblers and The Greatest Lover (a Hong Kong adaption of the Pygmalion/My Fair Lady plot). His only lead role was in the 1994 Category III film The Blue Jean Monster. His last feature film role was the 2007 film The Detective. Shing worked on a total of 95 feature films in one four-year span (1988–1991) and earned over 230 credits during his career.^[2]

Death

In October 2004, Shing discovered that he had been diagnosed with nasopharyngeal carcinoma, which had already reached his lungs. His condition became stable after electro and chemotherapy. However, his mouth was no longer able to produce saliva, and Shing was left with 20% hearing in his right ear. In 2008, Shing's condition worsened. Reportedly his cancer reached his liver and caused his death, he also supposedly weighed less than 100 pounds.^[1] Shing died from the disease on 27 August 2009 at 11:45 p.m. at the Hong Kong Baptist Hospital in Kowloon, Hong Kong.^[3]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} HKSAR Film No Top 10 Box Office: [2009.08.29] SHING FUI ON: RELUCTANT TO GO
2. ^ Shing Fui-On at the Hong Kong Movie Database
3. ^ HK actor Fui-on Shing dies of cancer Xinhua News Agency. Retrieved on 27 August 2009.

External links

• Shing Fui-On at the Internet Movie Database
• Full profile at HKCinemagic.com

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Name	Shing, Fuion
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Date of birth	1 February 1955
Place of birth	Hong Kong
Date of death	27 August 2009
Place of death	Hong Kong