Simon Yuen Siu-Tien

Biography

Yuen Siu-Tien (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.

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.

Known For

Drunken Master

Beggar So

Come Drink with Me

Jade Faced Tiger's Man

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

Abbot in Charge of Boxing Chamber

Snake in the Eagle's Shadow

The Beggar / Pai Chang Tien

Heroes of the East

Ho To's Sifu

Wong Fay Hung

The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung

The Six Directions of Boxing

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
1995	Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter	Self
1982	Little Mad Guy
1981	An Old Kung Fu Master
1980	Against Rascals with Kung-Fu
1980	The Buddhist Fist	Sleeping monk
1980	The Six Directions of Boxing
1979	Iron Bridge Kung-Fu	Piggy
1979	Dance of the Drunk Mantis	Sam the Seed / Beggar Su
1979	Sleeping Fist	Old Fox
1979	The Story of the Drunken Master	Beggar So
1979	Blind Fist of Bruce	The Blind Master
1979	The Mystery of Chess Boxing	Master Cook
1979	Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist	Yuen Hsiao-Tien
1979	The World of Drunken Master	[Cameo]
1979	Mad Mad Kung Fu	Bamboo Stick
1979	Crystal Fist	Cook / Teacher
1979	Horse Boxing Killer
1978	Drunken Master	Beggar So
1978	Snake in the Eagle's Shadow	The Beggar / Pai Chang Tien
1978	Drunken Master Strikes Back	Su Hua Chi / Beggar So / Sam Seed
1978	Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat
1978	Heroes of the East	Ho To's Sifu
1978	The 36th Chamber of Shaolin	Abbot in Charge of Boxing Chamber
1977	The Dragon Lives Again	Hua Tao
1977	Deadly Snail vs. Kung Fu Killers	Head Snake Demon
1976	Karate from Shaolin Temple	Yuen Yun
1975	The Young Rebel	Rong's Sifu
1975	The Valiant Ones	Pirate with bow
1975	Return of the Crazy Bumpkins
1975	"Fertility" Bank
1974	Shaolin Martial Arts	Master Liang Hong
1974	The Association	Sifu
1974	Martial Arts	Street performer
1973	The Kiss of Death	Yuen
1973	Fist to Fist	Sleeping Waiter
1973	Iron Bull
1973	英雄榜
1973	The Cub Tiger from Kwang Tung
1972	The Warlord	Bald man at the Kao Pai trial
1972	鸿运当头
1970	Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation
1970	飞剑神童
1970	孙悟空智取黄袍怪
1969	Dragon Swamp	Ding Long (fisherman)
1969	Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
1969	The One-armed Magic Nun
1969	Sword of Emei	Chiu's man
1969	Iron Bones
1969	The Fragrant Sword
1969	银刀血剑
1969	血羅巾
1969	殺氣嚴霜
1969	黃飛鴻浴血硫磺谷
1969	Supreme Sword
1969	鐵髮紅姑
1969	黄飞鸿神威伏三煞
1969	黄飞鸿巧夺鲨鱼青
1968	The Chivalrous Whip	Uncle 2
1968	Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship
1968	The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)
1968	小五義大破銅網陣
1967	The Silent Swordsman	Sun Moon Clan member
1967	Jin ou	Henchman
1967	Paragon of Sword and Knife
1967	The Witch
1967	The Sword and the Lute	Red Lotus Clan member
1967	The Goddess of Mercy	Dancing Soldier
1967	紅衣少女
1966	The Knight of Knights	Chaoching monk
1966	Come Drink with Me	Jade Faced Tiger's Man
1966	One Duel Too Many
1965	Sword of Swords	Pole-fighter
1965	Red Dragon
1965	The All-powerful Flute: Part 2
1965	箫声震武林（上集）	慧明僧
1965	The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Part Two)
1965	Six Fingers
1965	The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Concluding Episode)
1965	999离奇三凶手
1965	火凤狂龙
1964	The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One	Monk Yi Tin
1964	The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two	Monk Yi Tin
1964	Operation Hong Kong
1964	The Snowflake Sword (Part 1)
1964	Spy No. 13	Agent A
1963	The Black Centipede
1963	The Killing Flag (Part 1)
1963	The Secret Book (New Series), Part 2
1963	万剑之王
1963	仙剑神魔(上集)
1963	The Killing Flag (Part 2)
1962	Hong Kong Hot Harbor
1962	The Birth of Yue Fei
1962	Hunting for the Murderer	歹徒
1961	A Sword and Nine Rings, Part Two	imperial guard
1961	Secret Book
1961	花蝴蝶三氣飛天貓
1960	The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine	Gangster
1959	How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies
1956	The White Crane Hero
1956	The Murder Case at Club 99
1956	How Liang Hongyu's War Drum Caused the Jin Army to Retreat
1956	Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan	Uncle Liu
1955	The Nine-Finger Devil
1949	Wong Fei-hung: The Whip That Smacks the Candle	Thug
1947	Lady Robin Hood
	One Duel Too Many (Part 2)	岑大化
	海底骷髅塔(上集)

Year	TV Show	Role
1976	Wong Fay Hung