Cheng Gwan-min
# Cheng Gwan-min

Cheng Gwan Min (1917–1994) was a Hong Kong TVB actor. He died in Hong Kong at the age of 78, reportedly from lung cancer.

A native of Baoan 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)
