Stanley Fung

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In this Hong Kong name, the surname is Fung. In accordance with Hong Kong custom, the Western-style name is Stanley Fung and the Chinese-style name is Fung Siu-kan.
Stanley Fung
File:Stanley Fung.jpg
Born
Fung Siu-kan (馮兆覲)

(1944-11-08)8 November 1944
Shuntak, Kwangtung, China
Died31 October 2025(2025-10-31) (aged 80)
Linkou, New Taipei, Taiwan
CitizenshipRepublic of China
Years active1967–2024
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese馮淬帆
Simplified Chinese冯淬帆
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinFéng Cuìfān
Yue: Cantonese
JyutpingFung4 Seoi6faan4
Signature
File:Stanley Fung Tsui Fan's autograph.png

Stanley Fung Shui-fan (8 November 1944 – 31 October 2025) was a Hong Kong and Taiwanese actor and film director known for playing comedic roles. He was one of the Lucky Stars.

Early life

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Fung was born in Guangdong, China in 1944.[1] He moved to Hong Kong when he was six.[1]

Career

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In 1967, Fung became an actor in Hong Kong films. Fung first appeared in the action film To Rose with Love (1967) directed by Chor Yuen. In 1974, Fung became a director and writer. His directorial debut was The Looks of Hong Kong (1974), a Mandarin-language drama. Fung was credited with over 135 films as an actor, 10 films as a director, four films as a writer and three films as a producer.[2]

Fung was one of the main cast of the Lucky Stars, a Hong Kong action comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s.[1]

Fung first gained attention in Taiwan for the Mandarin dub of The Crazy Companies (1988), in which profanities were replaced by names of fruits, inspiring continued colloquial use of fruit-based terms for profanities.[1] Fung's television debut in Taiwan was in 1992, on the Chinese Television System drama Fairy Godfather.[1]

Personal life and death

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Fung relocated to Taiwan in 1989,[3] acquiring full citizenship of Republic of China in 1996.[1]

Fung was a longtime supporter of the Kuomintang (KMT). In 2020, he was invited by the KMT to speak at a public assembly, where he publicly supported cross-strait reunification under a democratic system.[4]

Fung lived at Linkou District of New Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

On 1 November 2025, New Taipei City Councillor Tsai Shu-chun (zh) reported on social media that Fung had died the previous day. He was 80.[1]

Filmography

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Films

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References

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