Chinese name 白文彪 Occupation actor Chinese name 白文彪 (traditional) Years active 1940s–1990s | Chinese name 白文彪 (simplified) Name Bak Man-biu Birth name Chew Hong Fook (招鴻福) Role Film actor | |
Died 2007, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States Movies Story of the Sword and the Sabre Part 1 | ||
Bak Man Biu (白文彪）（; 1921–2007) was a veteran Hong Kong actor best known for his role as the Patriatch Lok Fai in the TVB drama A House Is Not a Home (1977).
Career
Born as Chew Hong Fook in 1921, during the 1940s, Bak was involved in Cantonese Opera until the 1950s. During the 1950s, he joined the world of Chinese cinema, directing films and collaborating with the legendary director Li Han Hsiang. Bak has acted in many films ever since the 1950s till his retirement in 1996. Bak is considerably one of the best veteran actors in the industry, and is versatile in any roles he plays. He is perhaps best known as the Patriatch Lok Fai in A House Is Not a Home which became a TVB classic.
Bak has also cooperated with many leading TVB actors and actresses then including Chow Yun-fat, Liza Wang and Dodo Cheng.
Bak Man Biu died in 2007 at Manhattan, New York, aged 86.