Alan Tang

Alan Tang Kwong-Wing (20 September 194629 March 2011) was a Hong Kong film actor, producer and director. Tang was part of the "Silver Rat Squad" (銀色鼠隊), a 1970s pop band formed in Hong Kong.

Early life

Tang was born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. He was the youngest of four children, having two older brothers and one older sister.

His secondary education was at the New Method College. After graduation, he received a full scholarship to the University of Hong Kong Law School. He deferred his acceptance to pursue an acting career.

Career His first starring role was at age 16 in the 1964 film The Student Prince (學生王子), produced by Lan Kwong Film Company, a role he landed after some school friends showed his picture to the filmmakers at his secondary school.

Upon graduation from secondary school, Tang acted in Hong Kong youth films starring Josephine Siao, Chen Chen, and Connie Chan Po-chu throughout the 1960s. Tang was often voted "Best Male Actor" by film magazines.

Tang found fame when he moved to Taiwan during the 1970s, where he had made over 60 feature films. The films he made were often dramas and romances, where he would often pair off with Brigitte Lin in such films as Run Lover Run.

It was reported that Tang made a salary of HK$150,000 per picture because of his popularity. In one 1974 article, Tang said that he was working on six movies at the same time; however, he only worked on one film a day and that made it difficult for producers. In 1974, Tang not only starred in The Splendid Love in Winter with Chen Chen, but he also produced it. Also that same year, the film Dynamite Brothers was released, co-starring with American Football hero Timothy Brown and James Hong. Tang continued his popular film career in both Hong Kong and Taiwan in the late 1970s. In 1977, Tang starred in director John Lo Mar's romance movie Impetuous Fire with up-and-coming teenage star Candice Yu. The movie was primarily shot in Macau, which opened up Tang's business ventures there.

Later in 1977, he formed the production company, The Wing-Scope Company.

With Tang working in Taiwan and his girlfriend at the time (Janet Yim) in Hong Kong, the pair had occasional difficulties, especially since the press reported their every move. Tang and Janet, however, remained together, in spite of living under constant scrutiny.

In 1987, Tang established another production company, In-Gear Film Production Co., Ltd., working alongside his brother, producer/presenter Rover Tang, and continued to produce and act in films, establishing himself as an action star. He appeared in a number of films—generally of the triad genre—such as Flaming Brothers, Gangland Odyssey, Return Engagement, Gun n' Rose and The Black Panther Warriors. He has also produced two films directed by Wong Kar-wai--As Tears Go By and Days of Being Wild.

Working with Wong Kar-wai In the mid-1980s, Wong Kar-wai became a scriptwriter/director at Wing-Scope and In-Gear. He had written the scripts for the films, Return Engagement and Flaming Brothers, which both starred Tang.

Wong's current nostalgic artsy style took shape during his apprenticeship with Tang, who invested in the first movie Wong directed, As Tears Go By. Wong's career took off when he directed the film Days of Being Wild in 1990, despite Tang losing millions of invested dollars.

Later career Following his retirement, Media Asia Group had gained rights to release his In-Gear film titles on DVD. Throughout the 1990s, Tang pursued a second career in the restaurant business.

Personal life Tang was an active philanthropist in Hong Kong and mainland China as both an individual and an involved Rotarian. According to the posthumous memoirs of democracy activist Szeto Wah, Tang lent significant financial and material support to help activists flee from China after the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Szeto said Tang helped out Operation Yellowbird by exerting his great influence in Macau and "got involved personally to save time but he remained low-key and never claimed his share of glory."

On 29 March 2011, Tang died in his home in Ho Man Tin at around 9 pm from a heart attack.

Sexual assault allegation

In December 2013, Next Magazine obtained the video of an interview with the late actress Yammie Lam in which she said that she had been raped by two "big brothers" in the Hong Kong entertainment industry more than two decades before. Lam stated that the first man, who had raped her after consuming alcohol, had died recently, no names were mentioned in the original video released in 2013. In January 2018, Chinese tabloid journalist Zhuo Wei uploaded a self-proclaimed uncensored video of Lam's interview. However, several Hong Kong media outlets cast doubts on the video as it appeared to be altered, including added noise cancellation and re-dubbed with a woman's voice, while Lam spoke to a male interviewer. In the re-dubbed video, Eric Tsang and Alan Tang's names were spoken by the questioner, not Lam herself. Tsang has denied the allegation and taken legal actions. According to video expert analysis, the original interview was recorded in 2006, and the video released in 2018 was proven fabricated. Tsang said the alleged incident was already the subject of a 2006 defamation suit that he won. “We already cleared our name. But after all these years, people still bring this up, I want to put the cyber-bullying to an end,” he said.

Filmography Actor Year Title (Chinese/English) Role Notes 1964 學生王子/ The Student Prince Tang Wan-Tung 1967 兔女郎/ Bunny Girl Long Man 金色聖誕夜/A Glamorous Christmas Night 1968 春曉人歸時/A Time For Reunion Fong Chung-Yeung 鐵二胡/Iron Fiddle 鎖著的新娘 /Bride in ChainsPaul Fu 1969 紅燈綠燈 / Red Light, Green Light 黃衫客/ The One in Yellow 飛男飛女/Social CharactersPeter Ko合歡歌舞慶華年/Let's Sing and Dance to Celebrate a Peaceful Year 成家立室/Let's Build a Family 1970 快樂時光/ Happy Times Cheng 學府新潮/ Modern School Life David Tong瘋狂酒吧/ The Mad Bar 小姐不在家/ Miss Not Home 1971 我為你痴迷/ I Am Crazy About You 我的情人/ Oh My Love 無敵鐵沙掌 / The Invincible Iron Palm Yen Tsang 日月神童/ The Mighty Couple Yue Di浪子與修女 / Maria 淘氣女歌手/ Song of Happy Life 鈔票與我 /Money and I Tiada jalan lain/No Other Way Roy Supit Coproduction between Taiwan and Indonesia 1972偷情世界/The Stealing Love 鬼馬女歌手/Songs and Romance Forever 火戀/Impetuous Fire Tommy 色字頭上一把刀/The Peeper, the Model and the Hypnotist 騙術大觀/ Cheating in Panorama 辣手強徒/The Notorious Ones 白屋之戀/Love in a CabinChung Yin-Shin 情變/ Changing Love 血愛/Love and Blood 野馬/Wild Horse 拳門/The Bloody Fight Shih Chen-Wa 火燙的愛人/Huo Tang De Ai Ren 1973血洒後街/ Back Street 蕩寇三狼 / Death Comes in ThreeGeorge 彩雲飛/ The Young Ones / Min Yun Lau 明日天涯/ If Tomorrow Comes/ Paul 小偷鬥大賊 / The Rats / 愛從那裡來/Where Does Love Come From? 香港夜譚/Hong Kong Nite Life 一蔣士/One Reed Soil 怒雙衝冠/Unsubdued FuriesSiao Wah 鐵牛/Iron Bull 愛慾奇譚/Love Is a Four Letter Word 香港式的偷情/Adultery Chinese Style 應召女郎/The Call Girls Phillip亡命浪子/Death on the Docks Hsu Chien Ying 1974別了親人/ Farewell Dearest 一年幽夢/One Year's FantasyHo Dong-Ni 天堂/ The Paradise 運財童子小祖宗/ Lucky, Lucky 海鷗飛處/Where the Seagull Flies 近水樓台/ First Come, First LoveChan Ka Kai早婚/Too Young 銀色大隊/ The Silver Band 功夫兄弟/ The Dynamite Brothers Larry Chin花花公子/The Playboy 龍鳳配/The Colorful Ripples 冬戀/ The Splendid Love in Winter Chan Chi 大鄉里/The Country Bumpkin 1975吾土吾民/Land of the UndauntedChu Yu-Bin翩翩情/ Love Story of Pian Pian 彩宏焦焦/ The Floating Clouds 玫瑰戀/ Blood and Rose 未曾留下地止/24 Hours Romance 愛情辰跑/Run Lover Run Yang I-Fan狼吻/Kissed by the Wolves 1976楓葉情 / Forever My Love Gao Yuan愛的迷藏/ Love Is Like a Game 愛情奪標/Game of Love 金色的影子/ Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 狼來的時候/Long Loi Dik Shut HauLu Yi Min 海天一色/ The Beauty with Two Faces 戀愛功夫/Love by Post Yan Yi Fan大富人家/Born Rich 愛在夏威弟/Love in Hawaii Joe約會在早晨/The Morning Date 愛的奇譚/Love of Strange Talk 小祖宗/The Little Ancestors 1977波斯夕陽情/Mitra 今生今世/Impetuous FireTai Lun 牛郎艷遇 出冊/The Discharged Lee Kai Fa幽蘭在雨中/ Orchid in the RainCheng Yang 流氓皇帝/The Scoundrel 1978情九點零三分/ Three Minutes Past Nine / Hua Xin-Cheng白粉雙雄/ The Rascal Billionaire 追/ The Chase Cheng Yuan 大冧巴/ The Big Number 林亞珍/ Lam Ah Chun cameo金鎖匙/The Golden Key/ Chìa khóa vàng Fang Dai-Kuen 1979發窮惡/The Wickedness in Poverty 家法/Law DonHun Ying 1980隻手遮天/Absolute Monarch 1981知法犯法/The Legal Illegals 無毒不丈夫/Don't Kill Me, Brother!Fan Kwok-Ho 1982血洗唐人街/ New York Chinatown Lui狂夜大風暴/ Kong Ye Dai Fung Bou 1983怒拔太陽旗/ The Militarism Revival Tong盟/I Do! Ngon Kok 1984有 Friend 冇驚/Winner Takes All?Joe 黃禍/Yellow PerilDennis Kwan Chi Wah 朝來寒雨晚來風/The Holocaust Originally released in 1975 1987香港小姐寫真/ Miss Hong Kong George Also known as "Private Life" 江湖龍虎斗/ Flaming Brothers Wing / Chan Wai Lun 1989開心巨無霸/ Mr. Sunshine bomb specialistcameo 1990再戰江湖/Return Engagement Lung Ho Tin義膽雄心 /Gangland Odyssey Mr Tang 1992五湖四海/ Requital Master Cheung龍騰四海/ Gun n' Rose Alan Lung 1993黑豹天下/ Warriors: The Black Panther Black Cougar

Director 1977: 出冊/The Discharged 1979: 家法/Law Don

Producer 1973: 亡命浪子/Death on the Docks 1974: 冬戀/ The Splendid Love in Winter 1983: 怒拔太陽旗/ The Militarism Revival 1984: 有Friend冇驚/Winner Takes All? 1985: 開心三響炮/ Funny Triple 1985: 求愛反斗星/ Crazy Romance 1987: 江湖龍虎斗/Flaming Brothers 1987: 猛鬼差館/ The Haunted Cop Shop 1987: 香港小姐寫真 / Miss Hong Kong 1988: 我要富貴/ My Dear Son 1988: 旺角卡門/ As Tears Go By 1989: 捉鬼大師/ Vampire Buster 1990: 再戰江湖/Return Engagement 1991: 阿飛正傳/ Days of Being Wild 1992: 龍騰四海/ Gun n' Rose 1993: 黑豹天下 /Warriors: The Black Panther 1994: 功夫學者 / The Kung Fu Scholar