Lam Ching-Ying

Lam Ching-Ying (Chinese: 林正英, 27 December 1952 – 8 November 1997) was a Hong Kong actor, action director and director. A physically talented and graceful martial artist, Lam was best known for playing the stoic Taoist priest in Mr. Vampire (1985). Lam died in 1997 of liver cancer. Was a member of Madame Fan Fok-Fa's The Spring And Autumn Drama School's Peking Opera. Was a member of the Sammo Hung Stuntmen's Association.

Actor

1970

[ ] A Touch of Zen (East Chamber Guard)
[ ] The Golden Knight (Shaolin Monk at Temple)
[ ] Wrath of the Sword ([Extra])
[ ] Brothers Five (Extra (uncredited))

1971

[ ] The Long Chase (????)
[ ] The Golden Seal (????)
[ ] Six Assassins (????)
[ ] The Blade Spares None (Prince's Fighter)
[ ] The Lady Hermit (Horse Thief / Black Demon's Thug (uncredited))
[ ] The Big Boss (Ah Yen)
[ ] The Invincible Eight (Whip-wielding Henchman)
[ ] The Crimson Charm (Crimson Charm Thug)
[ ] Lady with a Sword (????)
[ ] The Angry River (Thug)
[ ] The Angry River (????)

1972

[ ] Treasure Castle (????)
[ ] The Thunderbolt Fist (Japanese Fighter on Stage)
[ ] The Casino (????)
[ ] The Deadly Knives (????)
[ ] The Imperial Swordsman (Bandit)
[ ] The Fugitive (????)
[ ] Hapkido (Black Bear Student (uncredited))
[ ] The 14 Amazons (Soldier)
[ ] Fist of Fury (Susuki's Student)

1973

[ ] Bruce Lee: The Man and the Legend (Self)
[ ] A Man Called Tiger (Thug)
[ ] None But the Brave (Masked Patriot)
[ ] Back Alley Princess (Thug)
[ ] End of the Wicked Tigers (????)
[ ] Iron Bull (????)
[ ] Tiger (????)
[ ] Seaman No. 7 (Golden Hair's Thug)
[ ] The Rendezvous of Warriors (????)
[ ] When Taekwondo Strikes (Japanese (uncredited))
[ ] Enter the Dragon (Tournament Fighter (uncredited))

1974

[ ] The Association (Extra)
[ ] Chinatown Capers (Gangster)
[ ] Bloody Ring (????)
[ ] The Dynamite Brothers (Tuen's Henchman)
[ ] The Skyhawk (Woodland attacker)
[ ] Slaughter in San Francisco (Slaughter's Gang Mitglied)

1975

[ ] The Spiritual Boxer (Ruei's Thug (uncredited))
[ ] The Man from Hong Kong (Martial Artist (uncredited))

1976

[ ] Challenge of the Masters (Master Pang's Student (uncredited))
[ ] Bruce's Deadly Fingers (Brown Shirt Fighter)
[ ] Hot Potato (Leopard Man)

1977

[ ] The Iron-Fisted Monk (????)
[ ] He Has Nothing But Kung Fu (Thug in gambling house)
[ ] Executioners from Shaolin (Pai Mei's Monk (uncredited))
[ ] Broken Oath (One of Qi's Men (uncredited))
[ ] The Shaolin Plot (Soldier)
[ ] The Amsterdam Kill (????)
[ ] Money Crazy (Hitman)
[ ] The Sentimental Swordsman (Yun's Man)

1978

[ ] Enter the Fat Dragon (Fighter on Movie Set)
[ ] Game of Death (Macau Fighter (uncredited))
[ ] Dirty Tiger, Crazy Frog (One of Panther's Men (uncredited))
[ ] Gee and Gor (????)
[ ] The Proud Youth (????)
[ ] Clan of Amazons (Red Shoe Society's Man)
[ ] Legend of the Bat (Han's Sword Troop)
[ ] Kung Fu Means Fists, Strikes and Sword (Thug)
[ ] Warriors Two (Thunder's Men / Leung's Student)
[ ] My Darling Gals (????)
[ ] Amsterdam Connection (Mr. Hung's Henchman)
[ ] My Darling Gals (Thug)

1979

[ ] The Magnificent Butcher (Fan Man)
[ ] Knockabout (Casino Fighter)
[ W ] Odd Couple (Ha (Scarface's Fighter))
[ ] His Name is Nobody (Wears Black Wig)
[ ] The Incredible Kung Fu Master (Fu Student)

1980

[ ] Encounters of the Spooky Kind (The Inspector)
[ ] The Victim (Jo Wing's Man / Double)
[ ] Two Toothless Tigers (????)
[ ] From Riches to Rags (Knife killer)
[ ] By Hook or By Crook (Skinny's Hired Thug Leader)

1981

[ ] The Prodigal Son (Leung Yee-Tai)

1982

[ ] The Dead and the Deadly (Uncle Ko)

1983

[ ] Winners and Sinners (Chan)

1984

[ ] Pom Pom (Police Officer)
[ ] Heroes Shed No Tears (Viet Colonel)
[ ] The Return of Pom Pom (Flying Spider Lo Chien)
[ ] Hocus Pocus (Master Sheng)

1985

[ ] My Lucky Stars (Corrupted HK Policeman)
[ ] Mr. Vampire (Master Gau)
[ ] Heart of Dragon (SWAT Commander)
[ ] Those Merry Souls (Tak's father)

1986

[ ] Mr. Vampire II (Lam Ching-Ying)
[ ] Millionaires' Express (Bank Robber)
[ ] 小说家族之对倒 (????)
[ ] Where's Officer Tuba? (Taoist Priest)

1987

[ ] Eastern Condors (Lieutenant Colonel Lam)
[ ] Mr. Vampire III (Master Gau)
[ ] Last Eunuch In China (Liu Chang-Fu)

1988

[ ] Her Vengeance (Hung)
[ ] I Love Maria (Master)
[ W ] Painted Faces (Uncle Hua)
[ ] School on Fire (Hoi)

1989

[ W ] Pedicab Driver (Uncle Sheng)
[ ] Vampire Vs. Vampire (One-Eyebrow Priest)

1990

[ ] Magic Cop (Uncle Feng)
[ ] Swordsman (Kuk)
[ ] Prince of the Sun (Khenlun)
[ ] Encounters of the Spooky Kind II (Master Jiao)
[ ] Stage Door Johnny (Liu)
[ ] Goodbye Hero (Frank)

1991

[ ] Slickers vs. Killers (Owl)
[ ] Shy Spirit (????)
[ ] Red and Black (Kong)
[ ] An Eternal Combat (Master)
[ ] The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari (Taoist priest)
[ ] The Gambling Ghost (Taoist Priest)
[ ] Money Maker (Master Chu)
[ ] The Ultimate Vampire (林凤娇（九叔）)
[ ] The Tantana (Lama Mud Yuet)
[ ] Spiritual Trinity (Tien Lung)
[ ] Demonic Umbrella (Taoist)

1992

[ ] Pom Pom and Hot Hot (Lam Ho-Yang)
[ ] Martial Arts Master Wong Fei Hung (Jiubinku Kyoto)
[ ] Mr Vampire 1992 (Master Lam)
[ ] China Dolls (Officer 19174)
[ ] Banana Spirit (Master Chen Sheng)
[ ] Lover's Tear (Cheng Ying)
[ ] Wizard's Curse (Taoist Lin)
[ ] The Musical Vampire (Uncle Master)
[ ] Legend of Wong Tai Sin (Cho Pin)
[ ] Forced Nightmare (Tao Priest)
[ ] Mad Mad Ghost (Uncle Ying)
[ ] Skin Striperess (Taoist Lam)

1993

[ ] Painted Skin (Purple Taoist)
[ ] Exorcist Master (Master Chiou)
[ ] Rape In Public Sea (Nan)

1994

[ ] The Green Hornet (Uncle)
[ ] The Chinese Ghostbuster (????)
[ ] Kung Fu Kid (????)

Crew

1972

[ ] Fist of Fury (Stunts)

1973

[ ] Enter the Dragon (Stunts)

1975

[ ] The Man from Hong Kong (Stunts)

1979

[ ] The Incredible Kung Fu Master (Martial Arts Choreographer)
[ ] Crazy Partner (Martial Arts Choreographer)
[ ] His Name is Nobody (Martial Arts Choreographer)
[ ] Knockabout (Stunt Double)

1980

[ ] Two Toothless Tigers (Martial Arts Choreographer)
[ ] Encounters of the Spooky Kind (Martial Arts Choreographer)

1981

[ ] The Prodigal Son (Stunt Double)

1982

[ ] Carry On Pickpocket (Martial Arts Choreographer)
[ ] The Dead and the Deadly (Martial Arts Choreographer)

1983

[ ] Winners and Sinners (Martial Arts Choreographer)

1985

[ ] Those Merry Souls (Martial Arts Choreographer)
[ ] My Lucky Stars (Martial Arts Choreographer)

1986

[ ] Millionaires' Express (Martial Arts Choreographer)

1987

[ ] Mr. Vampire III (Martial Arts Choreographer)
[ ] Eastern Condors (Martial Arts Choreographer)

1988

[ ] Her Vengeance (Martial Arts Choreographer)

Directing

1980

[ ] The Victim (Action Director)

1981

[ ] The Prodigal Son (Action Director)

1984

[ ] The Owl vs Bombo (Action Director)
[ ] The Owl vs Bombo (Assistant Director)

1985

[ ] Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars (Action Director)

1986

[ ] Millionaires' Express (Action Director)

1989

[ ] Vampire Vs. Vampire (Director)

1994

[ ] The Green Hornet (Director)

Production

1990

[ ] Magic Cop (Producer)