Zhao Lei
Acting
January 1, 1928
Jingzhou, Hubei Province, China
Biography
Zhao Lei (simplified Chinese: 赵雷; traditional Chinese: 趙雷) was a Chinese actor born in 1928 as Wang Yumin (王育民). He moved to Hong Kong in 1947, joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in 1953. He was one of the most popular male leads in the cinema of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1950s and 60s. He frequently played the role of an Emperor and is often called the "Film Emperor". He died in Hong Kong on 24 June 1996.
Movies
Cheat to Cheat
1973
The Magnificent Concubine
1962
The Kingdom and the Beauty
1959
Dream of the Red Chamber
1978
The Dream of the Red Chamber
1962
Empress Wu
1963
Just Heroes
1989
The Enchanting Shadow
1960
A Kiss for Me
1958
The Delivery
1978
Miss Evening Sweet
1957
The Story of Sue San
1964
Stepmother
1963
The Valiant Ones
1975
Beauty in the Maelstrom
1956
Fist of Unicorn
1973
Fruit of Marriage
1956
The Pistol
1961
Beyond the Blue Horizon
1956
Modern ‘Red Chamber Dream’
1952
