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Chinese actor in Hong Kong From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Walter Tso Tat-Wah (15 September 1915 – 10 January 2007) was a film actor of Hong Kong, most famous for the roles he played in a number of Wuxia films in the 1950s and 1960s.
Walter Tso | |||||||||||
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曹達華 | |||||||||||
Born | Taishan, Guangdong, China | 15 September 1915||||||||||
Died | 10 January 2007 91) London, England | (aged||||||||||
Other names | Cho Tat-wah, Tso Tat-wah | ||||||||||
Years active | 1936–1997, 2001 (62 years) | ||||||||||
Awards | Hong Kong Film Awards – Professional Spirit Award, 2003 Lifetime Achievement Golden Bauhinia Awards – Life Achievement Award, 2001 Lifetime Achievement | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 曹達華 | ||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 曹达华 | ||||||||||
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The names Cho Tat-wah and Shih Kien were synonymous to "good and evil" in the colloquial language of Hong Kong because of the roles the two actors played in those movies. Yu So-chow co-starred many of Cho's movies. The two names Cho Tat-wah and Yu So-chow symbolized a perfect couple. His well-known roles include Lung Kim-fei (龍劍飛), Leung Foon (梁寛) and Inspector Wah (華探長).
A native of Taishan, Guangdong, (Spoke Chinese Cantonese, and Chinese Taishenese) Cho began his actor career at the age of 15, and eventually starred in more than 700 movies. He was a compulsive gambler. Legend has it that he lost the Wah-tat Studio, which produced most of his movies at the time, at the gambling table. However, it is not certain whether the studio was owned by him.
This is a partial list of films.
In 1990, Tso emigrated to London, England, with his son. In 1993, Tso returned to Hong Kong to join TVB. In 1997, Tso returned to England as his wife was then suffering kidney disease. In 2000, Tso's wife died, he returned alone to Hong Kong. In August 2006, Tso was hospitalised for a month after falling down stairs at his home. In November 2006, Tso returned to England. Tso's son lives in England and his daughter lives in the United States.
In January 2007 Tso died of haemorrhage of stomach in a hospital in London, England.[5]
One of his goddaughters is Connie Chan.
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