About
Yuen Siu-Tien (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real life son Yuen Woo-ping. Yuen died having a heart attack in 1979. Leader of the Yuen Clan and father of: Peace Yuen Wo-Ping; Charlie Yuen Cheung-Yan; Sunny Yuen Shun-Yi; Simon Yuen Yat-Choh; Brandy Yuen Jan-Yeung and Yuen Lung-Kui.
Filmography
Fights of Fury2004
Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter1995 · Self
Little Mad Guy1982
An Old Kung Fu Master1981
Master with Cracked Fingers1981 · Old Master
The Buddhist Fist1980 · Sleeping monk
Against Rascals with Kung-Fu1980
The Six Directions of Boxing1980
The World of Drunken Master1979 · [Cameo]
Blind Fist of Bruce1979 · The Blind Master
The Story of the Drunken Master1979 · Beggar So
Dance of the Drunk Mantis1979 · Sam the Seed / Beggar Su
Crystal Fist1979 · Cook / Teacher
Sleeping Fist1979 · Old Fox
Iron Bridge Kung-Fu1979 · Piggy
The Mystery of Chess Boxing1979 · Master Cook
Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist1979 · Crippled Fist Master (as Yuen Hsiao-Tien)
Mad Mad Kung Fu1979 · Bamboo Stick
Horse Boxing Killer1979
Heroes of the East1978 · Ho To's Sifu