Chan Shen

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Chan Shen
Born
Chan Yi-Cheng

(1940-03-11)11 March 1940
Died26 April 1984(1984-04-26) (aged 44)
Occupation actor
Years active1971—1984
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese 詹森

Chan Shen (11 March 1940 - 26 April 1984) was a Taiwanese-born Hong Kong film actor. He is best known for his roles as gangsters or villains in Hong Kong action cinema in the 1970s.

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Already an established film actor in Taiwan, he entered the Hong Kong film industry in 1971. He was a particularly prolific actor and would often appear in as many as ten films a year. In his fourteen-year film career in Hong Kong, he appeared in 160 action films.

Much of his career was spent at Hong Kong's Shaw Studio. He died of a heart attack. [1]

Filmography

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