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Kenny Bee
鍾鎮濤
Cantonese:  Chung Chun-To
- actor - singer -
Kenny Bee Kenny Bee in Saviour of the Soul (1991) Kenny Bee in Miracles (1989) Kenny Bee in Chinese Orthopedist and the Spice Girls (2002)
Biography:
 

Over the years, Kenny Bee has amassed an impressive number of credits to his acting résumé. While his film career began in the mid-seventies and has continued to the present day, some would be surprised to know that Bee actually got his big break not as an actor, but as a charter member of Hong Kong's premier seventies rock band: The Wynners. With their upbeat style and charming good looks, The Wynners enjoyed a massive fan following. Taking a page from American singers-turned-actors, Bee and fellow bandmates Alan Tam and Anthony Chan used their popularity as musicians to break into the film business.

Bee's filmography is filled with many diverse types of acting roles. In the 1980s, he seemed to specialize in romantic comedies, acquitting himself nicely in such films as the recent Shaw Brothers re-release Let's Make Laugh (1983) and Shanghai Blues (1984), which was directed by noted auteur Tsui Hark. In the 1990s, Bee starred in several comedies, most notably teaming up with box office king Stephen Chow for Fist of Fury 1991 and its humorous sequel. Not limiting himself to comedic roles, Bee also worked on a pair of swordplay epics during that period, Corey Yuen Kwai's Savior of the Soul (1991) and Sammo Hung Kam-Bo's Moon Warriors (1992), both of which co-starred Andy Lau and Anita Mui. One of Kenny Bee's best roles of the nineties balanced the comedic with the dramatic, as he portrayed a down-on-his-luck chef in yet another Tsui Hark-directed film, The Chinese Feast (1995), which also featured late Leslie Cheung.

Sadly, Bee recently filed for personal bankruptcy. Since the late nineties, the actor has worked tirelessly to pay off his debt, but the estimated HK$250 million debt proved too large a number for the actor to handle himself. Nevertheless, the former Wynner appeared in no less than six films in 2002, one of which was the sixteenth installment of the Troublesome Night series. (Sanjuro 2003)

selected filmography
(actor unless otherwise noted)
Chelsea My Love (1976)
Gonna Get You (1976)
Rainbow in My Heart (1977)
Making It (1978)
The Desperados (1980)
Errant Love (1980)
The Spooky Bunch (1980)
The Story of a Small Town (1980)
My Cape of Many Dreams (1981)
Crimson Street (1982)
Monkey Business (1982)
I Do! (1983)
Let's Make Laugh (1983)
And Now What's Your Name (1984)
Prince Charming (1984)
Shanghai Blues (1984)
The Flying Mr. B (1985)
100 Ways to Murder Your Wife (1986)[also director]
Millionaire’s Express (1986)
The Strange Bedfellow (1986)[cameo]
Project A Part II (1987)[cameo]
Happy Bigamist (1987)
My Cousin The Ghost (1987)
Reincarnation (1987)
To Err is Humane (1987)
18 Times (1988)
One Husband too Many (1988)
The Bachelor's Swan-Song (1989)
Burning Sensation (1989)
City Squeeze (1989)
A Fishy Story (1989)
Happy Together (1989)
Hearts No Flowers (1989)
Miracles (1989)[cameo]
My Heart is that Eternal Rose (1989)
BB 30 (1990)
Spy Games (1990)
Fist of Fury 1991 (1991)
Mainland Dundee (1991)
Savior of the Soul (1991)
Sisters of the World Unite (1991)
Today's Hero (1991)
The Top Bet (1991)
Fist of Fury 1991 II (1992)
Mary From Beijing (1992)
Miracle 90 Days (1992)
Moon Warriors (1992)
Once A Black Sheep (1992)
The Eagle Shooting Heroes (1993)
Rose, Rose I Love You (1993)
Tigers - The Legend Of Canton (1993)
The Chinese Feast (1995)
Ten Brothers (1995)
Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Star (1996)[cameo]
What a Wonderful World (1996)
Ninth Happiness (1998)
The Pale Sky (1998)
Healing Hearts (2000)
The Replacement Suspects (2001)
Chinese Orthopedist and the Spice Girls (2002)[V]
Freaky Story (2002)
Happy Family (2002)
Buddy Friends (2002)[V]
Money Suckers (2002)[V]
Troublesome Night 16 (2002)
Following You Loving You (2002)
The Son with Two Fathers (2004)
Elixir of Love (2004)
Sex and the Beauties (2004)
Super Model (2004)
Leave Me Alone (2004)
Initial D (2005)
Shanghai Red (2006)
It's a Wonderful Life (2007)
Just Another Pandora's Box (2010)
Chase Our Love (2011)
The Land with No Boundary (2011)
East Meets West (2011)
100% Kiss (2012)
Together (2013)[2]
The Rooftop (2013)
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