Tien Ching

Born in Shanghai in 1935 as Tien Chun-Sheng (given family name). Tien Cheng's mother passed away when he was young. Moving to Hong Kong in 1949, he took the part-time course in Sam Yuk Middle School while working for a job. Upon graduation he did missionary work and became a teacher later. In 1957 he joined and worked exclusively for MP&GI by starting off in the short film there. He quickly went on to star in many films helmed by accredited directors, which co-starred the famous actors in the industry [...]. When he was working in Cantonese films in 1964, he was MP&GI's top actor in their Cantonese division. When the Cantonese division was dismantled, he got back into making Mandarin films. In 1970 Tien joined Shaw Brothers and became known for mainly playing villains or comedic characters.. [Celestial Pictures/IVL]

Born:

Mar 17, 1935

Movie/TV Credits:

26

First Appeared:

In the movie The Wild, Wild Rose 1960-05-09

Latest Project:

Movie The Amorous Lotus Pan 1994-06-22