Stanley Fung


Stanley Fung Shui-fan was a Hong Kong and Taiwanese actor and film director known for playing comedic roles. He was one of the Lucky Stars.
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Early life

Fung was born in Guangdong, China in 1944. He moved to Hong Kong when he was six.

Career

In 1967, Fung became an actor in Hong Kong films. Fung first appeared in the action film To Rose with Love directed by Chor Yuen. In 1974, Fung became a director and writer. His directorial debut was The Looks of Hong Kong, a Mandarin-language drama. Fung was credited with over 135 films as an actor, 10 films as a director, four films as a writer and three films as a producer.
Fung was one of the main cast of the Lucky Stars, a Hong Kong [Hong Kong Hong Kong action cinema|action cinema|action] comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s.
Fung first gained attention in Taiwan for the Mandarin dub of The Crazy Companies, in which profanities were replaced by names of fruits, inspiring continued colloquial use of fruit-based terms for profanities. Fung's television debut in Taiwan was in 1992, on the Chinese Television System drama Fairy Godfather.

Personal life and death

Fung relocated to Taiwan in 1989, acquiring full citizenship of Republic of China in 1996.
Fung was a longtime supporter of the Kuomintang. In 2020, he was invited by the KMT to speak at a public assembly, where he publicly supported cross-strait reunification under a democratic system.
Fung lived at Linkou District of New Taipei, Taiwan.
On 1 November 2025, New Taipei City Councillor reported on social media that Fung had died the previous day. He was 80.

Filmography

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Films