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Lam Ching-Ying

Lam Ching-Ying

Acting

Biography

Lam Ching-Ying (Chinese: 林正英, 27 December 1952 – 8 November 1997) was a Hong Kong actor, action director and director. A physically talented and graceful martial artist, Lam was best known for playing the stoic Taoist priest in Mr. Vampire (1985). Lam died in 1997 of liver cancer. Was a member of Madame Fan Fok-Fa's The Spring And Autumn Drama School's Peking Opera. Was a member of the Sammo Hung Stuntmen's Association.

Known For

Game of Death
6.4

A martial arts movie star must fake his death to find the people who are trying to kill him.

Game of Death

1978
Fist of Fury
7.2

During the Japanese occupation of Shanghai, Chen Zhen, the star pupil of a recently-deceased martial arts teacher battles a Japanese dojo which seeks the demise of his fighting school.

Fist of Fury

1972
Vampire Expert
7.0

Zhang Tian-shi's 18th generation disciple, Mao Xiao-fang, heads south to Hong Kong to track down the zombie king. Along the way, he meets Yang Fei-yun, a master of numerology and fortune-telling. Mao gains recognition for his exceptional Taoist abilities, which attracts jealousy from the head of the Seven Sisters Hall, Chung Kwan. Chung is bitter enemies with Mao, but her younger brother Chung Pong, a prodigious student, takes Mao as his teacher. Mao is unaware that Yang is a cunning and treacherous scoundrel. Yang tricks him into a trap, and eventually becomes the Great Demon King. Chung Pong sacrifices his relationship with his lover, Yuh Pak-sum, to become a great Taoist and help Mao defeat Yang.

Vampire Expert

1995
Swordsman
7.0

A kung-fu manual known as the Sacred Scroll is stolen from the Emperor's library. An army detachment is sent to recover it. Meanwhile, a young swordsman and his fellow disciple are accidentally drawn into the chaos.

Swordsman

1990
School on Fire
7.3

A young schoolgirl, Yuen Fong becomes caught in a tragic stranglehold of triad activity after she testifies in court over a triad beating. When this news reaches the triad leader Brother Smart, Yuen Fong must pay him protection money for what she has done as events begin to escalate.

School on Fire

1988
The Big Boss
7.1

Cheng is a young Chinese mainlander who moves in with his expatriate cousins to work at an ice factory in Thailand. He does this with a family promise never to get involved in any fights. However, when members of his family begin disappearing after meeting the management of the factory, the resulting mystery and pressures force him to break that vow and take on the villainy of the Big Boss.

The Big Boss

1971
Enter the Dragon
7.4

A martial artist agrees to spy on a reclusive crime lord using his invitation to a tournament there as cover.

Enter the Dragon

1973
Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars
6.5

The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. The team are released from prison to play detective in order to stop a ruthless gang from ruining their reputations, taking their lives, and that of a key witness in an upcoming trial. They must battle their way through and with the help of Muscles, take down the bad guys.

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

1985
My Lucky Stars
6.6

Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protecting the rogue cop, the other one gets his old Orphanage gang, dubbed the "Five Lucky Stars," to help him. They don't like this much, but they do it.

My Lucky Stars

1985
Mr. Vampire
6.9

After the planned reburial of a village elder goes awry and the corpse resurrects into a hopping vampire, a Taoist priest and his two disciples attempt to stop him.

Mr. Vampire

1985
Winners & Sinners
6.9

Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Service), they are caught up in a war between rival Triad gangs fighting for control of the counterfeit currency market.

Winners & Sinners

1983
Coincidentally
1.0

No description available.

Coincidentally

1996
Vampire vs. Vampire
6.2

To save the village from paranormal menaces, the One-Eyebrow Priest deals with and battles a host of mysterious creatures including: a little mischievous Chinese vampire; a lustful female ghost; the spirit of a woman murdered by a club owner and a European vampire and his blood-sucking pet bats.

Vampire vs. Vampire

1989
Mr. Vampire II
5.9

Chaos ensues after a team of archaeologists accidentally breaks the seals of a sleeping vampire family, which prevent them from waking up.

Mr. Vampire II

1986
Magic Cop
6.8

A Taoist former cop is called to Hong Kong to assist in the investigation of of a series of strange murders. Aided by two local officers, he runs afoul of an evil sorceress.

Magic Cop

1990
Millionaires' Express
6.7

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards the small town of Hanshui, where escaping bank robbers, corrupt officials, and gamblers await? Well, let's just say the Titanic had a smoother maiden voyage.

Millionaires' Express

1986
Vampire Expert II
N/A

The story revolves around the Vampire Expert Mao Xiaofang and his love-and-fight partner, Lady Black Rose.

Vampire Expert II

1996
A Touch of Zen
7.6

Yang Hui-zhen, a mysterious princess on the run from corrupt government officials, is joined in her endeavors by skilled Buddhist monks and an unambitious painter named Gu Sheng-zhai.

A Touch of Zen

1970
Mr Vampire 1992
6.2

Master Lam and his two disciples must battle a horde of Chinese vampires in order to get the teeth dust needed to cure an ailing general. Meanwhile, the general's wife is pregnant, and the evil spirit of an aborted baby wants to possess the unborn child's body for its resurrection.

Mr Vampire 1992

1992
The Chinese Ghostbuster
4.6

Wu Ma stars as a ghost who's searching for the perfect husband for his daughter. In order to get her married, the two decide to leave the spirit plain and head for the land of the living. To their surprise the world had drastically changed since they've last visited. The duo finds a likely candidate in a street hustler. The ghostly pair chase the poor guy until he seeks the help of a tao priest. Will the Tao priest send these wandering spirits back to hell or will the hustler join is ghostly bride forever?

The Chinese Ghostbuster

1994