OBITUARIES / PASSINGS / Shih Kien
Shih Kien, 96, a veteran Hong Kong actor who played Bruce Lee’s archrival in the 1973 film “Enter the Dragon,” died of kidney failure Wednesday at a Hong Kong hospital, according to news reports.
Shih made his film debut in 1940 and went on to act in about 350 films, most notably playing villains in films about Chinese folk hero Wong Fei-hong, according to the Ming Pao Daily News.
Sometimes credited as Kien Shih, he was best known to Western audiences for playing the evil martial arts expert Han in “Enter the Dragon.” In the film, Lee’s character is hired by a foreign government to infiltrate Han’s island and seeks to avenge his sister’s death by Han’s bodyguard.
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