Lee Hoi-chuen
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| Chinese name | 李海泉 (traditional) |
| Chinese name | 李海泉 (simplified) |
| Pinyin | Lǐ Hǎiquán (Mandarin) |
| Jyutping | Lei5 Hoi2 Cyun4 (Cantonese) |
| Birth name | Lee Moon Shuen 李滿船 |
| Origin | Hong Kong |
| Born | 4 February 1901 Jun'an, Shunde, China |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. St. Teresa's Hospital, Kowloon, Hong Kong |
| Spouse(s) | Grace Ho (1907–1996) |
| Children | Phoebe Lee Agnes Lee Peter Lee Bruce Lee Robert Lee |
| Ancestry | Jun'an, Shunde, China |
Lee Hoi-chuen (4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965) was a Hong Kong Cantonese opera singer and film actor. He was the father of Bruce Lee.[1]
Lee and his wife, Grace Ho, were in San Francisco, California in 1940 when their second son Bruce Lee was born. The couple were traveling for a one-year US tour with the Cantonese Opera Company. Their youngest son, Robert Lee, was famous in Hong Kong during the 1960s as the lead singer and founder of a popular beat band, The Thunderbirds.[2][3]
Lee Hoi-chuen was born in Jun'an, Guangdong on 4 February 1901, he died in Hong Kong on 7 February 1965, three days after his 64th birthday and a week after the birth of his grandson Brandon Lee.
In popular culture
Lee Hoi-chuen was portrayed by Tony Leung Ka-fai in the 2010 film Bruce Lee, My Brother.[4]
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- 1901 births
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- Bruce Lee
- Cantonese opera performers
- Hong Kong male film actors
- People from Foshan
- Chinese male singers
- Chinese male stage actors
- Male actors from Guangdong
- 20th-century Hong Kong male actors
- 20th-century singers
