Richard Ng

Richard Ng was one of those performers who made you laugh so effortlessly you almost didn't notice how good he actually was. A fixture of Hong Kong comedy cinema through the 1980s and into the '90s, he had this wonderfully rubbery, self-deprecating energy that felt genuinely warm rather than desperate — you were always laughing with him, never at him. Born in Chaozhou in 1939, raised in Hong Kong and educated in England, where he switched from dentistry to drama, he carved out a niche playing lovable underdogs and bumbling everyman types, the kind of roles that look easy but are brutally hard to pull off with real heart. He passed away in April 2023, and with him went a particular flavor of Hong Kong comedic charm that shaped a generation of moviegoers across Asia. The man had timing. Real timing. That doesn't go out of style.

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Name (English)

Richard Ng

Name (Japanese)

リチャード・ウン

Reading

りちゃーど・うん

Born

December 27, 1939 – April 9, 2023

Origin

Hong Kong, People's Republic of China

Occupation

film actor / television actor / actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Rabbit

University

St. Stephen's College

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Ng
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AA%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4215838

Tags

• film actor
• television actor
• actor

Last updated

October 18, 2026

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