Stanley Fung
Birth nameFung Siu-kan
Birth date8 November 1944
Birth placeShuntak, Kwangtung, China
Death date31 October 2025 (aged 80)
Death placeLinkou, New Taipei, Taiwan
Years active1967–2024
Stanley Fung
T馮淬帆
S冯淬帆
PFéng Cuìfān
WFêng2 Tsʻui4-fan1
JFung4 Seoi6-faan4
AltnameFung Siu-kan
T 2馮兆覲
S 2冯兆觐
P 2Féng Zhàojǐn
W 2Fêng2 Chao4-chin3
J 2Fung4 Siu6-gan2

Stanley Fung Shui-fan (8 November 1944 – 31 October 2025) was a Hong Kong and Taiwanese actor and film director known for playing comedic roles. He was one of the Lucky Stars.

Early life

Fung was born in Guangdong, China in 1944.[1] He moved to Hong Kong when he was six.[1]

Career

In 1967, Fung became an actor in Hong Kong films. Fung first appeared in the action film To Rose with Love (1967) directed by Chor Yuen. In 1974, Fung became a director and writer. His directorial debut was The Looks of Hong Kong (1974), 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.[2]

Fung was one of the main cast of the Lucky Stars, a Hong Kong action comedy film series in the 1980s and 1990s.[1]

Fung first gained attention in Taiwan for the Mandarin dub of The Crazy Companies (1988), in which profanities were replaced by names of fruits, inspiring continued colloquial use of fruit-based terms for profanities.[1] Fung's television debut in Taiwan was in 1992, on the Chinese Television System drama Fairy Godfather.[1]

Personal life and death

Fung relocated to Taiwan in 1989,[3] acquiring full citizenship of Republic of China in 1996.[1]

Fung was a longtime supporter of the Kuomintang (KMT). 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.[4]

Fung lived at Linkou District of New Taipei, Taiwan.[1]

On 1 November 2025, New Taipei City Councillor Tsai Shu-chun reported on social media that Fung had died the previous day. He was 80.[1]

Filmography

Sources:[5][6]

Films

References

  1. ^ Huang, Sunrise & Lo, James (1 November 2025). "Veteran actor and OG catchphrase master Stanley Fung dies at age 81". Central News Agency. Retrieved 2 November 2025.
  2. ^ "Stanley Fung Sui-Fan". Hong Kong Movie Database. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ "Hong Kong comedian Stanley Fung dies days after friend Benz Hui". South China Morning Post. 2025-11-01. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
  4. ^ Chung, Lawrence (2020-09-30). "Taiwan's KMT turns to comic actor to tackle election tragedy". South China Morning Post. Archived 2020-10-02 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2023-03-21.
  5. ^ "Stanley Fung Sui-Fan". hkmdb.com. Retrieved 2025-11-02.
  6. ^ "Stanley Fung". chinesemov.com. Archived 2011-02-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2010-04-12.
  7. ^ "To Rose with Love". Hong Kong Movie Database. Archived 2021-06-08 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  8. ^ Sim, Sherlyn (2021-11-01). "Veteran Hong Kong actor Stanley Fung dies at 81". Straits Times