Bowie Woo Fung (born 18 January 1932), born Woo Kai-sau and known as Sau Gor, is a Hong Kong actor, host and singer on a per-series contract with TVB. He grew up in Hong Kong, his ancestral home being in Guangzhou, Guangdong, where his father ran a curio and antiques business. He entered Dacheng in 1953 and shot to fame with his first film, A Man's Heart, opposite Fong Yim-fun. He went on to make numerous musicals with Nancy Sit, Josephine Siao and Connie Chan, earning the nickname Dance King Sau for his footwork, and he also recorded songs. In the 1960s he helped found the Yee Lin and Chun Sin Mei film companies, moving into production. Moving into television, he worked for many years with TVB, including a role as a stuttering lawyer in the 1988 series The Final Verdict. With more than a hundred films across Cantonese, Mandarin and television work over seventy years, he is godfather to Jacky Cheung and Leon Lai and is widely liked within the industry. He received the Golden Bauhinia Lifetime Achievement Award and TVB's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003; in 2022, aged ninety, he was honoured with a TVB birthday special and staged a concert at the Hong Kong Coliseum, becoming the oldest singer to hold a solo concert there; and in 2023 he received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards.
From a Cantonese-cinema leading man of the 1950s to a long-serving television personality, Woo worked across film, television and music for more than seventy years, acting as a living witness to the transformation of Hong Kong's post-war entertainment industry and embodying a uniquely durable performing career.
Achievements
- 1953 · Joined Dacheng and rose to fame with his debut film, A Man's Heart.
- 2003 · Received the Golden Bauhinia Lifetime Achievement Award and TVB's Lifetime Achievement Award.
- 2023 · Received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the 41st Hong Kong Film Awards.