Yuen Siu-Tien (27 November 1912 – 8 January 1979) (also known as Yuan Xiaotian, Simon Yuen, Sam Seed or "Ol' Dirty") was a Chinese martial arts film actor in the late 1970s. Yuen is perhaps best known as Beggar So in three films: Drunken Master, Story of Drunken Master and his final film Dance of the Drunk Mantis. He starred in films with film actors like Jackie Chan and under the direction of his real life son Yuen Woo-ping. Yuen died having a heart attack in 1979. Leader of the Yuen Clan and father of: Peace Yuen Wo-Ping; Charlie Yuen Cheung-Yan; Sunny Yuen Shun-Yi; Simon Yuen Yat-Choh; Brandy Yuen Jan-Yeung and Yuen Lung-Kui.

KNOWN FOR

Drunken Master
1978
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
1978
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
1978
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
1979
The Association
1974
Come Drink with Me
1966
Wong Fay Hung
1976
Heroes of the East
1978
Red Dragon
1965
The Warlord
1972
Shaolin Martial Arts
1974
Hong Kong Hot Harbor
1962

FILMOGRAPHY

All
Movies
TV
Acting
120
Directing
4
Crew
7
2004
Fights of Fury
1995
Jackie Chan - Invincible Fighter
as Self
1982
Little Mad Guy
1981
An Old Kung Fu Master
1981
Master with Cracked Fingers
as Old Master
1980
Against Rascals with Kung-Fu
1980
The Buddhist Fist
as Sleeping monk
1980
The Six Directions of Boxing
1979
Iron Bridge Kung-Fu
as Piggy
1979
Dance of the Drunk Mantis
as Sam the Seed / Beggar Su
1979
Sleeping Fist
as Old Fox
1979
The Story of the Drunken Master
as Beggar So
1979
Blind Fist of Bruce
as The Blind Master
1979
The Mystery of Chess Boxing
as Master Cook
1979
Drunken Arts and Crippled Fist
as Crippled Fist Master (as Yuen Hsiao-Tien)
1979
The World of Drunken Master
as [Cameo]
1979
Mad Mad Kung Fu
as Bamboo Stick
1979
Crystal Fist
as Cook / Teacher
1979
Horse Boxing Killer
1978
Drunken Master
as Beggar So
1978
Snake in the Eagle's Shadow
as The Beggar / Pai Chang Tien
1978
Drunken Master Strikes Back
as Su Hua Chi / Beggar So / Sam Seed
1978
Kung Fu Master Named Drunk Cat
1978
The 36th Chamber of Shaolin
as Abbot in Charge of Boxing Chamber (uncredited)
1978
Heroes of the East
as Ho To's Sifu
1977
The Dragon Lives Again
as Hua Tao
1977
Deadly Snail vs. Kung Fu Killers
as Head Snake Demon
1976
Karate from Shaolin Temple
as Yuen Yun
1976
Wong Fay Hung
1975
The Young Rebel
as Rong's Sifu
1975
Return of the Crazy Bumpkins
1975
"Fertility" Bank
1974
Shaolin Martial Arts
as Master Liang Hong
1974
The Association
as Sifu
1974
Martial Arts
as Street performer
1974
The Valiant Ones
as Pirate with bow
1973
The Kiss of Death
as Yuen
1973
Fist to Fist
as Sleeping Waiter
1973
Iron Bull
1973
英雄榜
1973
Chinese Kung Fu
1972
The Warlord
as Bald man at the Kao Pai trial
1972
鸿运当头
1970
Wong Fei-Hung: Bravely Crushing the Fire Formation
1970
飞剑神童
1970
孙悟空智取黄袍怪
1969
Dragon Swamp
as Ding Long (fisherman)
1969
Wong Fei-Hung's Combat with the Five Wolves
1969
The One-armed Magic Nun
1969
Sword of Emei
as Chiu's man
1969
Iron Bones
1969
The Fragrant Sword
1969
银刀血剑
1969
血羅巾
1969
殺氣嚴霜
1969
黃飛鴻浴血硫磺谷
1969
Supreme Sword
1969
鐵髮紅姑
1969
黄飞鸿神威伏三煞
1969
黄飞鸿巧夺鲨鱼青
1968
The Chivalrous Whip
as Uncle 2
1968
Wong Fei-Hung: Duel for the Championship
1968
The Sword and Knife (Conclusion)
1968
小五義大破銅網陣
1968
The Magnificent Five
1967
The Silent Swordsman
as Sun Moon Clan member
1967
Golden Eagle
as Henchman
1967
Paragon of Sword and Knife
1967
The Witch
1967
The Sword and the Lute
as Red Lotus Clan member
1967
The Goddess of Mercy
as Dancing Soldier
1967
紅衣少女
1967
The Goddess of Mercy
as Dancing soldier
1966
The Knight of Knights
as Chaoching monk
1966
Come Drink with Me
as Jade Faced Tiger's Man
1966
One Duel Too Many
1966
One Duel Too Many (Part 2)
as 岑大化
1966
中原奇俠
as 東海騰蛟
1965
Sword of Swords
as Pole-fighter
1965
Red Dragon
1965
The All-powerful Flute: Part 2
1965
箫声震武林（上集）
as 慧明僧
1965
The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Part Two)
1965
Six Fingers
1965
The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Concluding Episode)
1965
999离奇三凶手
1965
火凤狂龙
1965
孫悟空三戲百花仙
1964
The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part One
as Monk Yi Tin
1964
The Devil and Her Magic Needles, Part Two
as Monk Yi Tin
1964
Operation Hong Kong
1964
The Snowflake Sword (Part 1)
1964
Spy No. 13
as Agent A
1964
Devil's Palm (Part One)
as Buddhist Master
1964
The Flying Fox in the Snowy Mountains
as Lau Hok-jan
1964
Buddha's Palm (Part 1)
as (Uncredited) Leader of the Spirit Serpent Cult, the Wolf God Sword Shadow
1964
Buddha's Palm (Part 3)
as Scholar in Yellow
1963
The Black Centipede
1963
The Killing Flag (Part 1)
1963
The Secret Book (New Series), Part 2
1963
万剑之王
1963
仙剑神魔(上集)
1963
The Killing Flag (Part 2)
1962
Hong Kong Hot Harbor
1962
The Birth of Yue Fei
1962
Hunting for the Murderer
as 歹徒
1961
A Sword and Nine Rings, Part Two
as imperial guard
1961
Secret Book
1961
花蝴蝶三氣飛天貓
1960
The Story of Wong Ang the Heroine
as Gangster
1959
How Oriole the Heroine Solved the Case of the Three Dead Bodies
1956
The White Crane Hero
1956
The Murder Case at Club 99
1956
How Liang Hongyu's War Drum Caused the Jin Army to Retreat
1956
Wong Fei-Hung Goes to a Birthday Party at Guanshan
as Uncle Liu
1955
The Nine-Finger Devil
1954
打破玉籠飛彩鳳
as 惡徒
1949
Wong Fei-hung: The Whip That Smacks the Candle
as Thug
1947
Lady Robin Hood
海底骷髅塔(上集)