The Unsung heroes of cinema. Part 8

You recognise their faces but you aren't quite sure where from. You see them and go "HIM!! I see him in everything" and then you forget them. There's a fleeting recognition that disappears as soon as they die in, usually, violent ways. These are the actors that if, IF, you notice them, don't turn up in the opening credits of a film. In fact you'll have to do some pretty lengthy searching of the closing scrolling credits to find them

Ric Young.

THE go-to guy for casting directors when they are making a film that requires a Chinese baddie, be it a triad, gangster, warlord, drug kingpin, or just the fella in charge. Always plays a bad lad with a smile, the charming type that will pour you a drink and shoot you when you sip it. This chap has taken on Harrison Ford, Chow Yun Fat, even THE STATHAM. He's been in Bond films. He's played Bruce Lee's Da and taken on Jet Li. He's been around for the bones of 60 years too. I love seeing him turn up cos i know he's going add an entertaining dose of dodginess to any film he's in. He's from England but I've never actually heard him speak in his real accent. Check out his body of work here

Indiana Jones has this effect on people

Greatest hits

American Gangster. Frank Lucas's smiling, friendly and very eager to please heroin connect in Vietnam. "My man"

Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom. The gangster that poisons Indy in Club Obi-Wan and laughs sadistically as he starts to die. Wields a tommy gun with panache!

Dragon : The Bruce Lee Story. Here he plays Bruce Lee's father Hoi-Chuen. Gets a great scene at the start of the film envisioning a curse that will haunt Bruce through out his life. 

The Corruptor. The man who run's New York's Chinatown with a benevolent smile hiding his viciousness. James Foley's thriller is a cracker that deserves re-evaluation.

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