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Bruce Lee Biography (1940-1973)

Born November 27, 1940, in San Francisco, CA; died of cerebral edema, July 20, 1973, in Hong Kong; married; wife's name, Linda; children: Brandon (an actor; died, 1993).

Nationality

American

Ethnicity

Chinese

Gender

Male

Birth Details

November 27, 1940

San Francisco, California, United States

Death Details

July 3, 1973

Hong Kong, China

Famous Works

• Credits; Film Appearances
• Winslow Wong, Marlowe (also known as Little Sister), Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer, 1969.
• Cheng, Fists of Fury (also known as The Big Boss), National General, 1973.
• Lee, Enter the Dragon, Warner Bros., 1973.
• Tang Lung, Return of the Dragon, Bryanston, 1974.
• Billy Lo, The Game of Death (also known as Goodbye Bruce Lee: His Last Game of Death), Columbia, 1979.
• Coming Out under Fire (documentary), Zeitgeist Films, 1994.
• Also appeared as Chen Chen, The Chinese Connection, 1972; and in The Bestof the Martial Arts Films, 1991.
• Credits; Film Work
• Director, Return of the Dragon, Bryanston, 1974.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Series
• Kato, The Green Hornet, ABC, 1966-67.
• Li Tsung, Longstreet, ABC, 1971-72.
• Credits; Television Appearances; Episodic
• Kato, "A Piece of the Action," Batman, ABC, 1967.
• Kato, "Batman~s Satisfaction," Batman, ABC, 1967.
• "Tagged for Murder," Ironside, NBC, 1967.
• "Marriage Chinese Style," Here Come the Brides, ABC, 1969.
• Also appeared on Blondie.
• Writings;Screenplays
• Return of the Dragon, Bryanston, 1974.
• Other Works
• Adaptations: Circle of Iron (also known as The Silent Flute), released byAvco Embassy, 1979, was based on a story by Bruce Lee, James Coburn, and Stirling Silliphant; Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story, released by Universal, 1993, was based on a biographical account of Lee's life as written by his wife, Linda Lee Cadwell, in Bruce Lee: The Man Only I Knew.