Shum Lo

Known for: Acting
Born: March 1, 1925, Kaifeng, Henan Province, China
Movies: 167

Shum Lo was born in 1925 in Kaifeng, Henan. He joined Shaw Brothers and became various directors' favorite actor, especially in the martial arts genre. He had a filmography of over 100 titles spanning from the 1960s to 1980s, half of them martial arts films. A veteran supporting actor, Shum Lo is best summarized as "the essential green leaf behind the blossoming flowers".

Best-Known Movies

7.5

The 36th Chamber of Shaolin

1978

6.6

The Five Venoms

1978

6.7

Come Drink with Me

1966

6.3

Disciples of the 36th Chamber

1985

6.9

The New One-Armed Swordsman

1971

6.7

Executioners from Shaolin

1977

7.3

Dirty Ho

1979

6.9

The Boxer from Shantung

1972

6.1

Human Lanterns

1982

6.7

The Flying Guillotine

1975

Filmography

1990	Sleazy Dizzy
1987	Killer's Nocturne
1987	Sworn Brothers	Chui's Father-in-Law
1985	Pursuit of a Killer	Brother San
1985	Disciples of the 36th Chamber	Teacher
1985	The Master Strikes Back	Villager
1985	The Young Vagabond	Bank Manager
1984	Secret Service of the Imperial Court	Chao Clan Member
1984	The Supreme Swordsman	Uncle Shum
1984	Opium and the Kung Fu Master	Villager (uncredited)
1984	Return of Bastard Swordsman	Invincible Clan Division Chief
1983	Descendant of the Sun	Royal Painter
1983	Shaolin Intruders	Tavern boss
1983	Bastard Swordsman	Thundering Prognosticator (uncredited)
1983	The Lady Is the Boss	Wah Chaing Martial Arts Association Member (uncredited)
1983	Tales of a Eunuch	Han Prince
1983	Roving Swordsman	Manager of Happy Forest
1982	My Rebellious Son	Boss at eatery
1982	The Emperor and the Minister	Official
1982	Tiger Killer	Mr Hu
1982	Buddha's Palm	Jia Ru of Dark Moon Clan
1982	The Fake Ghost Catchers	Magistrate
1982	Human Lanterns	Restaurant Boss
1982	Passing Flickers	Movie producer
1982	Teenage Dreamers	Parent at Police Station
1982	House of Traps	Mr. Xu
1982	Shaolin Prince	Master Xia
1981	The Duel of the Century	Hermit Pine
1981	Bloody Parrot	Innkeeper
1981	The Emperor and His Brother	Ma Shan Chun
1981	Corpse Mania	Mr. Ma
1981	Challenge of the Gamesters	Jiu
1981	The Tiger and the Widow	Third Lord
1981	Return of the Sentimental Swordsman	Boss at Eatery
1981	Gambler's Delight	Pak Hok Kuen
1981	A Bride's Nightmare
1980	Bat Without Wings	Waiter
1980	Lost Souls	Refugee's relative
1980	Hex	Old Man Fishing at Pond
1980	The Kid with a Tattoo	Restaurant manager
1980	Haunted Tales	Mr. Wang
1980	Emperor Chien Lung and the Beauty	Eunuch Ho Te-Ching
1980	Heaven and Hell	Alcoholic in Hell
1979	Ten Tigers of Kwangtung	Li Chen Chow's Pawn Shop Staff (uncredited)
1979	Return of the Dead	Qin Zhen-He
1979	The Deadly Breaking Sword	Boss Luo
1979	The Magnificent Ruffians	Cashier Zhuo
1979	The Tigress of Shaolin	Ah San's father
1979	Dirty Ho	The Emperor
1979	Shaolin Abbot	Head Abbot
1979	The Kung Fu Instructor	Chow Ping's Uncle
1979	Monkey Kung Fu	Restaurant owner
1979	The Last Judgement	Corrupt Judge
1979	Young Lovers	Uncle Zhong
1979	The Shadow Boxing	Restaurant Boss
1979	The Scandalous Warlord	Opera Manager
1979	Full Moon Scimitar	3rd Master's Servant (uncredited)
1978	Swordsman and Enchantress	Doctor Fei
1978	Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre II	Chiu Ming's fighter
1978	Heaven Sword and Dragon Sabre	Chiu Ming's fighter
1978	The Voyage of Emperor Chien Lung	Flower Draw's manager
1978	Sensual Pleasures
1978	The Five Venoms	Fruit Vendor
1978	The Cunning Hustler
1978	Legend of the Bat	Yuan Yang Sword Master
1978	The Mad Monk Strikes Again	Wang Xiao Bao's Father
1978	Clan of Amazons	One of Lu's Friends
1978	The 36th Chamber of Shaolin	Abbot in Charge of Dining Hall
1978	Flying Guillotine II	Emperor's Bodyguard
1977	Pursuit of Vengeance	Ding Qiu
1977	Dreams Of Eroticism	Grandfather
1977	The Dream of the Red Chamber	Imperial Edit's Reader
1977	The Sentimental Swordsman	Hua Feng
1977	Death Duel	Ferryman for Divine Sword Mansion (uncredited)
1977	The Adventures of Emperor Chien Lung	Man offer to pay tax for Qing
1977	Confessions of a Private Secretary
1977	The Jade Tiger
1977	Clans of Intrigue	Shaolin monk/Gambler
1977	Executioners from Shaolin	Uncle Fang
1977	The Mad Monk	Villager
1976	Shaolin Temple	Shaolin Master of Library
1976	Love Swindler	(segment "Deadly Injections")
1976	Hustler from Canton
1976	Brotherhood	Yu / 3rd Uncle Cai
1976	Emperor Chien Lung	Chief Eunuch Jing An
1976	The Condemned	Man in Sheng's house
1976	Challenge of the Masters	Village Elder
1976	Erotic Nights
1976	The Dragon Missile	Mr. Shum
1976	Killer Clans	Wang Wei
1976	The Last Tempest	Eunuch Wang Shang
1976	Heroes of the Underground	Inn Clerk
1975	Cuties Parade
1975	The Spiritual Boxer	Bun / Noodle Stall Boss
1975	Fearful Interlude	(segment "The Cold Skeleton")
1975	The Taxi Driver	Uncle Tsang
1975	The Empress Dowager	Eunuch Wang Shang
1975	Big Brother Cheng
1975	Lady of the Law	Shopkeeper
1975	Temperament of Life
1975	Night of the Devil Bride	Doctor Chang
1975	The Flying Guillotine	(uncredited)
1975	Forbidden Tales of Two Cities	Head of telegraph office
1974	Sinful Confession	Mahjong gambler
1974	Sorrow of the Gentry	Doctor Zhou
1974	Cheeky Little Angels	Nightclub Visitor
1974	Rivals of Kung Fu	Uncle Bing
1974	Hong Kong 73	Mr Hui
1974	The Shadow Boxer
1974	The Savage Five	Villager (uncredited)
1974	Village of Tigers	Bandit
1973	Iron Bodyguard	Tong's Friend at Brothel
1973	The Ghost Lovers	Priest
1973	The Sugar Daddies	Boss Wang
1973	The Happiest Moment	Mr Hua
1973	The Pirate	Casino Clerk
1973	Blood Brothers	Post Station Officer (uncredited)
1973	The Delinquent	Butcher (Stepfather)
1973	Call to Arms	Master Lin
1972	The Thunderbolt Fist	Gin Chi's Villager
1972	Man of Iron	Gambler at Poker Table
1972	The Delightful Forest	Casino Manager
1972	The Warlord	Hsiao Lan Fang's father
1972	The 14 Amazons	Hsia Tower Guard
1972	The Devil's Mirror	Supervisor Sun
1972	Pursuit	Lin Zhou
1972	Finger of Doom	Inn-keeper
1972	The Water Margin	Chief clerk Chang (uncredited)
1972	The Boxer from Shantung	Tea House Owner (uncredited)
1971	Sunset	Uncle Li
1971	The Swift Knight	Magistrate
1971	The Long Years
1971	The Jade Faced Assassin
1971	Six Assassins	Minister Cui Yin
1971	The New One-Armed Swordsman	Blacksmith Ba
1971	The Night Is Young
1970	The Iron Buddha	Wang Wu
1970	The Price of Love	Grandfather Chuang
1970	A Time for Love	Uncle Suen
1970	Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers?	Village Chief Wang
1970	The Twelve Gold Medallions	Fulai Innkeeper
1970	Vengeance!	Innkeeper Wang Wu (uncredited)
1970	Heads for Sale	Master Jin
1970	A Place to Call Home	Boozard
1969	The Flying Dagger	Uncle Fan Kun
1968	The Sword of Swords	Uncle Chung/Li Rong
1968	Forever Diamonds	Father Ding
1968	The Bells of Death	Pays Ye for a Hit (uncredited)
1968	The Magnificent Swordsman	Village Chief
1968	Hong Kong Rhapsody	Ping's party guest
1967	King Drummer	Uncle Chang
1967	The Mirror and the Lichee	Uncle Li
1967	Blue Skies	Chen Yu Shan
1967	The Cave of the Silken Web	Earth Lord
1967	The King with My Face	Lord Yuen
1967	Sweet Is Revenge	Warden Tian Da Cheng
1967	The Thundering Sword	Tak Mong
1967	Operation Lipstick	Nightclub boss
1967	The Sword and the Lute	Martial arts expert invited by Hu
1967	Too Late for Love	Bing Shen
1967	Madam Slender Plum	Mei's bar manager
1967	The Pearl Phoenix	Magistrate Zhou
1966	The Mating Season
1966	Sweet and Wild	Uncle Ma
1966	Come Drink with Me	Jade Faced Tiger's Man
1966	Till the End of Time	Hsueh-Ling's uncle
1966	Downhill They Ride

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