Barry Wong

Barry Wong

1946-11-20 Hong Kong, British Crown Colony 87 Credits

Biography

Barry Wong Ping-Yiu, also known as 黃炳耀, was a Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and actor. He was hailed as one of the most prolific screenwriters of Hong Kong cinema penning scripts for some of the top filmmakers and actors during the 1980s and early 1990s.

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Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday

Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday

1993

as James Wong

7.0
Acting

A young boy's journey to puberty. Awkward first time experiences are a combination of jest and melancholy as only adolescence can ignite.

Operation Scorpio

Operation Scorpio

1992

Writer

6.3
Writing

Budding comic book artist Yu Shu finds himself living out the fantasies of his alternate world when he saves a young girl from an illegal prostitution...

Miracle 90 Days

Miracle 90 Days

1992

6.0
Acting

In a battle over a magical egg, Sandra Ng and her evil uncle accidentally turn a monkey into a human.

Hard Boiled

Hard Boiled

1992

Screenplay

7.5
Writing

A cop who loses his partner in a shoot-out with gun smugglers goes on a mission to catch them. In order to get closer to the leaders of the ring he jo...

Fun and Fury

Fun and Fury

1992

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

A martial arts comedy, vacillating between action setpieces and goofy sight gags.

Truant Heroes

Truant Heroes

1992

as Commissioner Wong

6.2
Acting

Undercover cop, Kin, infiltrates a Hong Kong school to root out an underworld presence. Things get tricky when he falls for a charming teacher, adding...

Ghost Punting

Ghost Punting

1992

Writer

6.1
Writing

The "Five Lucky Stars" attempt to help a restless ghost take revenge on the evil drug gang who took his life. At the same time, they want the ghost to...

Lethal Contact

Lethal Contact

1992

Writer

Writing

Two cops, code name penguin and polar bear, are ordered to assist a visiting policeman from Borneo (Lo Raimy). When their incompetence results in Raim...

Twin Dragons

Twin Dragons

1992

Writer

6.8
Writing

Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two...

A Kid from Tibet

A Kid from Tibet

1992

Writer

5.8
Writing

As the evil sect known as the Black Section of Esoteric Buddhism wreaks havoc on Tibet, a young monk named Wong La (Biao Yuen) is sent to Hong Kong to...

The Banquet

The Banquet

1991

as Man at Table

5.2
Acting

Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. ...

The Banquet

The Banquet

1991

Writer

5.2
Writing

Developer Tsang Siu Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. ...

Slickers vs. Killers

Slickers vs. Killers

1991

Screenplay

4.5
Writing

Success Hung, an ace cell phone salesman who his feeling the heat from young, up and comer Miss Cheng. One day, Hung witnesses a mob hit. Though the p...

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai

1991

as Commissioner Wong

6.9
Acting

While battling a psychic gambler, Sing hurtles back in time to 1937 Shanghai. Now he must come to grips with his family history and get back to 1991.

Scheming Wonders

Scheming Wonders

1991

Acting

A fun action/comedy movie where Conan Lee & Shing Fui On team up to grab a gang of jewelery robbers with Ben Ng as their leader.

Scheming Wonders

Scheming Wonders

1991

Screenplay

Writing

A fun action/comedy movie where Conan Lee & Shing Fui On team up to grab a gang of jewelery robbers with Ben Ng as their leader.

Fight Back to School

Fight Back to School

1991

as Scissor Legs

6.9
Acting

Chow Sing Sing is about to be kicked out of the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit. But a senior officer decides to give him one last ...

Fight Back to School

Fight Back to School

1991

Writer

6.9
Writing

Chow Sing Sing is about to be kicked out of the Royal Hong Kong Police's elite Special Duties Unit. But a senior officer decides to give him one last ...

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari

The Gods Must Be Crazy: Crazy Safari

1991

Writer

5.2
Writing

Two guys, one of them a magician, are transporting an ancient chinese vampire who can only be controlled by a series of yellow tapes, and is the ances...

Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye

Alan and Eric: Between Hello and Goodbye

1991

as Barry

7.0
Acting

Alan and Eric are childhood friends who are separated when Eric moves to America. They are reunited in Hong Kong when Eric finds Alan at the cafe wher...

Against All

Against All

1990

as Supt Chow

7.3
Acting

A love triangle between a singer and two men; one good, the other evil.

The Nocturnal Demon

The Nocturnal Demon

1990

as Cook

6.0
Acting

Tow truck driver Tin bears an uncanny resemblance to a psychotic, serial killer, taxi driver -- and now the cops are chasing the wrong man. He and his...

The Inspector Wears Skirts III

The Inspector Wears Skirts III

1990

as King of Gamblers

6.0
Acting

Inspector Kan (Stanley Fung), now married to Madame Wu (Sibelle Hu), has been instructed to train the Banshee Squad Members after Madame Wu goes into ...

Pantyhose Hero

Pantyhose Hero

1990

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Two policemen must pretend to be a gay couple in order to investigate the murders of homosexuals in Hong Kong.

Family Honor

Family Honor

1990

as ICAC officer

7.0
Acting

Norman Law directed this Hong Kong gangster film about siblings joined by a common enemy. Tao is a ruthless loan shark, whose brother, Fu Sai Hang, is...

Family Honor

Family Honor

1990

Producer, Writer

7.0
Producing Writing

Norman Law directed this Hong Kong gangster film about siblings joined by a common enemy. Tao is a ruthless loan shark, whose brother, Fu Sai Hang, is...

Curry & Pepper

Curry & Pepper

1990

as Chief Inspector Chow

6.2
Acting

Two best friends and cop partners become the subject of a beautiful news reporter's documentary. The two soon find themselves competing for screen tim...

She Shoots Straight

She Shoots Straight

1990

Screenplay

6.5
Writing

Hong Kong police officer Mina Kao marries Huang Tsung-Pao, who is a member of a law enforcement dynasty. His father and his many sisters are also offi...

Outlaw Brothers

Outlaw Brothers

1990

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Frankie Chan and Max Mok are high-class car thieves whose sticky fingers get them in trouble with some gangsters, and then some really nasty gangsters...

Encounters of the Spooky Kind II

Encounters of the Spooky Kind II

1990

Story, Writer, Director of Photography

5.4
Writing Directing

Impoverished teahouse worker (and martial-arts student) Abao is engaged to his boss' daughter, Little Chu, and fights to protect her from the lecherou...

The Fortune Code

The Fortune Code

1990

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

Set in China during the Japanese occupation. A young man breaks out of a POW camp to marry his sweetheart, but finds she is now a spy for the resistan...

City Cops

City Cops

1989

Writer

5.6
Writing

Cindy is an American FBI agent who is currently in Hong Kong seeking arch-criminal Kent Tong. In order to bring down Tong and his criminal organizatio...

Whampoa Blues

Whampoa Blues

1989

Writer

5.4
Writing

Chung and Kin grow up together at Rennie Mill Area with quite different characters. They were admitted into the Whampoa Military Training School at Ta...

Dragon Fight

Dragon Fight

1989

5.9
Acting

Jimmy and Tiger are members of the Chinese national wushu team. The two are in Los Angeles to perform exhibitions. However, for Tiger, he plans to def...

Lost Souls

Lost Souls

1989

Writer

4.8
Writing

Like many Hong Kong people, the Ling family are hoping to immigrate to Canada - but then they all die in a gas poisoning accident. Something wimpy lik...

Vampire Buster

Vampire Buster

1989

6.6
Acting

In ancient China, a demon was defeated in a fierce battle with a priest, who sealed it's evil spirit in a vase. Centuries later, during the cultural r...

Vampire Buster

Vampire Buster

1989

Screenplay

6.6
Writing

In ancient China, a demon was defeated in a fierce battle with a priest, who sealed it's evil spirit in a vase. Centuries later, during the cultural r...

The Killer

The Killer

1989

as Chief Inspector Tu

7.6
Acting

Mob assassin Jeffrey is no ordinary hired gun; the best in his business, he views his chosen profession as a calling rather than simply a job. So, whe...

Mr. Smart

Mr. Smart

1989

Writer

10.0
Writing

Smart (Kent Cheng), a sailor, returns from sea to his family to help with the family business and raise money for repairs, also teach people about lov...

Pedicab Driver

Pedicab Driver

1989

Screenplay

7.0
Writing

Lo Tung and his friend Malted Candy, pedicab drivers working the streets of Macao, have both fallen in love. The problem is that both their objects of...

18 Times

18 Times

1988

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Gigi is a young woman with no shortage of potential husbands to choose from. The big problem: every single one of her husbands dies after becoming wea...

In the Blood

In the Blood

1988

Story

Writing

About an accident prone policeman.

Walk on Fire

Walk on Fire

1988

5.7
Acting

Sergeant Kwok Wah (Andy Lau) and Ho Lung (Ray Lui) are both colleagues and best friends. Ho Lung has developed hatred with a gang leader Dick. Dick se...

The Haunted Cop Shop II

The Haunted Cop Shop II

1988

as Snr. Inspector

4.9
Acting

Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

The Haunted Cop Shop II

The Haunted Cop Shop II

1988

Writer

4.9
Writing

Specially trained government troops are sent to clean out a city that is plagued by vampires, ghosts and cannibalistic zombies.

Love Soldier of Fortune

Love Soldier of Fortune

1988

Writer

4.0
Writing

Love Soldier of Fortune is a Hong Kong Romance directed by Stanley Fung and starring Maggie Cheung.

Eastern Condors

Eastern Condors

1987

Screenplay

7.3
Writing

A motley group of Chinese prisoners held in the US is sent on a covert mission with the promise of a pardon: to go deep into Vietnam and destroy a sec...

My Cousin, the Ghost

My Cousin, the Ghost

1987

Producer

6.4
Producing

Cousin Big returns home from the UK in order to find a wife and settle down. He has previously driven out his illegal immigrant friend Ma from the UK ...

Righting Wrongs

Righting Wrongs

1986

Screenplay

7.6
Writing

Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante j...

Armour of God

Armour of God

1986

Story

7.1
Writing

Jackie Chan stars as Asian Hawk, an Indiana Jones-style adventurer looking to make a fortune in exotic antiquities. After Hawk discovers a mysterious ...

Mr. Vampire II

Mr. Vampire II

1986

Writer

5.7
Writing

Chaos ensues after a team of archaeologists accidentally breaks the seals of a sleeping vampire family, which prevent them from waking up.

Goodbye Mammie

Goodbye Mammie

1986

Producer

Producing

After her husband's death, Sally takes over. She works and helps educate her 10-year-old son Andy. Andy is rather weak in character. That worries Sall...

Lucky Stars Go Places

Lucky Stars Go Places

1986

6.1
Acting

Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the L...

Rosa

Rosa

1986

Writer

3.0
Writing

Hsia and Lei Kung are two bumbling cops assigned to protect the gorgeous Rosa, girlfriend to a missing informer named Lee. But Rosa's wanted by more t...

Lucky Stars Go Places

Lucky Stars Go Places

1986

Writer

6.1
Writing

Lucky Stars Go Places, also known as The Luckiest Stars, is a 1986 Hong Kong action comedy film directed by Eric Tsang. It is the fourth film in the L...

Where's Officer Tuba?

Where's Officer Tuba?

1986

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Tuba is a fainthearted cop who prefers to play in the brass section of the police band to pounding the streets. One day, he finds himself caught up in...

Millionaires' Express

Millionaires' Express

1986

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

What happens when a glamorous express, with high government officials, wealthy merchants, concubines and a gang of brigands on board, speeds towards t...

The Strange Bedfellow

The Strange Bedfellow

1986

Story

7.0
Writing

1. IDENTIKIT LOVE Chan has difficulties solving the case since the piece of skull was so incomplete. Chan is inspired to use Winnie's feature for doub...

Yes, Madam!

Yes, Madam!

1985

Screenplay

7.1
Writing

Two unlucky thieves break into a just murdered man's hotel room and steal his passport with a hidden microfilm wanted by a triad boss. Two ass-kicking...

Mr. Vampire

Mr. Vampire

1985

Writer

6.8
Writing

The planned reburial of a village elder goes awry as the corpse resurrects into a hopping, bloodthirsty vampire, threatening mankind. Therefore, a Tao...

Heart of Dragon

Heart of Dragon

1985

Writer

6.9
Writing

A policeman forsakes his dream of world travel to care for a mentally impaired brother, who is later kidnapped by gangsters.

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Stars

1985

Screenplay, Story

6.6
Writing

The third installment in the Lucky Stars series, following Winners and Sinners and My Lucky Stars. The team are released from prison to play detective...

Those Merry Souls

Those Merry Souls

1985

Story

7.5
Writing

Chiu Chi-Lung and Ng Kuai-Tak are two movie stunt actors in Hong Kong and are suspicious of Lung's father Chiu's mysterious behavior. Unbeknownst to t...

Shyly Joker

Shyly Joker

1985

Producer

Producing

Shyly Joker is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Eric Tsang.

Affectionately Yours

Affectionately Yours

1985

Writer

1.0
Writing

Affectionately Yours is a 1985 Hong Kong film directed by Wong Ying Kit. It stars Eric Tsang, Alan Tam and Maria Chung.

My Lucky Stars

My Lucky Stars

1985

Screenplay, Story

6.5
Writing

Two Hong Kong cops are sent to Tokyo to catch an ex-cop who stole a large amount of money in diamonds. After one is captured by the Ninja-gang protect...

Friendly Ghost

Friendly Ghost

1985

Screenplay

Writing

Male chauvinist Ah Wai often boasts of his wife's submission to him. He even persuades her to pretend to be obedient in the presence of his friends wh...

Funny Triple

Funny Triple

1985

Writer

9.0
Writing

Once there are two detectives in the police force, Fatty and Lanky, they have been very, very good friends, that until the day Gigi comes to their dep...

Chase a Fortune

Chase a Fortune

1985

Story

2.0
Writing

Tiger, a fierce champion pro-boxer, is a gentle giant outside the ring. So when he accidentally injures a reporter during an interview, Tiger forswear...

Double Trouble

Double Trouble

1984

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

To help his sister with her debts, John goes to a pawnshop when robbers rush in. John draws suspicion from the police and only escapes from them with ...

Silent Romance

Silent Romance

1984

as Illegal fruit vendor

1.0
Acting

Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the ...

Silent Romance

Silent Romance

1984

Writer

1.0
Writing

Dummy, a deaf mute, is a brilliant and undiscovered cartoonist whose current publication has been gradually ignored by his readers. Consequently, the ...

Funny Face

Funny Face

1984

Acting

A comedy about a couple of poor-looking people who take part in a TV matchmaking programme.

Funny Face

Funny Face

1984

Screenplay

Writing

A comedy about a couple of poor-looking people who take part in a TV matchmaking programme.

The Other Side of Gentleman

The Other Side of Gentleman

1984

as Father Tam

5.0
Acting

As part of a sociology experiment, Brigitte Lin tries to get lower-class playboy Alan Tam to fall in love with her. Not only does he fall for her, but...

The Other Side of Gentleman

The Other Side of Gentleman

1984

Producer, Writer

5.0
Producing Writing

As part of a sociology experiment, Brigitte Lin tries to get lower-class playboy Alan Tam to fall in love with her. Not only does he fall for her, but...

The Intellectual Trio

The Intellectual Trio

1984

Writer

4.3
Writing

Joyce Ni (Esprit D'Amour) and Sandy Lam play two sisters who pick pockets for a living, and manage to run afoul of a pair of cops (Leslie Cheung and B...

Winners & Sinners

Winners & Sinners

1983

as Roller Skate Race's Emcee

6.9
Acting

Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Se...

Winners & Sinners

Winners & Sinners

1983

Writer

6.9
Writing

Five friends are released from prison and do their best to stay out trouble. While trying to mind their own business (and run their 5-Star Cleaning Se...

A Fist Full of Talons

A Fist Full of Talons

1983

Writer

4.8
Writing

Qing I-ming springs into action to help his friend, who runs into danger while trying to deliver important government documents.

The Dead and the Deadly

The Dead and the Deadly

1982

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Wah Li, known as Fat Boy to his friends, lives with his great-uncle the priest (Uncle). Together with his oddball friends Lai Li and Momo, Wah Li help...

Carry On Pickpocket

Carry On Pickpocket

1982

Writer

6.1
Writing

Hung Tai-Kong aka Rice Pot and Chan Yin-Tung aka Chimney are two friends who work with their master Kam Ming and his daughter Ann as a team of pickpoc...

Dragon Lord

Dragon Lord

1982

Screenplay

6.4
Writing

Dragon and his madcap pal Cowboy spend their days getting into mischief, frustrating the elders, chasing girls, and competing in the village sport. Wh...

The Prodigal Son

The Prodigal Son

1981

Writer

7.1
Writing

A rich man's son believes himself to be the best kung fu fighter in Canton. Unfortunately, his father, anxious for his son's safety, bribes all his op...

The Gold Hunters

The Gold Hunters

1981

Writer

Writing

The Gold Hunters is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie action-directed and produced by Jackie Chan

The Mischievous Age

The Mischievous Age

1981

Writer

5.5
Writing

Fong, a fresh graduate and ardent teacher, starts her career in a secondary school. The school is full of problems: not only are students engaged in g...

Read Lips

Read Lips

1980

Writer

4.5
Writing

Frankie Chan plays a movie dubber who can read lips.