Simon Yuen Siu-Tien

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.

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Recent movies

#	Name	Character	Rating
1	The Buddhist Fist (1980)	Sleeping monk		7
2	The Story of the Drunken Master (1979)	Beggar So	-	-
3	Drunken Master (1978)	Beggar So		7.1
4	The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)	Abbot in Charge of Boxing Chamber (uncredited)		7.6
5	Snake in the Eagle's Shadow (1978)	The Beggar / Pai Chang Tien		7
6	Heroes of the East (1978)	Ho To's Sifu		7.3
7	The Valiant Ones (1974)	Pirate with bow		5
8	Come Drink with Me (1966)	Jade Faced Tiger's Man		6
9	Red Dragon (1965)	-	-	-
10	Buddha's Palm (Part 3) (1964)	Director / Writer		5
11	Buddha's Palm (Part 1) (1964)	(Uncredited) Leader of the Spirit Serpent Cult, the Wolf God Sword Shadow		7