[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Ching Miao, Jinan, Shandong origin, was born on March 15, 1913. He enrolled in the Xinhwa Professional School of Arts in Shanghai to study commercial designs in 1933. He returned to his hometown of Jinan from Shanghai and formed a theatrical troupe to perform patriotic titles during the Sino-Japanese War. Ching moved to Taiwan in 1949 and performed in a number of movies and stage productions before joining Shaw Brothers in Hong Kong in 1963. He took part in over 190 movies mostly in Hong Kong for the Shaw Brothers Studio over a span of 21 years and won two Golden Horse Best Supporting Actor Awards for his roles in "Between Tears and Smiles" and "Too Late For Love" respectively. Chen retired after filming "Return of the Bastard Swordsman" and died in Taiwan in 1989, at the age of 76. He is the father of actress Ching Li.
Ching’s only Spaghetti western appearance was in “La dove non batte il sole” (The Stranger and the Gunfighter) in 1974 as Wang’s father
CHING, Miao (aka Miao Jing, Tseng
Miao, Cheng Miu, Ching Miao, Jing Miao, Jing Wei)
[3/15/1913, Jinan, Shandong Province, China – 11/5/1989, Taipei. Taiwan,
China] – film actor, married to ? father of Hung Ching [1941- ], father of actress Li Ching [1945–2017],
a son.
The Stranger and the
Gunfighter – 1974 (Wang’s father)
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