Thursday, July 3, 2025

Little Known Spaghetti Western Actors - Li Chen

[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.]

Chinese Mandarin actor Li Chen (aka Li Kun, Xin Liang Li, Lee Kwan) was born February 18, 1930, in Tianjin, China, died March 12, 2008, in Taipei, Taiwan age 78. He was a Chinese actor who worked in both Hong Kong and Taiwan, known for his roles in films like "The Big Boss" (HK) / Fists of Fury (US) / (1971), filmed in Taiwan, and "Fist of Fury" (HK) / Chinese Connection (US) (1972).

His only Spaghetti western appearance was as  in “Tutti per uno, botte per tutti” (Three Musketeers of the West) in 1973 as Cin Ciao/Chen Chao

 CHEN, Li (aka Li Kun / Xin Liang Li / Lee Kwan) (Chin Choa) [2/18/1930, Tianjin, China – 3/12/2008, Taipei, Taiwan China] – assistant director, film actor.

The Three Musketeers of the West – 1973 (Cin Ciao/Chen Chao)


By Michael Ferguson

Thanks to HongKongCinemagic, HKMDB-Hong Kong Movie Database, Once Upon a Time in a Western & HK movie expert Colin Geddes for their assistance

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