Leo Fong (Chinese: 馮天倫; 23 November 1928 – 18 February 2022) was a Chinese-American martial artist, actor, boxer, and Methodist minister who had been making films, acting, and directing since the early 1970s.
Upon being released in Seattle, the family traveled to Chicago, where Fong's maternal uncle owned a restaurant in which his father had been guaranteed work.
After beginning his career as a Methodist minister, he earned a Master of Social Work from California State University, Sacramento.
[4] Fong was a friend of martial artist Bruce Lee, who arranged for him to appear on the cover of the tenth anniversary edition of Black Belt magazine.
[6] In 1975, he starred in Bamboo Trap with Filipino actors George Estregan, Chanda Romero, Eddie Garcia, Rez Cortez and Ron van Clief.
Long teams up with an FBI agent (played by Richard Roundtree) in hunting down the men that stole weapons from the National Guard armory and they stop them from selling them to street gangs.
[13][14] In 1986, he was in another Frank Harris film, Low Blow, that also stars Cameron Mitchell, Akosua Busia, Stack Pierce, Diane Stevenett and Troy Donahue.
[17][18] Wong would appear a third time in the 2016 film Hard Way Heroes that also starred Patrick Johnson, Joseph Guinan and Mel Novak.
He played the part of Zian, the owner of Champion's Garage[30] who turns to his old outfit “The Obliterators” to help deal with an extortion gang who have attacked his granddaughter.
In a 2015 review of Enforcer from Death Row, Johnny Larue's Crane Shot refers to the film as "one of the earliest Fongsploitation classics".
[36][37][38] Director Actor Wei Kuen Do is a dynamic martial arts system that integrates approaches from multiple disciplines, including Jeet Kune Do, Serrada Escrima, Western Boxing, Choy Lay Fut, Northern Shaolin, Wrestling, Tang Soo Do, Tae Kwon Do, Karate, Judo, Jujutsu, Arnis, and Wing Chun.