Background
Kim Shung Chan was born in Guangdong Province, then under the government of the Republic of China.
Kim Shung Chan was born in Guangdong Province, then under the government of the Republic of China.
He was most notable for his roles as Lo Si, a.k.a. The Ancient, in Kung Fu: The Legend Continues and Mr. His father was a restaurant owner, and he immigrated to the United States in 1928.
An early role that brought him notice was in the Martin Scorsese classic The King of Comedy with Robert De Niro and Jerry Lewis, in which he played Lewis" butler.
He was a familiar veteran character actor in roles that included Chon Wang"s (Jackie Chan) father in Shanghai Knights, Fuji in Who"s the Manitoba? He also played the recurring villain "The Eggman" in the cult science fiction series Now and Again, and a cameo waiter in Private Parts In October 2009, a year after his death, Chan appeared on the cover of The Gerontologist.