Zhao Lei

Zhao Lei simplified Chinese 赵雷 traditional Chinese 趙雷 was a Chinese actor born in 1928 as Wang Yumin 王育民 He moved to Hong Kong in 1947 joined the Shaw Brothers Studio in 1953 He was one of the most popular male leads in the cinema of Hong Kong and Taiwan in the 1950s and 60s He frequently played the role of an Emperor and is often called the Film Emperor He died in Hong Kong on 24 June 1996