Tam Tin

[dleedlee]

New photo of Tam Tin added from Ten Brothers. Same or split needed?
http://hkmdb.com/db/people/images.mhtml ... ay_set=eng

HKFA list additional early credits for line producer, script continuity and title calligraphy/subtitles.

[dleedlee]

Suggestion for first pass at possible splitting points, based on cast/roles. At Beautiful Queen From Hell, it gets fuzzy, or maybe starting at 1963. Will have to look closer.

Actor
Story of Iron Monkey (Grand Finale) (1955)
Story of Iron Monkey (2nd Sequel) (1955)
The White Crane Heroes (1956)
The Life of Zuo Song (1956)
A Country Girl Looks for Her Husband (1956)
Rent a Bride (1958)
Ten Brothers (1959) ... 8th brother
The Ten Brothers Vs. the Sea Monster (1960)
The Wonderful Partner (1960)
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Story of the Sword and the Sabre (Part 1) (1963)
The Golden Coat (Part 1) (1963)
The Golden Coat (Part 2) (1963)
The Bride From the Grave (1964)
An Independent Daughter (1964)
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Beautiful Queen of Hell (1965)
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The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Part 1) (1965)
The Six-fingered Lord of the Lute (Part 2) (1965)
The Adventures of Nazha (1965)
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Fist to Fist (1973) ... Bandit top fighter
The Angry Dragon (1973)
The Black Belt (1973)
Death Blow (1973)
The Little Man, Ah Fook (1974)
Call Me Dragon (1974)
Gambling For Head (1975)
The Stupid Sailor, Ah Fook (1975)
The Discharged (1977) ... Mai
Crippled Avengers (1978) ... Tian Nan 3 Tigers #3
Law Don (1979) ... one of Ying's men
Eight Escorts (1980)
Beauty Escort (1981)
Food for the Sharks (1982)
Blood Money (1983)
Crocodile Hero (1985) ... Tan Tin
Four Robbers (1987)
Gunmen (1988) ... Station Inspector
The Vampire Partner (1988)

[Brian Thibodeau]

There is that eight-year gap from 1965 to 1973. Would the younger-looking Tam Tin have had that kind of opening in his career? Of course, this might put some of the ones after 1973 in question if the older-looking Tam Tin started popping up in 70's pictures, or conversely if the younger chap was a child actor.

[dleedlee]

Reading some of the credits in the HKFA, the earlier Tam Tim seems to be a part-time actor/fill in whose primary functions were behind the camera: line producer, script continuity, title card calligraphy/subtitles, sort of like Lam Siu, who morphed from production manager into regular character actor/extra. So, that's why the 1963-1965 films become problematic for me. They are martial arts films which could be the beginnings of the latter Tam Tin. (I have no familarity here, so maybe our '70s experts can shed more light.) I haven't finished going through the '60s era entries in the HKFA, that might fill in the gap or more clearly delineate the two. Perhaps, he went to work in Taiwan?

[edit] Looking at the last of the '60s credits, I agree with Brian and updated where I think the split should occur. Not sure that I could spot him in Six Finger if I went back to look.

[Michael Kistner]

The only thing I can say is that the Tam Tin in the movies starting 1973 is always the same actor.

[dleedlee]

Then I'll make the split at 1965/1973 tonight if there's no objection