Wai Pang Kwan (Chinese: é—œç¶éµ¬; born 20 March 1945 in Guilin, Guangxi), known professionally as Teddy Robin (Chinese: 泰迪羅賓), is a Hong Kong English pop singer-songwriter, actor, and director and producer. He began his music career in mid 1960s when Hong Kong English pop was at its peak. He formed a rock and roll band with his friends called Teddy Robin and the Playboys while Teddy was the vocal and guitarist. The band was the first Chinese-led rock band in Hong Kong. The band became a massive hit in Hong Kong. From the 70s, Teddy started to get involved in the movie industry. in 1979, he was the producer of his first movie (Cops and Robbers 點指兵兵). He then played a pivotal role at the Pearl City Production Company and Cinema City Company Limited.
Teddy Robin Biography / Wiki
| Name | Teddy Robin |
| Also Know | 泰迪羅賓, Teddy Robin Kwan, 泰迪·罗宾 |
| Gender | Male |
| Known For | Acting |
| Place of Birth | Guilin, Guangxi, China |
| Date of Birth | 1945-03-02 |
| Age(as in 2022) | 77 |
| Deathday |
Teddy Robin Acting Movies
| Movie Name | Character | Release Date | Overview |
| Run Tiger Run | Teddy Shit | 1985-01-01 | Two street urchins meet up with a sad and lonely rich kid. They become friends when the kid’s shady uncle mistakes them for his nephews…. |
| Hong Kong Graffiti | 1995-03-04 | Teddy Robin Kwan’s 1960s retro musical. A melodrama about two childhood best friends who rise to the top of the Hong Kong pop scene under the influe… | |
| All the Wrong Spies | Inspector Teddy Robin | 1983-03-31 | In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo and friend Inspector Teddy Robin join a resistance group during the Japanese occupatio… |
| Lifeline Express | Tiger | 1984-12-28 | Kind-hearted Fatso Ng earnestly entreats Buddha to save his midget brother Tiger from an early death. In a passionate outburst, he pledges half his li… |
| All the Wrong Clues | Chief Inspector Robin | 1981-07-23 | A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valu… |
| The Price of Love | Lin Wu-sheng | 1970-11-06 | Teddy plays some physically deformed musical genius named Wu Sheng who falls for a blind girl named Jui Fang (Chin Ping). Is love really blind? Accord… |
| You’re My Destiny | Burly / Huge Ben | 1987-11-16 | Naomi, a corporate heiress from Japan, vacations to Hong Kong with her two colleagues. Bored, she sneaks out to visit the city and befriends a local r… |
| Working Class | Hing | 1985-08-09 | Yam, Sunny and Ah Hing are buddies and all dismissed creating havoc in their jobs. The trio is employed by a noodle factory, which has a very poor lab… |
| The Legend of Wisely | David Ko | 1987-01-22 | Wisely, the famous writer/adventurer, is tricked by his friend (played by Teddy Robin Kwan, the film’s director)into helping him steal the dragon pear… |
| Merry-Go-Round | Uncle Hill / Lam San | 2010-11-11 | The story of two women, two generations apart, who coincidentally return to Hong Kong from San Francisco where they had their first, fleeting encounte… |
| Banana Cop | Chiu Din Bao / Ping Pong Ball | 1984-04-19 | Two owners of a gambling club in London’s Chinatown are killed by an unknown killer. Edward (Lam), a policeman of heads the investigation. He arrive… |
| Doomsday Party | Yue Chung-tak | 2013-11-28 | Hong Kong, Oct 2013. Following a long period of social unrest over bank failures, property speculation and government mismanagement, crowds gather to … |
| To Spy with Love!! | 1990-03-30 | Golden Harvest produced Hong Kong spy spoof comedy…. | |
| Three Against the World | Cho Fei Fan | 1988-09-22 | Three Against The World is a 1988 Hong Kong action film directed by Brandy Yuen and starring Andy Lau and Rosamund Kwan…. |
| Gallants | Master Law Sun | 2010-06-04 | Master Law awakes from a 30-year coma without memories, but his martial arts skills are intact. His renowned kung fu academy is now a teahouse, and gr… |
| Twin Dragons | Tarzan / Tyson | 1992-01-15 | Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two… |
| The Great Pretenders | Mr. Giant | 1991-05-16 | The Great Pretenders is a Hong Kong Comedy starring Tony Leung Chiu-Wai… |
| Lucid Dreams | 2018-10-25 | Lucid Dreams is an episodic film which the director recounts four of his own dreams: Don wants to repay his debt by arranging a fake wedding; Fan, a w… | |
| Temptation of a Monk | Soldier | 1993-09-15 | Near the beginning of the Tang dynasty, in 7th century China, General Shi Yan-sheng is tricked into leaving the crown prince unguarded. The crown prin… |
| Cageman | Tong San | 1992-11-18 | This film is about the life of socially deprived people who lives in caged housing in Hong Kong. Given the very tough topic of social deprivation, ex… |
| 7½ Detectives | Detective Robin | 1988-07-09 | Taiwan Comedy directed by Kevin Chu Yen-Ping and starring Eric Tsang and Stanley Fung…. |
| A Lifetime Treasure | Ben Chow Tai-Bun | 2019-01-31 | Holding a grudge against a senior homeowner, Hung sends spies to help destroy the facility. However, things don’t go as planned when they meet the sen… |
| Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame | Dr Wang Lu | 2010-09-18 | An exiled detective is recruited to solve a series of mysterious deaths that threaten to delay the inauguration of Empress Wu.A bizarre murder mystery… |
| Cops and Robbers | Johnny | 1979-11-06 | Cops and Robbers depicts a city where ordinary citizens hold little trust for the police; far removed from the post-ICAC Hong Kong of today…. |
| It Takes Two | Clothes peddler | 1982-07-15 | It Takes Two is a 1982 Hong Kong comedy film directed by Karl Maka and starring Dean Shek and Richard Ng…. |
| Tales From The Dark 2 | Uncle Lam | 2013-09-20 | In “Haunted Pillow,” TVB starlet Fala Chen is still obsessed with her lover (Gordon Lam) after their breakup and invariably suffers from insomnia. She… |
| The Eighth Happiness | Hsiu-Fang’s husband | 1988-02-11 | Three oddball brothers go looking for love but unfortunately, their out-there personalities get in the way!… |
| The Banquet | Soccer Player | 1991-11-30 | Developer Tsang Siu-Chi and his agent have bought two of a group of four properties. Rival developer, Boss Hung has secured the other two properties. … |
Teddy Robin Directing Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Legend of Wisely | Director | 1987-01-22 | Wisely, the famous writer/adventurer, is tricked by his friend (played by Teddy Robin Kwan, the film’s director)into helping him steal the dragon pear… |
| All the Wrong Spies | Director | 1983-03-31 | In Hong Kong, Circa 1940s, World War II, private detective Yoyo and friend Inspector Teddy Robin join a resistance group during the Japanese occupatio… |
| Shanghai Shanghai | Director | 1990-01-20 | Little Tiger (Yuen Biao) ventures from the sticks to the big city in search of his cop brother Big Tiger (Chi-cheung Lam), an honest cop working in a … |
| Tales From The Dark 2 | Director | 2013-09-20 | In “Haunted Pillow,” TVB starlet Fala Chen is still obsessed with her lover (Gordon Lam) after their breakup and invariably suffers from insomnia. She… |
| Lucid Dreams | Director | 2018-10-25 | Lucid Dreams is an episodic film which the director recounts four of his own dreams: Don wants to repay his debt by arranging a fake wedding; Fan, a w… |
| Hong Kong Graffiti | Director | 1995-03-04 | Teddy Robin Kwan’s 1960s retro musical. A melodrama about two childhood best friends who rise to the top of the Hong Kong pop scene under the influe… |
Teddy Robin Production Movies
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| The Occupant | Producer | 1984-09-30 | The Occupant is about a young woman (Sally Yeh) who is trying to write a book/thesis on chinese superstitions. So she arrives in HK and rents a really… |
| Temptation of a Monk | Producer | 1993-09-15 | Near the beginning of the Tang dynasty, in 7th century China, General Shi Yan-sheng is tricked into leaving the crown prince unguarded. The crown prin… |
| Farewell China | Producer | 1990-12-06 | Li Hung is a desperate mother who tried for years to obtain an American visa to study to create a better life for her husband Nansan and her son. But … |
| Banana Cop | Producer | 1984-04-19 | Two owners of a gambling club in London’s Chinatown are killed by an unknown killer. Edward (Lam), a policeman of heads the investigation. He arrive… |
| Once Upon a Rainbow | Producer | 1982-04-21 | Fong and Angie were close friends when they were in school but departed after graduation. Fong continued her further education in a training center. A… |
| Fruit Punch | Producer | 1991-09-07 | Five young men threw themselves with heart and soul into the work force. They have different approaches and different life styles…. |
| The Other ½ & the Other ½ | Producer | 1988-04-16 | Clara Law’s debut feature deals with her common theme of emigration as two people, man and woman, from separate couples, have to room together while t… |
| The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus | Producer | 1989-09-21 | A woman is cursed with beauty in China and becomes prey for men. Raped by the prefect of her ballet school and sent to work camp, she escapes to decad… |
| Chatter Street Killer | Producer | 1988-03-17 | A cross between Rear Window and The Blues Brothers! A group of gossipy neighbours witness a murder through an open window. Dopey mainland cop Lo Yau D… |
| The Saviour | Producer | 1980-01-08 | Inspectors Tong (Shaw Brothers regular Pai Ying) and Cheng (Kent Cheng) are investing a psychopathic serial killer who has been raping and murdering p… |
| The Private Eye Blues | Producer | 1994-08-26 | Private investigator Jacky Cheung is adrift. He has separated from his wife (Kathy Chow) and misses his young daughter. His next assignment seems fair… |
| Women’s Prison | Producer | 1988-08-11 | A young woman about to get married discovers all too late that her spouse has mafia connections, when violence breaks out during her wedding. Caught u… |
| Lifeline Express | Producer | 1984-12-28 | Kind-hearted Fatso Ng earnestly entreats Buddha to save his midget brother Tiger from an early death. In a passionate outburst, he pledges half his li… |
| Victory | Producer | 1994-10-29 | After winning nine consecutive championships, there is added pressure to win a 10th consecutive championship for a woman’s volleyball team. Especially… |
| Hong Kong Graffiti | Producer | 1995-03-04 | Teddy Robin Kwan’s 1960s retro musical. A melodrama about two childhood best friends who rise to the top of the Hong Kong pop scene under the influe… |
| She Remembers, He Forgets | Producer | 2015-11-05 | A wonderfully charming and bittersweet story about teenage friendship, idealist dreams and a city that transcend changing times, this rare Hong Kong-p… |
| Cops and Robbers | Producer | 1979-11-06 | Cops and Robbers depicts a city where ordinary citizens hold little trust for the police; far removed from the post-ICAC Hong Kong of today…. |
| A Lifetime Treasure | Producer | 2019-01-31 | Holding a grudge against a senior homeowner, Hung sends spies to help destroy the facility. However, things don’t go as planned when they meet the sen… |
| The Beasts | Producer | 1980-11-29 | A father seeks revenge from a gang of thugs who raped his daughter and murdered his son…. |
| Doomsday Party | Producer | 2013-11-28 | Hong Kong, Oct 2013. Following a long period of social unrest over bank failures, property speculation and government mismanagement, crowds gather to … |
| The Story of Woo Viet | Producer | 1981-04-23 | Wu Viet is a Vietnamese refugee who wants to leave his country behind and start over in the United States. First, he must make his way to Hong Kong, b… |
| Kawashima Yoshiko | Producer | 1990-07-28 | Kawashima Yoshiko was originally the 14th daughter of Emperor Xu. She was sent to Japan to train in the ways of the Samurai but lost her virginity to … |
| The First Girl I Loved | Producer | 2021-11-25 | On the night before Yuet’s wedding, best friends Nam and Yuet recall their time together in school, when they shared a relationship that was more than… |
Writing
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Twin Dragons | Story | 1992-01-15 | Twins, separated at birth, end up as a Hong Kong gangster and a New York concert pianist. When the pianist travels to Hong Kong for a concert, the two… |
| Lucid Dreams | Screenplay | 2018-10-25 | Lucid Dreams is an episodic film which the director recounts four of his own dreams: Don wants to repay his debt by arranging a fake wedding; Fan, a w… |
| Hong Kong Graffiti | Story | 1995-03-04 | Teddy Robin Kwan’s 1960s retro musical. A melodrama about two childhood best friends who rise to the top of the Hong Kong pop scene under the influe… |
| Cops and Robbers | Screenplay | 1979-11-06 | Cops and Robbers depicts a city where ordinary citizens hold little trust for the police; far removed from the post-ICAC Hong Kong of today…. |
| Doomsday Party | Writer | 2013-11-28 | Hong Kong, Oct 2013. Following a long period of social unrest over bank failures, property speculation and government mismanagement, crowds gather to … |
Sound
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Aces Go Places II | Music | 1983-11-11 | An assassin called Filthy Harry is hired by a shady figure and charged with killing the heroes. The men are framed twice for different robberies by K… |
| Black Mask | Original Music Composer | 1996-11-07 | Tsui Chik tries to lead a quiet life as a librarian. However, he is really a former test subject for a highly secretive supersoldier project and the i… |
| City on Fire | Music | 1987-02-13 | Ko Chow is an undercover cop who is under pressure from all sides. His boss, Inspector Lau, wants him to infiltrate a gang of ruthless jewel thieves; … |
| Tiger on the Beat | Original Music Composer | 1988-03-19 | A seasoned cop and his rookie partner are a pair of mismatched partners in this Hong Kong action-comedy in the style of ‘Lethal Weapon’. The wacky two… |
| Permanent Residence | Music | 2009-04-23 | The life story of a young man who has been pursuing an impossible love with his straight boyfriend and contemplating on the mortality of his loved one… |
| The Beasts | Original Music Composer | 1980-11-29 | A father seeks revenge from a gang of thugs who raped his daughter and murdered his son…. |
| The Bullet Vanishes | Original Music Composer | 2012-08-14 | One rainy night in an arms factory near Shanghai, a young female worker accused of stealing a box of bullets from the ruthless Boss Ding (Liu Kai Chi)… |
| All the Wrong Clues | Music | 1981-07-23 | A private investigator and a police inspector team up to pursue a notorious mobster, who is plotting to milk an old millionaire out of his highly-valu… |
| Fruit Punch | Music | 1991-09-07 | Five young men threw themselves with heart and soul into the work force. They have different approaches and different life styles…. |
| The Reincarnation of Golden Lotus | Original Music Composer | 1989-09-21 | A woman is cursed with beauty in China and becomes prey for men. Raped by the prefect of her ballet school and sent to work camp, she escapes to decad… |
| As Tears Go By | Music | 1988-06-09 | Mid-level gangster Wah falls in love with his beautiful cousin, but must also continue to protect his volatile partner-in-crime and friend, Fly…. |
| Full Contact | Music | 1992-07-23 | In an effort to get his buddy out of a gambling debt, Jeff agrees to join forces with Judge in a weapons heist. The job goes bad and Judge betrays Jef… |
| Hong Kong Graffiti | Music | 1995-03-04 | Teddy Robin Kwan’s 1960s retro musical. A melodrama about two childhood best friends who rise to the top of the Hong Kong pop scene under the influe… |
| Fantasia | Music | 2004-01-15 | In Hong Kong 1969, private investigation agency boss Man is investigating an extra marital case. With his two employees, the smart looking idiot Kit a… |
| Cops and Robbers | Original Music Composer | 1979-11-06 | Cops and Robbers depicts a city where ordinary citizens hold little trust for the police; far removed from the post-ICAC Hong Kong of today…. |
| Bloody Brotherhood | Original Music Composer | 1989-01-07 | Wah is the only one in his family lucky enough to survive the deadly boat passage from China to Hong Kong. Once in Hong Kong, he searches for opportun… |
| The Adventurers | Original Music Composer | 1995-08-02 | After the murder of his parents and sister at the hands of the villianous gun-running billionaire Ray Lui, crack fighter pilot Yan vows revenge…. |
| Aces Go Places | Music | 1982-01-16 | King Kong, a clever thief who steals a cache of diamonds from some gangsters, frames another thief called White Glove for the crime. That’s when the b… |
| As the Light Goes Out | Original Music Composer | 2014-01-02 | The bond of brotherhood is always stronger when you can be pitched into a life and death situation at any time and the only thing that gets you throug… |
Other Info
| Movie Name | Job | Release Date | Overview |
| Ms Butterfly | Compositor | 1993-03-25 | A beautiful young woman also happens to be the best professional car thief in town. Every man she meets makes a pass at her, except her boss at the le… |
| Shanghai Shanghai | Compositor | 1990-01-20 | Little Tiger (Yuen Biao) ventures from the sticks to the big city in search of his cop brother Big Tiger (Chi-cheung Lam), an honest cop working in a … |
| The Saviour | Compositor | 1980-01-08 | Inspectors Tong (Shaw Brothers regular Pai Ying) and Cheng (Kent Cheng) are investing a psychopathic serial killer who has been raping and murdering p… |
| Aces Go Places V: The Terracotta Hit | Compositor | 1989-01-28 | Two friends who own an investment firm turn to a policeman friend for help when they are framed for robbery by a gang of antiquities smugglers…. |
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