Ng Man-tat

Richard Ng Mantat 2 January 1952 27 February 2021 was a veteran actor in the Hong Kong film industry with dozens of titles under his belt Ng worked with famous actor and director Stephen Chow in a series of mo lei tau movies mo lei tau translates to brainlesssenseless or random and it is a genre of slapstick comedy unique to Hong Kong Ng costarred with Stephen Chow in a Hong Kong TVB television series called Dun Fei Final Combat 1989 and also the popular 1990 film All for the Winner where he played the role of Chows uncle From then on the two would grow to star in many more mo lei tau films in the same style as All for the Winner Although Ng ManTat owed much of his popularity from costarring with Chow in mo lei tau films he showed himself to be a versatile enough actor to successfully portray various different roles A perfect example of his talent was in his portrayal of Sister 13s father in Portland Street Blues where he played a man who could not feel anything but abuse and rejection This role proved to be the perfect complement to his usual mo lei tau style with Stephen Chow He also played Andy Laus sidekick in the Lee Rock series in a more serious role In Hong Kong Ng ManTat was often known as Uncle Tat a nickname most likely influenced from his roles as Stephen Chows sidekick often as his uncle in their films Ng was sometimes credited as Richard Ng Even though he was Stephen Chows good friend he stopped starring in his movies because he didnt want to be known as Stephen Chows Sidekick