David Yip
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Born in Liverpool to a Cantonese seaman and a local English mother, he left school at sixteen, worked as a railway clerk, then became an assistant stage manager before training at East 15 Acting School, graduating in 1973. After early TV spots on Whodunnit? and Savages, he broke through as titular detective in BBC’s The Chinese Detective (1981-82), the first East Asian lead on British TV. Spielber…
Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources
