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To many, he is one of the most unusual looking actors in the genre, but he only became a star because Liu-chia Liang's mother thought he was cute and took him in as her godson. Although he studied Hung Style Boxing from the age of nine alongside the Liu-chia brothers, (Liang, Jung, and Yung) his own family insisted he work in an office after high school. And he might have been there still had he not had an abiding sense of loyalty to his adoptive brother.

When Liang called, Hui spent three brutal years in Taiwan as a stuntman for such films as Disciples of Shaolin (1975). But then, back in Hong Kong, his elder brother wanted to do his own "young Wong Fei Hong" movie. The star of the classic Wong series was Kwan Tak Hing, who was no matinee idol himself, so Hui's fascinating face and seemingly bottomless ability filled the bill perfectly.

He starred in Liang's master/student masterpiece Challenge of the Masters (1976) and Jung's He Has Nothing But Kung Fu (1976), then nearly missed the movie which would secure his stardom. Liang wanted to make the ultimate monk movie, while the Shaw Brothers Studio wailed that no one would be interested in a film without a love story. So the Laus made it about the love of the spirit, of learning, of sharing, and most importantly, of kung-fu...for a hundred grueling days straight (in an industry which often finished in as little as five).

Its success sent Hui off and kicking, fighting seven Japanese martial art masters in Heroes of the East (Challenge of the Ninja/Shaolin vs. Ninja, 1978), completing three of the greatest kung fu bouts ever filmed for Dirty Ho (1979), divising a silent kung-fu battle for Fists and Guts (1979), and returning to the 36th Chamber for two sequels, among many other Lau/Liu brother greats. He even directed his own film, Shaolin and Wu Tang (1981).