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Henry O

Henry O (simplified Chinese: 欧亨利; traditional Chinese: 歐亨利; pinyin: Ōu Hēnglì; born July 27, 1927) is a Chinese-American former actor. He is the father of Ji-li Jiang, the author of Red Scarf Girl.

O was born in Shanghai in 1927 and attended British and American missionary schools in China. He worked as a stage actor in China before switching to film work after moving to the United States.

During the Cultural Revolution he was falsely accused of counter-revolutionary crimes and was detained and forced to do hard labour by the Chinese government.

O and his family left China and settled in the United States in the 1980s to take care of his daughter Ji-yun's children. Henry O is his stage named and is derived from O. Henry.

O resides in San Francisco area and is married to Ying Chen. They have three children including Jiang Ji-yong, Jiang Ji-yun and author Ji-li Jiang. O is fluent in both English and Mandarin Chinese.

Most of O's credits after 1983 are after his arrival to the United States.

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