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Haing S. Ngor (1940-1996) was an Oscar®-winning was a Cambodian American gynecologist, obstetrician, actor, and author. He is best remembered for winning the Academy Award® for Best Supporting Actor in 1985 for his debut performance in the film The Killing Fields (1984). His IMDb page shows over 25 acting credits from 1984 to 1996. This page will rank Haing S. Ngor movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, movies that were not released in North American theaters were not included in the rankings.
Haing S. Ngor Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
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Best IMDb Trivia On Haing S. Ngor
1. Haing Somnang Ngor was born in Samrong Young (French Inochina) in 1940.
2. Haing S. Ngor was the second of only two non-professional actors to win an Academy Award® for acting (the first was Harold Russell).
3. Haing S. Ngor was not interested at first in the role of Dith Pran in 1984’s The Killing Fields, but after interviews with the filmmakers, he changed his mind, remembering that he promised his late wife to tell Cambodia’s story to the world.
4. Haing S. Ngor was the second Asian actor to win an Oscar®. Miyoshi Umeki was the first.
5. Haing S. Ngor was probably shot and killed during a robbery for resisting giving up a cherished gold watch and chain bearing the picture of his wife, whom Khmer Rouge soldiers allowed to die in childbirth in 1975.
From Haing S. Ngor – “Maybe in my last life before this one I did something wrong to hurt people, but in this life, I paid back.”
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I knew he had passed. I did not know he was killed in a robbery. That makes the quote you shared even more tragic. I have only seen one of his movies, My Life. I never wanted to see The Killing Fields, but this page and his history has me more interested in seeing it.
Hey SteinHoF16. I agree with your comment 100%. So much in his life was tragic….and what a horrible ending. Maybe thinks are going better for him in his next life. Thanks for the feedback.
HI BRUCE
Thanks for the reply and reminding me of Sal Mineo’s situation. Interesting trivia about marketing for Iron Triangle. I used to feel great even when stannding beside cinema ushers -whom I would often ‘stalk’ as a boy – as they changed the posters they let me hold one poster while they took down another! Often they would permit me to take a poster home with me. I bet the youngSteve would have loved THAT!
That restaurant trip after The Killing Fields will always be memorable for me in its own right as one of our party suffered hot wax from one of the lighted table candles squirting into his eye.
It was of course an upsetting drama for us all when it happened but afterwards we playfully ribbed him about how we didn’t feel sorry for him as professionally he inflicted punishment on others: he was a local secondary school headmaster and who cares about teachers generally anyway?!!!
Hey Bob…..I can easily picture you hanging out by the poster display cases. I can imagine you would study the posters…since it was the only way you could see stuff like that. How did you survive without the internet and have access to EVERYTHING!!
Hey….as Pink Floyd…..would say..with some slight changes…..”Hey…..leave us teachers alone”. Glad I was able to remind of the Mineo and dinner situations….good stuff as always.
Haing S. Ngor? Someone actually requested a Haing S. Ngor page with all the UMR trimmings? 🙂
Have to confess he was very effective in The Killing Fields, the only film I’ve seen him in. But than he actually went thru that in real life, he knew first hand what it was like. A tragic story and a tragic ending for Ngor.
The Killing Fields is a favorite and I have it on DVD. I may have seen Eastern Condors but can’t remember for sure.
Good stuff Bruce. Vote Up.
Hey Steve….I guess in an indirect way this page comes from me and my desire to do UMR pages on the major Oscar winners and bob roy’s backing that it is a good idea to do just that. I have seen The Killing Fields….it is good….and Haing S. Ngor is great in the movie, but it is a one and done movie for me. I have seen 3 of his movies. The Killing Fields, The Iron Triangle and My Life. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Mr. Ngor.
I saw 2 of the top 3. 10 not favorite: the killing fields. Cambodia’s history of genocide. so important a history that it receives a rating reserved for great movies. thanks Mr.Ngor for keeping your promise to your wife and telling Cambodia’s story to the world. Rest in peace.
Hey bob cox. Another Best Supporting Actor Oscar winner completed…that list is dwindling and dwindling. I have seen 3 of his movies. The Killing Fields, My Life and The Iron Triangle. The Killing Fields is well done, but not one I will re-visit anytime soon. But I agree….I am glad he kept his promise to his wife. Thanks for the feedback.
Like probably most people I remember Haing mostly/only for The Killing Fields. However my memory of that movie is strong because it was marked by a ‘special’ occasion for me personally. My wife and I teamed up with a party of other married couples to go see it and afterwards we all went to a “swanky” restaurant where we had a good time.
Alas both the cinema and restaurant involved no longer exist. On top of his movie career Haing did appear in one TV production: a 1987 episode of Miami Vice entitled The Savage: Duty and Honor. He was also in a couple of other television series and TV movies.
The only other actor whom I can immediately recall being murdered in connection with a robbery is the 69 year old Ramon Navarro the 1926 silent Ben Hur. Robbers wrongly thought that he had a large amount of cash savings hidden in his apartment and they beat and choked him to death in the vain attempt to force him to say where the money was.
Haing’s left-behind net worth was assessed last year as $8 million iwhich I think is excellent considering his short movie career and the fact that he did not come from the Hollywood mainstream and arrived on the set of the Killing Fields without any previous acting experience. It is sad that he is no longer around to enjoy his wealth. RIP.
Hey Bob. Thanks for sharing your thoughts on Haing S. Ngor. Good memory of The Killing Fields and that date night with WoB. Sal Mineo might be on the that list of actors who died during a robbery….his death is a mystery to this day. Sad that Ngor had such a difficult life.
As for a tally count…I have seen 3. The Killing Fields, My Life and The Iron Triangle. I actually helped out with some of the marketing of The Iron Triangle. They contacted my college and the statistics department…and recruited us college students to help collect review cards and do some phone surveys. It was fun….but trying to launch a movie in Norfolk, Virginia, is probably not the best marketing plan. But…I got to see the movie for free. Good stuff as always.