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Jul 13, 2008 · Linda Hunt presenting the Oscar® for Best Supporting Actor to Haing S. Ngor for his performance in "The Killing Fields" - 57th Annual Academy Awards® in 1985.
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Haing S. Ngor was a native of Cambodia. Before the war, he was a physician & medical officer in the Cambodian army. He became a captive of the Khmer Rouge. He was imprisoned & tortured. In order to escape execution, he denied being a doctor or having an education. He moved to the U.S. as a refugee in 1980.
Dec 27, 2022 · Haing Somnang Ngor (1947?-1996) was a Cambodian doctor, a refugee, an actor, and an activist. He won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of Dith Pran in the biographical film The Killing Fields (1984). Dith Pran was a Cambodian photojournalist who saved the life of U.S. reporter Sydney Schanberg, who won the 1976 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of Cambodia. Ngor is ...
He did some speaking engagements, and in 1991, he founded the Haing S. Ngor Foundation. A sawmill and a school were established in Cambodia. Eventually, Ngor was spending most of time and money in Cambodia instead of in the United States.
Feb 15, 1988 · Actually, Ngor, 40, is a physician who before the fall of Phnom Penh divided his time between the government’s military hospital and a lucrative private practice. A chauffeured Mercedes took him ...
Haing S. Ngor. Actor: The Killing Fields. Haing S. Ngor was a native of Cambodia. Before the war, he was a physician & medical officer in the Cambodian army. He became a captive of the Khmer Rouge. He was imprisoned & tortured. In order to escape execution, he denied being a doctor or having an education. He moved to the U.S. as a refugee in 1980. Though he had no...
Haing S. Ngor, who plays Pran, was himself a survivor of the Khmer Rouge regime and the labour camps. Prior to the Khmer Rouge's ' Year Zero ' he was a doctor based in Phnom Penh . In 1975, Ngor was one of millions who were moved from the city to forced labour camps in the countryside.
