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Mar 18, 2024 · Haing S. Ngor (born March 22, 1940, Samrong Young, Cambodia—died February 26, 1996, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) Cambodian physician and actor best known for his role in the movie The Killing Fields (1984), which depicted the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia that Ngor himself had lived through.
Sep 20, 2023 · Ngor's murder in 1996 was initially deemed a botched robbery, but there are suspicions that powerful and shadowy forces, possibly tied to the Khmer Rouge, were involved. For his debut film ...
Mar 10, 2023 · Remembering Haing Ngor, The First Asian To Win Best Supporting Actor — For 'The Killing Fields' In 1985. By Mike Roe. Updated Mar 27, 2023 5:27 PM. Published Mar 10, 2023 10:24 AM. Dr. Haing...
Dec 27, 2022 · Tuesday, December 27, 2022. Photo: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection. 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).
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.
Roger Ebert March 24, 1985. Tweet. A Dr. and his Oscar. Los Angeles, California -- Early on the morning of the day that he would win the Academy Award, Dr. Haing S. Ngor found himself in the middle of the annual Oscar media circus. He was sitting in a director’s chair outside the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, sipping tea under a gloomy sky ...
Ngor was a medical doctor. The second non-professional actor to win an Oscar, being the previous the war veteran Harold Russell. Both won Oscars as Best Supporting Actor in war themed films. Is the only Oscar-winning actor ever to have been a victim of homicide.
