Liao Youliang

Liao Youliang

Liao Youliang (October 28, 1937 - April 23, 1999) was born in Jiading, Shanghai. He was an actor of Nanjing frontline drama company. Later, he transferred to Shanghai Children's Art Theater, Shanghai Youth Drama Company and Shanghai Drama Art Center. He starred in the film "the story of Liubao", "sentinel under neon lights", "village in the city", "behind the defendant", etc., and participated in the drama "silly" The performances of "March", "OK, stock" and "into the city" are national first-class actors.

Personal experience

Liao Youliang is an actor of the 0930 art troupe of the Chinese people's Liberation Army. This is a comprehensive grass-roots art troupe of the army. In addition to organizing small performances for the army on the stage, he often goes deep into the company to carry out mass cultural and artistic activities. During his more than eight years in the army, Liao Youliang has been living in this art troupe. In addition to playing some dramatic roles, he can also play erhu and violin, and he has also played a role in dance singing. He is a popular actor in the army. In 1950, comrade Liao Youliang was still a 12-year-old soldier who was not as tall as a 38 gun and looked very long in his military uniform. Since he joined the army, he has grown up quickly with the help of the party and veteran comrades. During the war of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea, he went to Korea with his troops and took part in the struggle of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea. This small literary and art soldier also used his own weapons to be active on the battlefield and in the tunnels, doing some war service and encouraging work. His whole life is connected with the soldiers in the army. Because of this, he has some advantages to play Li Jin in the story of Liubao. Liao Youliang became famous in his early years because he played Li Jin, the Deputy monitor in the film the story of Liubao, and Tong Anan, the sentinel in the drama and the film under the neon light. Up to now, "sunny day in September..." The "18-year-old brother" of that year will always be recorded in the history of Chinese films. He used to be so young and handsome. At the age of 12, he joined the army and became a literary and artistic soldier. After the baptism of resisting U.S. aggression and aiding Korea and the tempering of literary and artistic life of Nanjing frontline drama troupe, Shanghai Children's Art Theater, Shanghai Youth Drama Troupe and Shanghai Drama Art Center became his later art stage. Because of various reasons, he does not have many opportunities to act, but even if he is a supporting actor, no matter how little part of the play, he will rely on his own skills to make a full house, so he has won many awards. People still remember him as the rice shop owner in the drama "into the city", the industrial and commercial cadre in "fool March" and Uncle Wang in "OK, stock". The characters he created are always so vivid and bring people great spiritual enjoyment. He loves his artistic life. After his early retirement, the national first-class actor has made great efforts to continue to perform drama and take part in many films and TV dramas. This is the time when his acting skills are perfect and he can create more artistic images. Like other old actors, he is on fire again. However, his health is far away from him, and all his artistic ideals have become dreams. In 1957, Liao Youliang, a 20-year-old drama troupe of Nanjing Military Region, was selected to perform Li Jin, the vice monitor of the film "the story of Liubao". Directing the film is 41 year old Wang Ping, the first female director of new China. There is no doubt that choosing the leading role for a movie in those years was much higher than today's draft standards. It was difficult to find the No. 1 actor. Finally, Liao Youliang was chosen to play the No. 1 role. Liao Youliang must have been selected from all the beautiful guys in the East China Military Region and even the whole army. in those days, love themed films were extremely rare. Wang Ping, who advocated simple and natural, beautiful and delicate, and paid attention to lyrical style, made love in the military so aesthetically that even today it is still "out of print", and people even call it "the first touch of tenderness" in new China's films. Liao Youliang doesn't have cool hairstyle, beautiful fashion or gossip. He has a pair of cheerful eyebrows and big eyes, a simple smile, a Putonghua with Jiangnan accent, a white shirt and an old military uniform, which makes the sunny and dignified "Deputy monitor" so fresh and natural. It's said that your ability to imitate is amazing. In the film, you gather the childlike innocence, the sentimental youth, the handsome man, and the masculine warrior into the monitor Fu, and the performance is so simple, fresh, smooth and natural. To achieve this, we must rely on the performance potential and aura, as well as the charm of the actors to complement each other. "That sunny day in September..." Almost overnight, people remember the handsome young man with an old military uniform, a sunny face and a loud singing of "sunny day". Seven years later, in 1964, Liao Youliang appeared in the movie "sentinel under the neon light". In the movie sentinel under the neon light, Liao Youliang plays Tong Anan, a new fighter who has a love dispute with the daughter of a capitalist, which is also impressive. The boy he plays seems to be written according to Liao Youliang's age and personality, so Liao Youliang's performance is very handy and vivid. Premier Zhou watched sentinel under neon lights seven and a half times. The so-called "half time" was due to Zhou Enlai's busy reception of foreign guests. When he arrived at the theater, the play was already half performed. On the recommendation of Premier Zhou, Chairman Mao also came to see the play in his busy schedule. What is unforgettable is that on November 29, 1963, when Chairman Mao saw that Tong Anan finally signed up to participate in the war to resist US aggression and aid Korea, he could not help but take the lead and clap his hands. When Chairman Mao met with Liao Youliang, Tao Yuling and other actors, there were thunderous applause. In order to let more people and soldiers see the play, Premier Zhou instructed that the play should be made into a movie, but the script should not be changed and the actors should not be changed. In order to make the film more realistic, Bayi film studio sent Wang Ping and Shanghai Film Studio sent Ge Xin to jointly direct the play. Some people say that in hundreds of classic films before the cultural revolution, there is no more pure and sunny young man than Liao Youliang. "Wang Xingang for men and Wang Xiaotang for women" should be changed to "Wang Xingang for officers and Liao Youliang for soldiers".

Personal life

Liao Youliang disappeared from the screen after he appeared in the movie sentinel under the neon light. A few days ago, Liu Hongsheng, who has a deep friendship with Liao Youliang, told reporters sadly: "Liao Youliang died in 2002, and his later life is very unfortunate." Liao Youliang used to be a dancer in the 20th army. Because of his handsome appearance, Liao Youliang was selected as a film actor. After making the movie sentinel under the neon light, Liao Youliang married a dancer in Wuhan military region and soon had a son. After the cultural revolution, Liao Youliang transferred to Shanghai. By that time, he was over 40 years old. According to Mr. Liu Hongsheng, the couple divorced soon after they arrived in Shanghai. "His wife went to the United States and took his son away. Since then, Liao Youliang has been alone in Shanghai." Liao Youliang didn't remarry and was very lonely in his old age. "Every year when haoba company is engaged in activities, we veteran actors are invited to get together. Every time I see Liao Youliang, I feel that he is old, thin, his teeth have fallen off, and his liver is not good. " In his life, Liao Youliang is also a quagmire. In his later years, the Shanghai municipal government allocated a house to Liao Youliang, but when he was decorating it, he was cheated of tens of thousands of yuan. This gave Liao Youliang a great blow. In 2002, the new house was finally decorated, but Liao Youliang could not afford to be ill. "In the end, I didn't even live in a new house once. I passed away in the hospital. When I left, I didn't have any relatives. Only a tape was left, in which his will and farewell words to his old comrades in arms were recorded. There was only one sentence: "how nice it is to be alive!" Although Liao Youliang plays a beautiful love story in the movie, his life is so miserable in real life. According to Mr. Liu, after Liao Youliang died, his son returned home, "because Liao Youliang still has a legacy." (Note: Mr. Liao Youliang died in 1999, not in 2002 as mentioned above. It was also mentioned in CCTV's "film legend" program in 2004.)

Main works

1. As an actor, he has made many films: the battle of Huaihai (1991), the second battle of Huaihai (1989), Lao you behind the defendant (1983), Hao Baosheng village in the city (1982), Chen Jingen sentry under the neon light (1964), the story of new soldier Tong anan Liubao (1957), Li Jin < br > 2 The industrial and commercial cadre in "fool March" and Uncle Wang in "OK, stock" 3. The film "husband's Secret" (1985). The deputy director 4. The TV play "the children of Zhuangyuan village" (1986). The deputy director and actor zaitao in "the last emperor" (1988)

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