Cheng Zhi

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Early experience

On February 3, 1926, Cheng Zhi was born in Wuhan, Hubei Province. His grandfather Cheng SongWan named him "Huichun" and "Chunsun" because the date coincided with "the beginning of spring". In 1928, he moved from Hankou to Shanghai with his family. He studied in Huaxia primary school when he was seven years old. In 1939, he studied in Shanghai Huaguang middle school. During the semester, he took part in the amateur performance of Huaxia drama society and played the villain "three masters" in the drama "the wild birds flying" which exposed the evils of feudal families. In 1942, he went to high school in Shanghai nansu middle school. In 1944, he was admitted to the Department of economics of Fudan University. During this period, he took part in the benefit performance sponsored by Shenbao and played in the drama "the rich and the clouds", directed by Huang zuolin. At the end of the same year, Shanghai Opera experimental troupe recruited actors. He went to apply for the exam behind his family's back and changed his name to "Cheng Zhi" when he signed up.

Acting experience

On January 1, 1945, Cheng Zhi, who dropped out of school, joined the Shanghai Experimental Drama Troupe and became a professional actor. His first work is to play the role of "Hotel tenant" in the comedy Ying envies Yan Jiao. In addition to his own performance, he watched the performances of other actors at the side of the screen every day and wrote down the lines of all the characters in the play. When the main actor couldn't go on the stage for some reason, he was appointed as acting actor for many times, so he got the nickname of "EMI company". During this period, he was invited to participate in the benefit performance held by his alma mater Zhiyuan middle school. He took part in the drama "death of a famous actor" written by Tian Han and starred by Yan Jun and Ouyang Shafei. He played Zuo Baokui and also acted as a zither player. Later, he acted as the leading actor (b role) in Hu's drama "killing one's family with great justice", a big unscrupulous businessman. Shortly after the end of the play, the troupe dissolved. In the second half of the same year, he took part in the new United drama club, playing Hitler in the play "Hitler's tricks" directed by Wu Renzhi and a Jewish journalist. At the end of the year, after the dissolution of the new United drama club, he joined the "hard work Troupe" and played the role of master Wen in the drama "nightclub" directed by Huang zuolin. In June 1946, the hard-working troupe was disbanded, and Cheng Zhi, recommended by his relatives and friends, worked in Shanghai Public Utilities Bureau for a period of time.

In early 1947, at the invitation of Huang zuolin, Cheng Zhi became a film actor by playing No. 5 barber in his satirical comedy "false Phoenix and false Phoenix". On December 13, sang arc's comedy "long live my wife" premiered, in which he played the role of "soft food" hooligan. In the same year, he took part in the drama Wen Tianxiang written by Wu Zuguang and played Du Hu, the hero of anti Yuan Dynasty.

In 1948, he took part in the drama nightclub directed by Huang zuolin and played haiyuelou, a down and out actor. In the same year, he also participated in the drama "nightclub" rehearsed by the Chinese drama club. He and Bai Mu played roles a and B respectively, and once again played the role of insidious and stingy shopkeeper Wen Taishi.

In 1950, the drama "my life" directed and performed by Shi Hua was released, in which Cheng Zhi played the role of cruel and cruel police chief Hu Li. With this film, he won the silver medal of excellent performance award (1956) issued by the Ministry of culture of the people's Republic of China. In the same year, he played a bully Ma erhu in the feature film "the sun lights up the red stone ditch" directed by Lu Ren.

In 1953, Cheng Zhi entered the Shanghai film studio to take part in the shooting of the war film "chicken feather letter" directed by Shi Hua, in which he played the role of "crooked mouth" of the leader of the puppet police black dog. In 1954, the anti special feature film "the bell rings in the mountains and the horse Gang" directed by Wang Yi was released, in which Cheng Zhi played the role of the latent spy Bigan.

In 1956, the feature film "family", which was edited and directed by Chen Xihe and adapted from Ba Jin's original work of the same name, was released. In the film, Cheng Zhi played Gao Keding, the black sheep and the fourth master.

In 1957, the Shanghai film studio produced the feature film "a little story in a big storm", which is composed of three short films. Cheng Zhi plays the rightist Professor Qian in "strong wind and strong grass" edited by Xie Jin.

In 1958, two patrolmen, an anti spy film directed by Fang Huang, was released, in which Cheng Zhi played the role of a potential spy and shopkeeper.

In 1959, Cheng Zhi, Feng Zhe, Niu Zhen and others co starred in Ge Xin's Thriller "chasing bandits in the desert", in which he played the fierce and cunning bandit leader jinyezhong. In order to play the role, he and his cast members went to a PLA cavalry unit in Yulin to experience life. In addition to practicing equestrian skills, he also designed a shape for a part of metallurgy according to the introduction of PLA officers and soldiers. In the same year, he was the art consultant of the paper-cut cartoon Jigong fighting cricket, composing songs for Jigong's lyrics and singing by himself.

In 1960, he took part in the drama "flowers in the sun" directed by Wei Yuping and starred by Zhang Hongmei, playing Zhou Genfa, the father of the protagonist Yuzhen.

In 1962, he took part in China's first color wide screen three-dimensional film "the adventures of the magician" directed by sang arc, in which he played the role of Wang xiaoliuzi, a good friend of the leading magician and monkey charmer.

In 1963, Cheng's war movie red sun, directed by Tang Xiaodan and Tang Huada, was released, in which he played Dong Yaozong, chief of staff of the 74th division of the Kuomintang. In order to obtain the original materials needed to create the characters, he went to Nanjing Military Academy to experience life and interviewed Wei Zhenyue himself. In the same year, he created an upright and humorous acrobat Li Zhongxia in Xu suling's feature film "flying sword".

In 1966, when the "Cultural Revolution" began, all filming work in the film factory stopped. In July 1967, Cheng was quarantined.

In 1973, Cheng Zhi returned to Shanghai Film Studio from the May 7th cadre school. As one of the first batch of 60 actors who returned to the studio, he joined the "actors' Troupe" of Shanghai Film Studio. In 1974, he took part in the drama Chunmiao, which was performed by the troupe of actors and actresses, and played the main role of Dean Du, the "capitalist" group. In October 1976, when the "Cultural Revolution" ended, Cheng was rehabilitated.

From January to April 1977, he participated in the propaganda activities of Shanghai to denounce the crimes of the gang of four. He made up his own crosstalk "hat factory", "the sound of trumpet", "big bear", "interview fragments", "digging treasure" and so on. He also performed in cooperation with Yu Fei and Cao Duo for about 260 performances.

In 1979, Yang Yanjin's revealing the gang of four feature film "the smile of distressed people" was released, in which Cheng Zhi played the chief editor of the newspaper, the pawn of the gang of four. In November of the same year, at the invitation of Guangxi film studio, he went to Nanning, Guangxi, to shoot the feature film "ten days" and play the role of the KMT's Wang staff officer.

In 1980, in the love comedy love, directed by Yan Bili and Hu Lide, what's your last name? 》Lin Cheng, the father of the heroine and the director of the factory who supports the third line, is playing a positive and advanced character in the film for the first time. In the process of shooting the film, he also wrote to rewrite five scenes. In the same year, he and Niu Zhen jointly directed the Shanghai Film Studio troupe to perform the drama "sweet business", which toured nearly 100 theaters in Shanghai.

In 1981, he starred in the plot film "biography of the Royal horse", in which he played Pu Tianguo, an intellectual and cultural relic collector persecuted by the gang of four. This was his first time to star in the film. This year, Cheng Zhi was rated as the advanced worker of Shanghai Film Studio.

In 1982, in Gao Zheng's Thriller "shoot, see him off", he played the big hooligan leader Mr. Chang. In the same year, the ancient costume comedy love story in the pen was released. In the film, he once again worked with director Yan Bili to play the heroine's father, the respected Qi Taiwei, and also participated in the script revision of the film.

In January 1983, he took part in the shooting of journey to the west by CCTV, and played elder Jinchi, the director of guanyinyuan, who was addicted to love treasure and greedy in the sixth episode of the disaster of guanyinyuan. In June, at the invitation of Shijiazhuang TV station, he acted as director and artistic consultant for the ancient costume TV play "the first pass in the world", which describes the calligrapher Xiao Xian's plaque of "the first pass in the world". In the same year, he directed the TV scenery film Lihu smoke green starring Hui juanyan and Cao duo.

In 1984, he starred in the rural comedy "frown and smile" directed by Zhang Gang, playing he aman, director of the grain management bureau, who was devoted to the public but still had feudal thoughts on his daughter's marriage.

On April 18, 1985, his TV play "death of a famous actor", adapted from Tian Han's drama of the same name, was broadcast on CCTV. In a TV play showing the life of Peking opera artists in the old society, he not only acted as an adaptation and director, but also played the righteous and unyielding hero Liu Zhensheng. In the same year, with the "China Film Star Art Troupe" formed by the Central Film Bureau, he visited Singapore and performed his own one act comedy gilded.

In 1986, he took part in Zhang Gang's comedy the amorous hat. He played the hero's uncle and created a simple and cunning character who forced his nephew to tell lies in order to find an object as soon as possible. In the same year, he was rated as a national first-class actor.

In February 1987, he co hosted the CCTV Lantern Festival drama gala with Liu Yilong and sang "Lianying village". In November, at the invitation of CCTV, he cooperated with Liu Changyu and Liu Lu to host the national young and middle-aged Beijing actor TV competition in Canada. In the same year, he joined the Shanghai Film Star Art Troupe of China and visited Singapore again. During the visit, he directed and acted in the comedy "fate in the cupboard", played his mother he, and performed cross talk with Cao duo.

In 1988, his satirical drama "eat white" was broadcast on Hunan Yueyang TV station. In the same year, he was on Hubei TV

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