I really didn't expect that a big artist like Wei Heling would actually go around begging for people because he wanted to act in his later years.
In my imagination, there should be many performance groups that invite him and throw olive branches.
Speaking of Wei Heling, who doesn't know that he has excellent acting skills and what is his acting like? "As soon as he put on the costume, he became a person in the play." This is the best evaluation of him.
Zhao Dan is a very confident actor. There are not many peers who impress him in his performances. But Wei Heling was one. The two have collaborated on films such as "Road Angel", "Children of China", "Crows and Sparrows", and Zhao Dan admired Wei Heling's acting skills and said that his performance "has Chinese courage, just soft, thick and thin, without any delicate fabrications."
In China, actors like Wei Heling are rare. But I didn't expect that in his life, there were also many regrets that could not be realized.
One of the biggest regrets is the failure to cooperate with Yu Lan.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" >, poor boys can also realize the dream of being an actor</h1>
Wei Heling wanted to be an actor when he was young. But the villagers found the idea unrealistic and didn't support him very much. But Wei Heling had never dispelled this dream. Ever since he had seen the troupe perform at the persuasion field in Tianjin, he couldn't stop wanting it. As soon as he had time, he would run towards the persuasion field, as if he had been led by someone.
Many villagers in Jinzhong Village, Chitu Township, Tianjin, have heard their fathers talk about Wei Heling. He talked about the scene when he was a child and watched the theater team perform, and how obsessed he was with theater. At that time, the Wei Heling they saw was often sitting alone on the field, facing the clouds in the sky and the crops in the field, and pulling a broken huqin intoxicatedly. As soon as there was a carriage into the city, he would happily sit on it, then watch a performance at the persuasion field, and walk back 40 miles. More often, in order to save money, he didn't even eat food, but he enjoyed it.
Wei Heling was born as a poor child. From an early age, his family was poor. His father had passed him on to his second uncle, who had no boys. So he followed the second uncle to work in the field and trained his strength. Later, when he grew up, he worked as a guy in a grocery store, carried a large bag on the dock, and did a small deal of needles and threads. For the world, I also know it in my heart. This laid a very good foundation for his future artistic creation.
One day in the early summer of 1928, Wei Heling suddenly saw an advertisement for recruiting actors, saying that not only food and lodging were included, but also four oceans per month. This made Wei Heling happy. I immediately signed up and passed the exam so smoothly. At the age of 21, he started his own acting career from the Shandong Experimental Theater.
Wei Heling, who entered the Shandong Experimental Theater, was immersed in joy and joy every day. But the good times did not last long, and the theater was forcibly closed by the warlords in less than two years. Fortunately, a friend set up the "Haiming Drama Club" and invited Wei Heling to join, so his acting path was not interrupted. In 1932, he was invited to Shanghai, where he met a very important artistic collaborator in his life, that is, Tian Han.
In 1933, Tian Han organized the Spring and Autumn Drama Society to prepare for the rehearsal of "The Death of Famous Excellence". Who plays Liu Zhensheng, the male protagonist of Peking Opera in the play? He thought of Wei Heling. Because Wei Heling not only has experience in drama performance, but also sings Peking Opera, he also has a simple and gentle temperament. He believes that this role is none other than Wei Heling.
As a result, Wei Heling really became famous with "The Death of Famous Excellence". He portrays Liu Zhensheng vividly and vividly, and portrays Liu Zhensheng's fate into three points. Since then, he has basically become the "royal male protagonist" in Tian Hanming's dramas, and has successively starred in dramas such as "A Night in the Coffee Shop", "Moonlight Song", "Chaotic Bell", "Suzhou Night Talk", "Comrades-in-Arms", "Guan Hanqing" and other dramas, and has formed a deep friendship with Tian Han.
When did Wei Heling come on the screen? It was in 1933 that he played a role in "Trail of Tears" directed by Lu Shi. Then he starred in the male protagonist Zhang Ronggen in "The Beginning of Man" directed by Shi Dongshan. The unpretentious performance left a deep impression on the audience. Since then, Wei Heling has ushered in his first creative peak on the screen.
He has played roles in films such as "Triumph" and "The Newlywed Bloody Case". In 1937, he starred in the famous "Road Angel" with Zhao Dan and Zhou Xuan. Zhao Dan, 22, plays the drummer, and Wei Heling, 30, plays the newspaper seller Lao Wang. The two are lively and clever, the other is thick and honest, and the personalities are very different, but the cooperation complements each other perfectly.
"Road Angel" is one of Wei Heling's early screen masterpieces. I think it was from this film that his performance gradually improved. And later he also concluded that "Road Angel" made him realize the true meaning of performance, that is, it is better to be warm than fire, and it is better to be lacking than indiscriminate. Realizing ten points, only seven points is enough to perform, and the remaining three points allow the audience to experience for themselves. And if you don't realize it, don't act blindly, otherwise, it will be false, and the audience will feel bored when they see it.
Judging from his later performances, he did take this to the extreme.
Subsequently, he played roles in films such as Defend Our Land, Sable Cicada, Children of China, Long Sky, Baptism of Fire, Young China, Holy City, Qingmei Bamboo Horse, and Harbin Night. Especially in "Defend Our Land", Wei Heling successfully created the image of Liu Shan, a simple, kind and brave patriotic youth, which was warmly welcomed by the audience.
In 1949, after the founding of New China, Wei Heling became a member of the Shanghai Film Studio, showing his outstanding acting talent in many films. During this period, he played Kong Youwen in "The Crow and the Sparrow", the tall old lady played in "Home", the He Laoliu in "Blessing", etc., and the screen images of different personalities were all shaped to life by him. This made him one of the most beloved movie stars of the fifties and sixties. In 1962, China selected the "22 Top Stars", Wei Heling fell off the list, and many viewers regretted it for him.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="222" > second, the loneliness of the later years</h1>
In this life, Wei Heling loves the most is acting. The best thing is acting.
But in his old age, he had no drama to play.
What a blow this should be for an old man who loves drama like a life.
In 1959, wei Heling was 52 years old, and he played the role of Guan Hanqing in the drama "Guan Hanqing" created by Tian Han. This is the last character he has created on the stage of drama.
So, which is the last screen image created by Wei Heling in the movie?
Some people say that it is the peasant Lin Youshan in "Blood Monument". Not really. His last film was "The Counter" in 1965, starring Dashi Chang, who had just graduated from film school, in which he played Han Zhonglin. Then we never saw his new role on screen again.
As a fan of the film who likes him, everyone feels sorry.
Wei Heling was not yet 60 years old at the time, and his age was not too old, so why did he stop prematurely?
There are two reasons for this.
One was influenced by the general environment at that time. The movement that began in 1966 left many actors across the country without drama. Naturally, this also included Wei Heling. Moreover, as a movie star who had become popular in the old society, he naturally had to be censored. So for almost 10 years, he didn't get any crew invitations.
But Wei Heling wanted to act. In order to fulfill this wish, he begged for people everywhere. Even the young director who had just picked up the directing tube, he also took the initiative to come to the door and express his ideas. And special instructions, regardless of the protagonist's supporting role, what role to play. But even so, he didn't get a chance.
This had made him feel very disappointed.
But fortunately, there are many old friends who have not forgotten him. For example, Yu Lan, in 1975, when she was liberated from the "cowshed" and changed her career to direct the film "Sari Ma ke" (also known as "Horseback Teacher"), she thought of Wei Heling and wanted him to play a role in it.
Wei Heling was overjoyed to hear this news. But in the end, he failed to cooperate with Yu Lan, why is this?
It turned out that in his old age, he was not in good physical condition and suffered from high blood pressure. Because the film "Sari Make" tells the story of the northwest plateau, the film crew has to go to Qinghai, Gansu and other places to shoot. I think it was also for the sake of his father's health, so Wei Heling's children politely refused Yu Lan's invitation. And this has also become the biggest regret in Wei Heling's life.
On October 2, 1979, the year after the release of the film "Sarimako", Wei Heling died of illness in Shanghai at the age of 72.
Many fans feel deeply sorry for this. Because if he is alive, in 1979, it is the beginning of the spring of Chinese cinema again, then how many vivid screen images can he create.
At the end of December 2005, 26 years after Wei Heling's death, he won the "Chinese Film Century Award" at the conference commemorating the 100th anniversary of the birth of world cinema and the 90th anniversary of the birth of Chinese cinema. In the same year, he was also named "100 Outstanding Actors in Chinese Films".
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="223" > third, the audience's evaluation of him</h1>
On his deathbed, With the help of his daughter, Wei Heling wrote four words: I am an actor.
I think these four words are the best evaluation of his life.
All his life, it seems that he has always been born for acting. He is ordinary, so simple, because of integrity, so real, an ordinary person deduced the story of a group of ordinary people, ordinary people like him.
All his efforts have also been seen and remembered by the audience and fans.
A fan wrote: Wei Heling, an old actor I admire very much! The characters played are real and believable, vivid and natural! I like the simplicity and generosity of his performance the most, which gives people a sense of steadfastness like an elder when they look at it. But what impressed me the most was the tall old lady, who had a sense of proportion and pinched it so well that it was called a quasi-good-looking.
Fans of "Peninsula Ranger" and "No Time to Worry" say, Wei Heling, a real acting artist, an outstanding character actor! Generous and simple.
Movie fan "43 Sparrows" said: Honest and honest looks, honest and honest acting, honest and honest people. A great and ordinary artist, he will always live in the hearts of the audience.
Film fan Lushuli said: "The old policeman in my life", the old miner in "The Burning Plain", the old worker in "The Story of Huangpu River" in "Wuya and the Sparrow", the old lady in "Home"... We were all deeply impressed, it was really a star among the stars, a master among the masters.
For Yaqing personally, I really like his role as He Laoliu in "Blessings". I think it brought his performing arts to the pinnacle. Looking at his performance in "Blessings", every action, every expression, even a subtle look, an inaudible sigh, is so just right, as if people can feel the heart of He Laoliu.
In the scene where He Xianglin's sister-in-law baitang, he interpreted He Laoliu's sincerity and fear, helplessness and kindness, and he was too good to be faulted. And it has a powerful power.
However, he went too early.
Later, I also watched the performances of many actors, and there were really very few who could act to the extent of Wei Heling. Especially the old actors, it is even more rare. So far, it seems that only Li Xuejian, in some ways, is very similar to him.
So, in everyone's hearts, do you remember Wei Heling, a great artist? Which of his characters is still fresh in his mind? Welcome to interact with more netizens through the message area.
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