Chen Long, the elder of the Hongjia class, died.
On October 10, director Robert Samuels posted on social media in memory of actor Chen Long, saying: "We have lost a legend in the Hong Kong film industry , Chen Long. We worked together in the 90s and he had a kind and innocent heart to pray for his family during this difficult time. ”
Aged 79, Chen Long is a well-known supporting role in Hong Kong action movies, and during his career, he has worked deeply with two superstars, one bruce Lee and the other Hong Jinbao. Chen Long himself has made hundreds of films in his lifetime, created many classic roles on the screen, and he has also witnessed the rise and fall of Hong Kong action movies.
Today, let's talk about Chen Long's road to fame.
In 1942, Chen Long was born in an ordinary family in Hong Kong, and in that era, most of the children of poor families dropped out of school early and either went to work as coolies in society or found a master to learn a skill, and Chen Long belonged to the latter.
When he was a child, Chen Long looked like a tiger with a tiger's head, a large amount of food, a large body, and often crushed his peers with strength when fighting, but fighting was not Chen Long's hobby, he liked martial arts.
Therefore, Chen Long entered the door of the Peking Opera master and learned to be a martial artist.
In the drama class, Chen Long worked extremely hard, doing "spinners", "small flips", "stepping on the sky" and other actions beautiful and free, playing weapons "gun flowers", "knife flowers" and other kinds of proficiency, after growing up Chen Long also smoothly out of the division.
By the 1960s, Peking Opera had gone into decline, and ordinary people did not like to enter the theater, but fell in love with the Western gadget of movies.
At that time, movies were just emerging, the public loved to watch martial arts movies, and most of those delicate stars had no kung fu background, and kung fu movies also needed professional actors to star. In this way, Chen Long, who was born in the drama class, transformed into a dragon and tiger martial artist.
Because he was born in the drama class, Chen Longtong's skills were solid, and after his debut, he was valued by martial arts director Han Yingjie, Han Yingjie
It is Yu Zhanyuan's son-in-law, and Yu Zhanyuan has worked hard for Peking Opera all his life, as the son-in-law of the Peking Opera master, Han Yingjie will naturally accompany him.
In 1967, on the recommendation of Han Yingjie, Chen Long joined Bruce Lee's martial arts team and starred with Bruce Lee in three films: "Big Brother Tangshan", "Jingwumen" and "Dragon Fight tiger fight".
Unfortunately, Bruce Lee died unexpectedly in 1973, and Chen's cooperation with Bruce Lee ended.
After leaving Bruce Lee, Chen Long joined Hong Jinbao's team under the guidance of Han Yingjie. Because Chen Long is fat and a bit silly, he is very similar to Hong Jinbao, because the two are called "Hong Family Double Fat".
The eldest brother Hong Jinbao is a person who lectures on morality, he likes to praise his own brothers, and Chen Long has also made a mark, shining on the screen as an actor.
In 1980, Hong Jinbao wrote and directed the film "Ghosts Fight Ghosts", in which Chen Long starred as the black-hearted Maoshan warlock Qian Zhenren, who specialized in serving the rich and repeatedly hurt the kind Zhang Bold, so lacking in morality that the audience gritted his teeth in hatred.
After the release of "Ghost Fighting Ghosts", Chen Long starred in many similar movies, such as the chanting of incantations in "Corpse Heavy Land", the Taoist who spilled paper money, and the inn waiter Shou Bo in "Man Ghost God".
In addition, he has also acted in zombie films such as "Scary Man", "Scared Ghost", "Miss Spirit" and so on.
The 80s and 90s are the hottest years of Hong Kong zombie films, and Chen Long, as a classic supporting role in zombie films, has also become the favorite of many post-80s fans, if Uncle Jiu played by Lin Zhengying is the best Taoist, then Chen Long is the worst Taoist representative.
Of course, this bad is limited to the screen, private Chen Long is a dedicated and hard-working action actor, and the action actor's life is destined to be accompanied by injuries, Chen Long is also injured countless times in his career, after 2000, Chen Long gradually retired and no longer filmed.
In that era when there were no stunts, a dragon and tiger martial artist like Chen Long, with real knives and real guns, punched and kicked to create the glory of Hong Kong action movies, he may not be the most famous actor, but he must be a dedicated and hard-working actor, such a person deserves the audience's respect and remembrance.