Liao Youliang (October 28, 1937 – April 23, 1999), a native of Jiading, Shanghai, was an actor in the Nanjing Frontline Repertory Theatre before working for shanghai children's art theatre, Shanghai youth repertory theatre and Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center.
He has starred in the films "The Story of Fort Willow", "Sentinel under Neon Lights", "Village in the City", "Behind the Defendant", etc., participated in the performance of the drama "Fool's March", "OK, Stock", "Into the City", and was a national first-class actor.
In the movie "Sentinel under the Neon Lights", Liao Youliang played a new warrior Tong Anan who had a love entanglement with the daughter of a capitalist, which also made a deep impression. However, since then, Liao Youliang has disappeared from the screen.
Liu Hongsheng, who has a deep friendship with Liao Youliang, told reporters sadly: "Liao Youliang died in 2002, and his later life was very unfortunate. ”
Liao Youliang was originally a dancer in the 20th Army, and because of his handsome appearance, Liao Youliang was selected as a film actor. After filming the movie "Sentinel under Neon Lights", Liao Youliang married a dancer from the Wuhan Military Region and soon had a son.
Seventy or six years later, Liao Youliang transferred to Shanghai, by which time he had passed the age of confusion. According to Mr. Liu Hongsheng, Liao Youliang and his wife divorced shortly after they arrived in Shanghai, "His lover went to the United States, took his son with him, and since then, Liao Youliang has been alone in Shanghai, lonely and bitter." ”
Liao Youliang did not remarry and was lonely in his later years. "Every year, the 'Good Eight Company' activities will invite us old actors to get together. Every time I saw Liao Youliang, I felt that he was old, very thin, his teeth were lost, and his liver was not good. ”
In life, Liao Youliang is also a ditch and a bump. In his later years, the Shanghai municipal government gave Liao Youliang a house, but when he was decorating, he was cheated out of tens of thousands of yuan. This gave Liao Youliang a great blow.
In 2002, the new house was finally renovated, but Liao Youliang could not afford to be ill. "In the end, I didn't even live in the new house once, I died in the hospital, and when I left, I didn't have a single relative around me."
When he left, he left only a cassette with his will and testament in it, and the words of farewell to his old comrades-in-arms, only one sentence - 'How good it is to be alive!' ’”
Although in the movie, Liao Youliang played a beautiful love story, but in real life, his life is so bleak. According to Mr. Liu, after Liao Youliang's death, his son returned to China, "because Liao Youliang still has an inheritance." ”
Liao Youliang was born in Jiading, Shanghai, originally his ancestors were landlords who held the wealth of the wanguan family, and there were 2 jinshi in the family, but in Liao Youliang's generation, it gradually declined, he did not enjoy a favorable living environment, and was fostered in a relative's house as soon as he was born.
Poor life did not stop his love of literature and art, 13-year-old Liao Youliang insisted on joining the cultural and labor troupe of the hometown troops, the regiment leader repeatedly refused, but he refused to give up, every day at dawn with more than a dozen small friends, playing waist drums near the cultural and labor troupe.
The awakened regimental commander came to him angrily to rebuke him, Liao Youliang was not afraid, and also asked the regimental commander very seriously what his waist drum level was, why he did not let him join the literary troupe, the regimental commander was impressed by Liao Youliang's persistence, plus his ability was really outstanding, so he broke the rules and let him join.
After that, Liao Youliang followed the cultural troupe, and when he went to the battlefield, he would do the logistics work of the front-line troops, perhaps because the life of the troops at that time made him more aware of the habits of the soldiers, after which Li Jin, who he played, would be so vivid and outstanding.
Liao Youliang was selected to become the male protagonist of "The Story of Liu Fort". Although the film industry at that time was still in its infancy, it was also very strict for casting, and the reason why Liao Youliang could stand out was because of his artistic talent on the one hand, and because of his refreshing and clean appearance on the other hand.
Facts have proved that good-looking people can also act, Liao Youliang is not an empty vase with a skin bag, and the image of his on-screen couple with Tao Yuling in the film is also very pleasing, because of their outstanding performance, the two were idols in the hearts of countless audiences at that time.
In fact, Liao Youliang and Tao Yuling have a very good fate, although the age difference is 3 years, but both are October 28 birthdays, and after "The Story of Liubao", the two have successively starred in the drama version and the film version of "Sentinel under neon lights"
And once again won the audience's high recognition, especially Liao Youliang, so that his fame and career went to a higher level. After that, Liao Youliang starred in film and television works such as "Courtyard Deep" and "Children of Zhuangyuan Village".
Because of the movie's friendship, Liao Youliang and Tao Yuling have a very good relationship in real life, but it is not a relationship of male and female love, but a simple sister-brother relationship, a comradeship, and the two people in life have their own families.
However, compared with Tao Yuling, Liao Youliang's emotional life can be regarded as bleak. After the filming of "Sentinel under Neon Lights", Liao Youliang married Xie Liyue of the Song and Dance Troupe of the Literary troupe at that time.