Huang Shutang is an old drama bone that the audience is very familiar with, and he has played the male protagonist in TVB's Gulong drama "Parting Hook" and Xu Ke's debut film "Butterfly Change" for decades. His role as Zhongyuan Xiaohong in Zheng Shaoqiu's version of "Chu Liuxiang" is even more classic.
However, Huang Shutang impressed the audience the most was his acting career in the era of ATV. He is the Baimei Daoist in "Hong Xi Guan" starring Zhen Zidan, the Wei Gonggong in "The Nine Kings Seize the Throne", and the role of "Qiu Uncle" He Yingqiu in the classic ATV drama "I Have a Date with Zombies" is more deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.
At 2:00 a.m. on April 10, 2021, Huang Shutang died of colorectal cancer at the age of 77. His death evokes the audience's collective reminiscence of the old drama bones of the past ATV. These are the actors who were active in ATV in the early days, and now they are all dead, and although many of them have rarely played the main role in their lives, they have made many unforgettable classics.
First, Dong Biao
Dong Biao became famous in Hong Kong, China because of his horse commentary, and became famous in the mainland because of his actor status, although his main profession is not as an actor, but in the position of supporting role, he still won a lifetime of glory. Huo Father in "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", Rong Canghai in "Journey to the Tiger Mountain Again", and Rong Juren in "Grace of the Earth" made him popular all over the mainland early. In 2005, he was forced to stop hosting the show due to poor health. On 22 February 2006, Dong Biao died of heart failure in Hong Kong at the age of 72.
Second, Wu Hui
Born on December 3, 1912 in Guangzhou, Wu Hui began his career in Hong Kong in 1940, wu Hui worked as a silent film commentator in cinemas in his early years, acting in several Cantonese films, and he was also a director, directing more than 200 films. He starred in a number of TV series in Li TV (later renamed Asia Television), with great influence such as "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", "Earth Grace", "Huo Dongge" and so on. In Stephen Chow's "Nine Pin Sesame Officer", his role as Bao Longxing's father Bao Is different from his last film. Wu Hui died on March 1, 1996 at the age of 84.
Third, Liu Zhirong
Liu Zhirong is known as an ATV brother, and has starred in dozens of TV series, such as "Grace of the Earth" (as Yang Jiujin), "Chameleon" (as He Sheng), "Jingwumen" (as Cai Liujin), etc. Liu Zhirong's changing image in the drama has been widely talked about by Hong Kong, domestic and overseas audiences. Liu Zhirong is eloquent and is known as the "Gold Medal Emcee", whether it is entertainment, variety, current affairs, information programs, are highly appreciated. It is precisely because Liu Zhirong has performed well in acting and hosting, laying the foundation for his status as the "treasure of the town platform". On 15 May 2008, Lau died of pneumonia caused by a heart attack at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Hong Kong at the age of 56.
Fourth, Li Hanzhi
After 1979, Li Han held the main force in the development of the television circle, joined Li's TELEVISION station (the predecessor of ATV), participated in many dramas, in the drama "The Great Hero Huo Yuanjia", he played the handsome and handsome appearance, looking like a gentleman, but actually the villain Long Haisheng who defected to the enemy and sold friends. The character's image of evil is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and is still remembered by many Hong Kong and Mainland audiences today. In the early 1980s, Lai Han-chi served as a key character in several dramas, such as "Four Famous Catches", "Then To the Tiger Mountain", and "A River of Spring Water Flows Eastward". In 1985, Lai han-chi joined TVB, and his classic roles in WIRELESS include a master of one lamp and Qu Yang. He died of acute pneumonia on June 14, 2013 at the age of 62.
Five, Rolie
In 1962, Luo Lie was admitted to the first training class of Shaw's "Southern Experimental Theater Company", and after graduation, he became a martial arts actor of Shaw Company, and later joined ATV. He has been leading the younger generation of actors as licorice, and his excellent acting skills have come in handy again in tv dramas, and he has never appeared on wireless in his life. Luo Lie's representative works on ATV include: The villain Hachier in "Taiji Zhang Sanfeng", the teochew gang boss Xi Ge in "I am from Chaozhou", and the superintendent in "I have a date with zombies". At the end of the 1990s, when the Hong Kong film market was in a slump, Luo Lie resolutely turned to Chinese mainland to do business, and opened an academy of performing arts in Hunan to train new students. On November 2, 2002, Luo Lie died of a heart attack on the way to Shenzhen Hospital at the age of 64.
Sixth, Zhang Zheng
Zhang Zheng joined Asia Television in the 1970s and continued his acting career until the 1990s, when he faded out of the Hong Kong film and television industry, during which he participated in many dramas such as "New Chameleon", "Angry Sword", "Journey to the Tiger Mountain", "The Royal Couple", and "The Nine Kings Seize the Throne". The most classic role is Jiang Tieshan in "Journey to the Tiger Mountain Again", "South Canghai, North Iron Mountain, a mountain qingtian in the world; lock throat gun, gun in the king, gun lock throat is the most difficult to defend; The vicissitudes of the sea are boundless, and the iron mountain is not the peak. On January 25, 2021, Zhang Zheng passed away at Richmond Hospital at the age of 90.