檸檬 (演員)

简介

Ling Mung, born Xu You Min on 25 December 1907 in Panyu County, Guangdong Province. His elder brother was Hui Siu Guk, a Cantonese opera lyricist and film director. He graduated in the early years of the Republic of China from the film actors' training school in Guangzhou. He was skilled in music and capable of writing lyrics, having recorded several personal Cantonese opera records for the Baidu Company, among which the famous song "Ling Mung's Stories" became his stage name. He enjoyed performing magic. His film debut was "Dream of the Tang Palace" in 1934 in Guangzhou, and his first Hong Kong film was "Selling Strange Fish Causes Disaster on Turtle Mountain" in 1936. In 1938, he formed the "Buddha Brothers Trio" with actors Liu Gui Kang and Yang Jun Xia in "Spring Colors on Stage". He was best known for playing the role of "Fire Cloud Evil God" in the 1964 martial arts film "Buddha's Palm". He had been a footballer and served on the Hong Kong Football Committee, and remained passionate about watching football matches until his later years. He appeared in approximately 760 Hong Kong films and was one of the most prolific supporting actors in Cantonese cinema in the 1950s and 1960s. He passed away on 29 January 1977 at Queen Elizabeth Hospital and was buried at St. Raphael's Catholic Cemetery in Cheung Sha Wan.