廖志偉 (藝人)

简介

Liu Chi Wai was a Hong Kong artist born in 1900 who was a singer in the Cantonese opera song program "Fantasy New Songs" and also a film actor. His most famous work was the 1956 Cantonese pop song "Sea Scenery," adapted from the Filipino folk song "Sitsiritsit" with lyrics by Liu Ho Wan and arranged by Koo Kar-fai. He made his screen debut in the 1950 film "The Legend of Wong Fei Hung Part 3: Battle of the Bloody Flower Bridge" playing the beggar Su Qi'er, a character he reprised throughout the Wong Fei Hung film series. Over his career he appeared in approximately 17 films, with his final film being "Wong Fei Hung Crushes the Five Tiger Formation" in 1961. He also performed numerous Cantonese opera duets with prominent artists. He passed away on 22 May 1977 at the Buddhist Hospital in Hong Kong at the age of 77, leaving behind several children.