張揚 (1930年)

简介

Zhang Yang, born on 27 November 1929 under the original name Zhao Huachang, was a native of Nanhai, Guangdong, and one of the leading Mandarin film actors in Hong Kong during the 1950s and 1970s. In his early years, his family moved from Guangdong to northern China, and he studied in schools in Tianjin and Beijing before enrolling at Furen University in political economics, then moved to Hong Kong in 1951 and worked in accounting. He began his artistic career in 1953 when he joined Shaw Studios as a basic actor, then moved to Dian Mai Company in 1956 where his star began to rise. He achieved wide fame in 1958 through the film "The Red Doll" which established him as a leading actor. He was known at Guotai Company as one of the "Four Young Actors" alongside Chen Hou, Qiao Hong, and Lei Zhen. In the late 1960s, he worked as assistant director to Yi Wen, and after Guotai's film operations ended in 1970, he continued as a freelance actor, traveled to Taiwan for filming, and directed some works. He left the film world in 1975 and traveled to the United States to work in commerce, real estate, and travel services, and founded a Chinese television station in San Francisco in 1976. He married actress Ye Feng in 1961 and they divorced in 1965, then married Shen Beidi in 1966. Zhang Yang passed away in the United States on 15 January 2024 at the age of 95.