Lan Hong

Biography

Lan Hong, originally named Zhang Tiesheng, was a Hong Kong film actor of Fujianese origin. He graduated from Wah Yan College and was an avid swimmer at the "Seven Sisters Chinese Swimming Club" on Hong Kong Island, which gave him a strong, muscular physique. He entered the film industry at the age of twenty, making his screen debut in the Cantonese film "火烧石室（梁天来告御状）", which premiered in Hong Kong on 24 November 1939, in which he played the son of Liang Tianlai. His elder brother was actor Zhang Ying. His final film was the Mandarin literary drama "蔷薇处处开". Lan Hong was active in Hong Kong cinema from the late 1930s to the early 1950s.