曹達華先生
1915-2007
演員
曹達華15歲隻身往上海演出默片《關東大俠》（1928-31），1935年回港拍攝《山東響馬》（1936），1939年擢升主角，演出《烈女行》（1939 ）。戰後創辦友聯影片公司，曹達華拍攝了《七劍十三俠》上、下集（1949）等武俠片，亦是友僑片場的老闆。從影以來共演出逾300電影，有「銀壇鐵漢」之美譽。曹達華曾在其中70多部「黃飛鴻」影片中扮演黃飛鴻的大弟子梁寬，角色深入民心。他與于素秋主演的武俠片亦成為時代的印記，其中最著名的是在「如來神掌」系列中扮演龍劍飛。此外，因他經常拍攝《陣陣驚魂》（1960）、《步步驚魂》（1961）等時裝偵探片，而有「華探長」之稱。80、90年代，他再度活躍於影視圈，在《最佳拍檔》（1982）、《夏日福星》（1985）等電影演出。2001年，曹達華獲香港影評人協會頒發金紫荊獎終身成就獎及在2003年獲香港電影金像獎頒發專業精神獎。
Mr Tso Tat Wah
1915-2007
Actor
At age 15, Tso Tat Wah moved to Shanghai, where he made his screen debut in the 13-episode silent film series A Warrior of the Northeast (1928-1931). In 1935, he resumed his acting career in Hong Kong with Bandits from Shandong (1936). A Woman of Virtue (1939) offered him his first chance to play the male lead. After the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Tso founded Yau Luen Film Company and began producing martial arts films such as the two-part Thirteen Heroes with Seven Swords (1949). He was also the owner of Yau KiuStudio. In his long and prolific career, Tso was involved in around 300 films, most in the martial arts genre, but also cloak-and-dagger movies. He gained a reputation as the “Man of Iron of the Silver Screen”. Tso appeared in more than 70 titles of the “Wong Fei Hung” series, mostly as the eponymous master’s head disciple “Leung Foon”, which made him a household name. Audiences also remember him as the hero who partners with Yu So Chow in martial arts films, the most popular being “Lung Kim Fei” in the “Buddha’s Palm” series. Thanks to the widespread popularity of his character in contemporary whodunit flicks such as The Kidnappers (1960) and Intense Moment (1961), he was nicknamed “Inspector Wah”. Tso was still active in the 1980s and 1990s, playing parts in Aces Go Places (1982) and Twinkle Twinkle Lucky Stars (1985). He received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hong Kong Film Critics Association in 2001, and the Professional Achievement Award at the Hong Kong Film Awards in 2003.
