1953, 18-year-old Gao Yuan came to Hong Kong from Shanghai to visit his uncle Jiang Shi (a film photographer) and his aunt He (a director, the daughter of Ren Pengnian, a famous martial arts film director and Wu Lizhu, a martial arts actress in the 1930s). Everyone thinks Gao Yuan is handsome and loves sports, so he is very suitable to be a movie actor. So, he was asked to take a new exam-audition. When the director asked him to perform a love story with an actress, he was flushed and embarrassed until the actress said, just think of me as a Woodenhead, and he eased his nervousness a little. After the performance, Gao Yuan quickly hid, thinking that he would never become a movie actor. Unexpectedly, he entered the film industry and began his career as a film actor.
1954, Gao Yuan filmed the first film "He Di's Visit" after this film. In this film, he plays a small accountant of a foreign company. In order to receive the parents-in-law, the little accountant and his wife talked about ostentation and extravagance and made many jokes. After the truth was exposed, it was ridiculed by people.
Later, he co-starred with Hong Chu as a small clerk who was played by a rich girl because of vanity, and was finally abandoned. In "Golden Beauty" and "Flying Swallows in Spring" co-starred with Chen Sisi, he played an honest young manager and an acrobat who dared to fight against the theater owner who exploited and squeezed poor artists. When Gao Yuan plays these roles, he can master the personality characteristics of the people in the play and show them properly.
1963, in the colorful wide-screen feature film Golden Eagle shot by Phoenix Film Company, Gao Yuan played a young Bulgude in cooperation with Hong Chu. He was an excellent wrestler and was known as the "Golden Eagle" of Mongolian grassland. In the film, Bulgude suddenly gallops on the endless green grassland and golden sand beach, and suddenly crosses the steep mountain stream in Ma Yue. With agile and skillful movements, he roped the runaway wild horse. You can imagine how much sweat Gao Yuan paid and how much bruises he left in order to shoot these thrilling and tense shots! After the release of "Golden Eagle", it became a movie that broke the box office record of one million in Hong Kong. Gao Yuan has also become the first "million niche" in Hong Kong.
Besides being a decent pupil, Gao Yuan also played a villain. He played a punk named Billy in "The Time of the Peach Blossom", which co-starred with Shi Hui. He plays a playboy in A Girl Begins to Grow Up. In Thunderstorm, he played Zhou Ping. In order to play these roles well, Gao Yuan read a lot of books, studied the script repeatedly and deeply, carefully pondered the appearance and psychology of the people in the play, and tried his best to deeply integrate himself into it and portray it just right. When these films were released, Gao Yuan received letters from some audiences, especially those fans who worshipped him in the past. The letter actually scolded him and resented him. Gao Yuan hates audiences. On the one hand, he is worried about whether he will lose the audience from now on, but on the other hand, he is also very pleased. Because his daily efforts have yielded results, he is glad that he has opened up a broader stage.
Gao Yuan's first colorful costume feature film is "Grab the Groom" (1957), which co-starred with Xia Meng. In this film, he played a handsome and elegant ancient scholar Li Yu. His elegant and charming demeanor and natural and unrestrained acting left a deep impression on the audience. Gao Yuan's first black-and-white costume feature film was adapted from Guan Hanqing's Save the Wind and Dust. In this film, he plays a poor young scholar who falls in love with the geisha song Zhang Yin (played by Betty Loh Ti). Besides, in "Painted Skin", he plays a young man who pursues fame, is superstitious about divination, is confused by Mei Niang, a spectre who becomes a beautiful woman, and almost dies as a juren Wang Chongwen. In "Examining Wife", he presided over his beloved wife, Su Niang, and then both fled to Wang Richeng, the minister of punishment of Wagangzhai Rebel Army. In "Three Phoenix Seeking Phoenix", he played Xu Wenxiu of Ming Dynasty, fell in love with Cai, the daughter of Shangshu, and finally got married after twists and turns. In "hypocrite", he plays Xue, a young man with both civil and military skills. In the Field of Life and Death, he played Zhang Jinsheng, a young farmer in the Ming Dynasty. In these costume movies, Gao Yuan plays mostly affectionate scholars and gentle and talented sons. His catwalk, figure, every movement and posture are very skilled, so many viewers think Gao Yuan is the most suitable candidate for costume drama students.
Gao Yuan was once a famous athlete in Hong Kong film industry. He has been trained in sports and is good at ball games. The main players of the early Great Wall men's basketball team were Liu Qiu, Kang Hui and Cenfan. Later, the main actors were Fu Qi, Bao Fang, Gao Yuan and Kym. Gao Yuan and Kym are also coaches of the Great Wall women's basketball team. In the movie Little Moon, Gao Yuan plays the coach of the school women's basketball team. His superb skills and extraordinary skills made the performance achieve very ideal results. Gao Yuan plays basketball with strong jumping ability and is good at grabbing the ball under the basket. Gao Yuan also likes football, volleyball, swimming and horseback riding very much. These activities helped him to become a versatile actor.
In the late 1970s, Gao Yuan abandoned movies and went into business. I just make some movies occasionally in my spare time. In recent years, she has made guest appearances in films such as Poor Flowers and Ups and Downs.