Choi Mu-ryong
Acting
Born: 1928-02-02 in Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea
Biography
South Korean actor, producer, and director who is father of Choi Min-soo. Choi was one of popular actors of the 1960s along with Shin Young-kyun and Kim Jin-kyu. Choi gained a popularity for his handsome appearance and masculine image. Choi's personal life was as much dramatic as his starred films, so he always garnered the public attention. 1952, Choi married a colleague actress, Kang Hyo-shil, the daughter of a noted actress, Jeon Ok with the nickname, "Queen of Tears" and a singer Gang Hong-sik. Choi and his wife had one son and four daughters including an actor, Choi Min-soo. However, Choi had an affair with Kim Ji-mee, the best popular actress at that time, so that Choi and Gang divorced in 1962. Choi soon married Kim Ji-mee, but he owed massive debts due to his failed film production. As a result, Choi chose to divorce Kim again in 1969. At that time, the phrase, Because I love you, I have to part from her was circulated among the public.
Known For
Five Marines
Woo Jong-guk
Bumpkin Oh-bok
Park Jae-seok
Red Scarf
Bae Dae-bong (Lieutenant)
The Youth
Ahn Jae-yeong
Prince Yeon-san
Night Blues
Han Sang-soo
The Iron-Eating Monster
Woman of Fire
Detective
The Only Son
Whirl of Betrayals on Myeongdong
Kang Dong-yeol
Marine Battleground
Private Choi
Cruel history of Myeong Dong
Hyeon (ep. 2)
Liberal Wife '81
Call 112
Choi Kyung-min
A Drifting Story
Minwoo (poet)
There is No Tragedy
Special Investigation Unit: The Case of College Girl Lee Nan-hee
Lim Kkeok-jeong
Aimless Bullet
Yeong-ho
View from an Alley
Young-taek
The Liberal Wife 2
A Second Mother
Heung-yeol
A Sunflower Family
Changsik (Eldest son)
명동에 흐르는 세월
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
The Flaming Mountain
Monk Tripitaka
One Who Comes Back and the Other Who Has To Leave
President Jang
Kinship
The Moral of Youth
A Bout in 30 Years
Jang Dae-gyu
The War and an Old Man
Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Lawyer
Three O'Clock on a Rainy Afternoon
Leaving in the rain
A Revival
Azaleas Of My Hometown
Cheol-ju
Life of the Woman
North and South
Border Line
