1908年12月25日出生,廣西籐縣人,也曾用莫奇之名執導影片。在廣州的通志學校讀小學,同學中的李應源成為他後來長期的編導合作伙伴。1930年畢業於上海滬江大學法律系。曾加入李任職的上海大長城影片公司,1932年為李導演的《黑影》(1932)一片編寫劇本。其後在南京任戲院經理,並為荷里活八大影片公司任翻譯,一度加入國民政府的中央電影股。1939年來到香港,與李再合作,起初任他的編劇,編寫了《姑緣嫂劫》(1939)的劇本。1940年首度任導演,首部作品為粵語片《大地回春》(1940)。
香港淪陷後,莫逃到內地,曾演出話劇,住在梧州轉行任酒店經理。抗戰勝利後,1946年,他到廣州參加中央電影製片廠在廣州組織的巡迴宣傳隊,領第一隊,在廣州四鄉放映中製及美國新聞處的小型宣傳片。同年來香港,執導了戰後香港第一部出品的影片《情燄》(1946),該片是第一屆香港小姐李蘭的處女作。莫以執導輕鬆的喜劇知名,五十年代初的《經紀拉》(1950)、《經紀拉與飛天南》(1950)及《擺錯迷魂陣》(1950)三部以「經紀拉」為主角的影片尤被視為當時的粵語喜劇經典。亦有執導國語片,與李合導的《拜金的人》(1952)是永華公司出品的賣座喜劇。
莫與製片家黃卓漢的關係特別深。五十年代曾為黃的自由公司執導國語片《馥蘭姐姐》(1956)、《日月潭之戀》(1956)等。黃於1959年創辦嶺光公司專門攝製粵語片,亦十分倚重他。莫執導的《女人的秘密》(1961)、《工廠皇后》(1963)、《都市兩女性》(1963)及《學生王子》(1964)等影片均十分賣座,為嶺光公司建立了擅拍喜劇的聲譽, 其中《學生王子》更令新星鄧光榮一炮而紅。
喜劇之外,莫曾為左派新聯公司執導了白茵主演的《巴士銀巧破豪門計》(1965)和《巴士銀妙計除三害》(1966)兩部現代女俠片。又為興發影業公司成功創造出另一個系列的現代女俠片——陳寶珠主演的「女殺手」系列(四集,1966-1967),對六十年代的現代女俠片興起有著相當大的開闢之功。
最後一部執導的影片是《多情高竇貓》(1969)。1969年4月15日在香港病逝。第一任妻子陸小仙,另有藝名藍茵,是曾演出多部電影的粵劇花旦。第二任妻子淑子亦是粵語片影星。兒子莫家倫也曾任童星。
年份 | 語言 | 中文片名 | 英文片名 | 聯合導演 |
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1940 | 粵 | 大地回春 | Spring Returns to the Good Earth | |
1941 | 粵 | 孤島情俠 | The Knight of Deserted Island | |
1941 | 粵 | 花花世界 | A Colourful World | |
1946 | 國 | 情燄 | Flames of Lust | |
1947 | 粵 | 楊貴妃 | Madame Yang, the Imperial Concubine | |
1947 | 粵 | 香草美人 | The Herbal Beauty | |
1947 | 粵 | 冷暖天鵝 | The Fickle Lady | |
1947 | 粵 | 情賊白菊花 | Romantic Thief White Chrysanthemum | |
1948 | 粵 | 花月良宵 | A Beautiful Evening | |
1948 | 粵 | 終須有日龍穿鳳 | Someday I Will Make It | |
1948 | 粵 | 荊棘幽蘭 | A Fair Lady with Ill Fate | |
1948 | 粵 | 本地狀元 | The Local Scholar | 蔣愛民 |
1949 | 粵 | 寶玉奇緣 | Romantic Adventure | |
1949 | 粵 | 幪面美人 | Masked Beauty | |
1949 | 粵 | 義勇雙雄 | Two Courageous Heroes | |
1949 | 粵 | 忍棄枕邊人 | Cast Aside the Beloved One | |
1949 | 粵 | 朱買臣分妻 (又名:朱買臣休妻、馬前潑水) | Broker Lai aka Gold and Beauty | |
1950 | 粵 | 經紀拉 (又名:黃金與美人) | Broker Lai aka Gold and Beauty | |
1950 | 粵 | 經紀拉與飛天南 | Broker Lai and the Smart Fei-tin Nam | |
1950 | 粵 | 豪門蕩婦 | Lust of a Grand Lady | |
1950 | 粵 | 梟巢丹鳳 | A Phoenix in the Vulture’s Nest | |
1950 | 粵 | 妒潮 (又名:妬潮) | Tides of Jealousy aka Wave of Jealousy | |
1950 | 粵 | 擺錯迷魂陣 | The Misarranged Love Trap | |
1950 | 粵 | 魔鬼家庭 | The Devil’s Family | |
1950 | 粵 | 孤鳳啼痕 | Sad Song of an Orphan Girl | |
1950 | 粵 | 朝陽 (又名:緣定三生) | Morning Sun | |
1951 | 粵 | 人間慈父 | A Loving Father | |
1951 | 粵 | 冷桃源 | The Chilly Peach Field | |
1951 | 粵 | 粉陣迷龍 | Love’s Captive | |
1951 | 粵 | 茶花淚 | Camille’s Tears | |
1951 | 粵 | 春滿瓊樓 | The Unexpected Guest | |
1952 | 粵 | 新海角紅樓 | New Red House by the Sea | |
1952 | 粵 | 我結婚十年 | Ten Years of Marriage | |
1952 | 粵 | 迷樓金粉 | Lovely Dweller of Enchanting Tower | |
1952 | 粵 | 佳偶兵戎 | A Perfect Match | |
1952 | 粵 | 迷姬 | The Enchantress | |
1952 | 粵 | 歌唱泣荊花 | Musical Story of the Wronged Wife | |
1952 | 粵 | 春滿香城 | Spring is in Town | |
1952 | 國 | 拜金的人 | Gold Diggers | 李應源 |
1952 | 粵 | 艷曲醉郎心 | The Sensuous Singer | |
1953 | 粵 | 歌唱海棠紅 | Musical Hoi Tong Hung | 梁鋒 |
1953 | 粵 | 骨肉喜重逢 | Seeing My Child Again | |
1953 | 國 | 鑽石花 | Diamond Flower | |
1954 | 粵 | 富士山之戀 | Romance of Fuji Mountain | |
1954 | 粵 | 雙鳳迎龍 | The Courtship Game | |
1954 | 粵 | 人望高處 | Hopes and Aspirations | |
1954 | 國 | 大眾情人 | The Magnificent Lover | |
1954 | 粵 | 飄零女 | Homeless Girl | 盧雨岐 |
1954 | 粵 | 初為人母 | Young Mother | |
1954 | 粵 | 大觀園 | Grand View Garden | |
1954 | 粵 | 林黛玉魂歸離恨天 (又名:離恨天) | The Tragic Death of Lam Doi-yuk aka The Heaven Free of Grievance | |
1955 | 粵 | 鄉村姑娘 | Village Girl | |
1955 | 粵 | 一片冰心 | The Virtuous | |
1955 | 粵 | 真假千金 | The Rich Girl and Her Double | |
1955 | 國 | 一代歌后 | The Queen of Song | |
1955 | 粵 | 璿宮春色 (又名:璇宮春色) | Amorous Adventures in the Jade Hall | |
1955 | 粵 | 十字街頭 | Crossroads | |
1955 | 國 | 紅紅 | Hon Hon Goes to Town | |
1956 | 國 | 馥蘭姐姐 (又名:馥蘭姊妹) | Mother Dearest | |
1956 | 粵 | 假鳳凰 (又名:天作之合) | Phony Couples | |
1956 | 國 | 日月潭之戀 | Princess of Sun Moon Lake | |
1956 | 粵 | 天之驕女 | Pleasure Daughter | |
1956 | 國 | 萬花春色 | Life is a Musical | |
1956 | 粵 | 月光 | Moonlight | |
1956 | 國 | 天涯歌女 (又名:柳上鶯) | Lady Sings the Blues aka Nightingale on the Willows | |
1957 | 粵 | 富貴花開艷陽紅 | Best Fortune | |
1957 | 粵 | 財星高照 (又名:鴻運高照) | The Sign of Wealth aka A Stroke of Luck | |
1957 | 粵 | 薛仁貴三戲柳金花 (又名:薛仁貴與柳金花) | How Sit Yan-kwai Thrice Tricked Lau Kam-fa aka Sit Yan-kwai and Lau Kam-fa | |
1957 | 國 | 袁世凱 | Yuan Shikai | |
1957 | 粵 | 信陵君竊符救趙 | The Tiger Tally | |
1957 | 粵 | 花神 | The White Peony aka The Peony Fairy | |
1957 | 粵 | 恩愛冤家 | Loving Enemies | |
1957 | 粵 | 還君明珠雙淚垂 | I Cannot Love You | |
1958 | 粵 | 花染狀元紅 | A Scholar Becomes Rich | |
1958 | 粵 | 馬票女郎 | The Sweepstakes Seller | |
1958 | 粵 | 海角紅樓 | The Red House by the Sea | |
1958 | 粵 | 秦香蓮 | Madam Chun Heung-lin | |
1959 | 粵 | 孝女還珠記 | How the Filial Daughter Returned the Pearl | |
1959 | 國 | 何處是兒家 | Orphans of the Storm | |
1959 | 粵 | 九天玄女 | The Fairy of Ninth Heaven | |
1959 | 粵 | 包公夜審行屍 | Judge Bao’s Night Trial of the Walking Corpse | 李壽祺 |
1960 | 粵 | 三女性 | Three Females | |
1960 | 粵 | 苦海紅蓮 | Sweet Bitterness | |
1960 | 粵 | 十大姐 | Ten Schoolgirls | |
1960 | 粵 | 電梯情殺案 | The Elevator Murder Case | |
1960 | 粵 | 摩登新娘 | The Harassed Husband | |
1961 | 粵 | 《歷劫親情》 | Forsaken Daughter | |
1961 | 粵 | 古廟幽魂 | A Ghost in the Temple | |
1961 | 粵 | 好女唔憂嫁 | Three Beaus | |
1961 | 粵 | 黑夜怪談 | Creepy Nights | |
1961 | 粵 | 太太緝私團 | Inspectress General | |
1961 | 粵 | 血手套 | Bloody Gloves | 黃堯 |
1961 | 粵 | 糊塗金龜婿 | Non-Sensical Son-in-Law | |
1962 | 粵 | 汽車兇殺案 | The Motor Car Murder | |
1962 | 粵 | 路邊千金 | A Girl on the Roadside | 何璧堅 |
1962 | 粵 | 傻偵探 | False Alarm | |
1962 | 粵 | 夫妻的秘密 | Secrets between Husband and Wife | |
1962 | 粵 | 豪門春色 | The Mysterious Family | |
1962 | 粵 | 火燄山 (又名:齊天大聖) | The Flaming Mountain aka The Blazing Volcano | |
1962 | 粵 | 神秘的兇手 | The Mysterious Murderer | |
1962 | 粵 | 客串夫妻 | The Pretended Couple | |
1963 | 粵 | 金夫人 | Madame Kam | |
1963 | 粵 | 苦命鴛鴦 | Bitter Romance | |
1963 | 粵 | 大富之家 | A Sorrowful Millionaire | |
1963 | 粵 | 工廠皇后 | Three Love Affairs | |
1963 | 粵 | 金鎖匙 | The Golden Key | |
1963 | 粵 | 摩登女郎 | A Modern Wife | |
1963 | 粵 | 一對好冤家 | Lovers’ Quarrels | |
1963 | 粵 | 無敵鴛鴦劍 | The Matchless Pair Swords | |
1963 | 粵 | 錦繡年華 | Make It Mine | |
1963 | 粵 | 少女懷春 | Romance in the Air | 盧雨岐 |
1963 | 粵 | 金屋雙嬌 | Puzzles of Love | 譚仲霞 |
1963 | 粵 | 生死同心 (又名:媚娘) | The Charming Girl Yuet-mei | |
1963 | 粵 | 三傻尋女 (又名:三傻尋女記) | Three Fools Searching for Their Daughter | |
1963 | 粵 | 綽頭世界 | A Gimmicky World | |
1963 | 粵 | 都市兩女性 | Two City Girls | |
1964 | 粵 | 大少奶 | Our Daughter-in-Law | |
1964 | 粵 | 九九九毒天鵝 (又名:大毒梟) | 999 Poisonous Swan | 黃堯 |
1964 | 粵 | 錦繡天堂 | The Beautiful Heaven | 聯合導演黃岱、胡鵬、 龍圖、馮志剛、李鐵、 吳回、黃鶴聲、盧雨岐、 珠璣 |
1964 | 粵 | 一家之主 | Head of a Family | |
1964 | 粵 | 大家姐 | Elder Sister’s Story | |
1964 | 粵 | 老婆萬歲 | Viva the Better Half | 譚仲霞 |
1964 | 粵 | 人海雙雛 | All Minds to Give | |
1964 | 粵 | 佳兒佳婦 | The Problem Baby | |
1964 | 粵 | 學生王子 | The Student Prince | |
1964 | 粵 | 自君別後 | Since He Went Away | |
1964 | 粵 | 改造小姐 | The Modification of a Country Girl | |
1964 | 粵 | 滿堂吉慶 | Happiness Reigns Everywhere | 聯合導演盧敦、吳回 、左几、李鐵、李晨風、胡鵬、秦劍、珠璣、 凌雲、陳文、陳皮、 陳雲、陳烈品、黃鶴聲、黃岱、馮峰、馮志剛、 楚原、楊工良、蔡昌、 蔣偉光、盧雨岐、龍圖 |
1965 | 粵 | 點心皇后 | Queen of the Teahouse | |
1965 | 粵 | 小姐的丈夫 | Lady’s Husband aka The Husband of a Lady / Mistress’s Husband | |
1965 | 粵 | 一家親 | Lovers in Disguise aka Home Sweet Home | |
1965 | 粵 | 苦鳳還巢 | The Saddest Misunderstanding aka Home at Last | |
1965 | 粵 | 大四喜 | A Happy Reunion aka Full Happiness | |
1965 | 粵 | 難為了家嫂 | Family is My Profession | |
1965 | 粵 | 巴士銀巧破豪門計 | The Girl in the Bus | |
1965 | 粵 | 人鬼恩仇 | An Affair between a Man and a Ghost | |
1965 | 粵 | 女賊金蝴蝶 | Golden Butterfly, the Lady Thief | |
1966 | 粵 | 春滿花開燕子歸 | Foolish to be Wise aka A Spring Celebration of the Swallows’ Return | |
1966 | 粵 | 樓上樓下兩相親 | The Affairs of Two Families aka Intimate Neighbours | |
1966 | 粵 | 巴士銀妙計除三害 | Bus Money Wiped Out the Evils | |
1966 | 粵 | 天涯芳草 | The Forbidden Love aka The Lonely Woman | |
1966 | 粵 | 難為了嬌妻 | One Good Turn Deserves Another aka Love Burst | |
1966 | 粵 | 斷腸玫瑰 | The Broken Heart | |
1966 | 粵 | 阿珍要嫁人 | Landlady and Tenant aka Ah Chun Wants to Get Married | |
1966 | 粵 | 女殺手 | Lady Bond aka Lady in Distress | |
1966 | 粵 | 四姊妹 | Four Sisters | |
1966 | 粵 | 女殺手虎穴救孤兒 | Return of Lady Bond aka The Chivalrous Girl | |
1967 | 粵 | 快樂年華 | Spring Time aka Happy Years | |
1967 | 粵 | 小媳婦 | Little Daughter-in-Law | |
1967 | 粵 | 空中女殺手 | The Perilous Rescue aka The Flying Killer | |
1967 | 粵 | 玉女親情 (又名:假千金) | The Love of an Innocent Girl aka Tender Love | |
1967 | 粵 | 粉紅色炸彈 | Pink Bomb aka Bomb in Pink | |
1967 | 粵 | 情竇初開 | Bitter Romance aka First Love | |
1967 | 粵 | 盲童奇遇記 | Adventure of a Blind Kid | |
1967 | 粵 | 無敵女殺手 | Dragnet of the Law aka Lady in Distress: The Invincible Fighter | |
1968 | 粵 | 歡樂滿華堂 | A Talented Lady aka A House Filled with Happiness | |
1968 | 粵 | 烏龍偵探糊塗賊 | A Blundering Detective and a Foolish Thief | |
1969 | 粵 | 合歡歌舞慶華年 (又名:鶯歌燕舞、 快樂天使) | Joy of Music aka Let’s Sing and Dance to Celebrate a Peaceful Year | 楊權 |
1969 | 粵 | 多情高竇貓 (又名:追求奇遇) | The Pretty Wild Cat aka Superior Swordsman |