1909年2月8日出生,原名顧景炎,江蘇無錫人。北平(今北京)育英中學畢業。1931年隨中國話劇運動先鋒陳大悲赴上海,獲陳介紹到天一公司, 為正籌備拍攝有聲電影的天一任訓練國語及校正對白之職,並在天一出品的第一部聲片《歌場春色》(1931)飾演了一角。顧由此對電影產生興趣,並在天一由場記做起,學習幕後幕前工作。1933年與姜起鳳聯合執導了其首部影片《到上海去》。1935年再隨陳大悲組織電臺廣播演出及樂劇訓練所。訓練所曾在上海演出了古裝樂劇《西施》。
1940年來香港,顧在《絕代佳人》(1940)、《潘巧雲》(1940)、《美 人計》(1941)等國語片中任演員,並在《賽金花》(1941)一片中,以不掛名的方式為製片出身的導演何強執行編劇導演工作。香港淪陷時他曾任職放送局演藝系。
抗戰結束後開始執導粵語片,第一部為武俠片《桃花大俠》(1949)。跟著執導了石燕子主演的賣座電影《方世玉胡惠乾三探武當山》(1949)。顧與石跟著在短短三年間合作拍攝了接近十部方世玉為主角的電影。1949 年顧文宗還執導了該年的賣座奇蹟《七劍十三俠》,有關電影系列短期內共拍了六部,首三部均由顧執導,令出品機構友僑公司賺了大錢,以及主演的曹達華亦成了紅極一時的武俠明星。顧是四五十年代之交香港武俠片熱潮中,最成功、最有地位的一位武俠片導演。
武俠片外顧亦有拍攝其他類型影片。在1955年曾為邵氏製片廠執導了在新加坡實地拍攝的粵語片《星島紅船》,由綽號「藝壇三寶」的著名粵曲唱家李寶瑩、黎文所、鍾麗蓉合演。粵語片外,他也執導了《秦良玉》(1953)、《鵑血忠魂》(1957)等國語片。五十年代後期主要執導製作條件一般較國粵語片差的廈語片,作品包括《目蓮救母》(1957)和《返去香港娶水某》(1961)等。顧最後一部執導的影片是與「藝壇三寶」再度合作的粵語片《星島姊妹花》(1963)。
1961年,他受邵氏聘請主理演員訓練班,以南國實驗劇團之名舉辦了九屆邵氏訓練班直至1969年,訓練了鄭佩佩、李菁等邵氏紅星。顧又在六十年代邵氏兄弟公司出品的大量影片中擔任配角。七十年代中半退休,演出減少。1981年6月16日,在邵氏影城宿舍心臟病發逝世。
年份 | 語言 | 中文片名 | 英文片名 | 聯合導演 |
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1933 | 默 | 到上海去 | Scenes in Shanghai | 姜起鳳 |
1949 | 粵 | 桃花大俠 | Peach Blossom Hero | |
1949 | 粵 | 方世玉胡惠乾三探武當山 (又名︰方世玉續集) | Fong Sai-yuk and Wu Wai-kin's Three Attempts at Wudang Mountain aka Fong Sai-yuk, the Sequel | |
1949 | 粵 | 怪俠飛天龍 | Flying Dragon, The Strange Hero | |
1949 | 粵 | 小俠艾虎 | The Junior Hero Ngai Fu | |
1949 | 粵 | 濟公活佛 | Chai Kung, the Reincarnated Buddha | |
1949 | 粵 | 方世玉九戰蛾眉山 | Fong Sai-yuk's Nine Battles at O-Mei Hill | |
1949 | 粵 | 七劍十三俠 (上集) | 13 Heroes with Seven Swords, Part One | |
1949 | 粵 | 七劍十三俠 (下集) | 13 Heroes with Seven Swords, Part Two | |
1949 | 粵 | 方世玉萬里報師仇 | The Revenge of Fong Sai-yuk | |
1949 | 粵 | 三盜九龍盃 | Three Attempts at the Nine Dragon Cup | |
1949 | 粵 | 紅蝴蝶大戰採花賊 | Between the Suited and the Suitor | |
1949 | 粵 | 洪熙官血濺柳家村 | Hung Hei-kun's Big Brawl at the Lau Village | |
1949 | 粵 | 方世玉火燒紅雲寺 (又名︰火燒紅雲寺) | Fong Sai-yuk Burns the Red Cloud Temple | |
1949 | 粵 | 七劍十三俠 (三集) | 13 Heroes with Seven Swords, Part Three | |
1950 | 粵 | 東成西就 | Success All the Way | |
1950 | 粵 | 關東小俠大戰女鏢師 | The Battle between a Young Northeast Hero and the Lady Security Escort | |
1950 | 粵 | 馬騮精大鬧女兒國 | Monkey King's Adventures in the Girls' Kingdom | |
1950 | 粵 | 關東小俠大破蓮花陣 | How the Young Northeast Hero Shattered the Lotus Militia | |
1950 | 粵 | 方世玉大破白蓮教 | How Fong Sai-yuk Shattered the White Lotus Gang | |
1950 | 粵 | 方世玉血戰陰陽洞 | Fong Sai-yuk in a Bloody Battle in Yin Yang Cave | |
1950 | 粵 | 崑崙女俠血戰燕子盜 | The Battle between the Heroines from Kunlun and the Swallow Thief | |
1950 | 粵 | 火燒平陽城 (上集) | Is Pingyang City Burning, Part One | |
1950 | 粵 | 火燒平陽城 (下集) | Is Pingyang City Burning, Part Two | |
1950 | 粵 | 崑崙女俠夜探摩天嶺 | The Heroine from Kunlun Spies on Mo Tin Peak at Night | |
1950 | 粵 | 陸阿采 | The Story of Luk Ah-choi | |
1951 | 粵 | 方世玉正傳 | The True Story of Fong Sai-yuk | |
1951 | 粵 | 女俠黑牡丹 (又名 ︰獨山女俠黑牡丹) | Black Peony, the Heroine | |
1951 | 粵 | 小五義 | Five Little Heroes | |
1951 | 粵 | 關東飛俠大戰方世玉 (又名︰關東小俠大戰方世玉) | The Battle between Fong Sai-yuk and the Flying Hero of the Northeast aka The Battle between Fong Sai-yuk and the Little Hero of the Northeast | |
1951 | 粵 | 方世玉遠征巨靈峰 | Fong Sai-yuk's Expedition of the Grand Peak | |
1951 | 粵 | 大刀王五浴血殲仇記 (又名︰大刀王五萬里報血仇) | Big Blade Wong Fifth’s Revenge aka Big Blade Wong Fifth’s Quest for Vengeance | 李鐵 |
1951 | 粵 | 風塵四傑 | Four Heroes | |
1951 | 粵 | 馬玉龍‧歐陽德大破連環寨 | Shattering the Chain-Linked Fortress | |
1951 | 粵 | 靚仔玉三打下山虎 | Handsome Yuk Thrice Beats the Tiger | |
1951 | 粵 | 紅衣女俠 | Heroine in Red | |
1951 | 粵 | 花木蘭 | Lady General Fa Muk-lan | 陳皮 |
1952 | 粵 | 大破黑風寨 | The Breaching of Black Wind Stockade | |
1952 | 粵 | 女俠白蓮花 | White Lotus, the Heroine | |
1952 | 粵 | 真假歐陽德 (又名︰歐陽德二集) | Auyeung Tak and His Double aka Auyeung Tak, The Sequel | |
1952 | 粵 | 光緒皇嘆五更 | Emperor Kwong Sui’s Nocturnal Lament | 陳皮 |
1952 | 粵 | 楊乃武與小白菜 (上集) | Yeung Nai-mo and Little Cabbage, Part One | |
1952 | 粵 | 楊乃武與小白菜大結局─六部會審楊乃武 | Yeung Nai-mo and Little Cabbage, Concluding Episode: The Trial of Yeung Nai-mo | |
1952 | 粵 | 老婆皇帝 | Wife Emperor aka My Wife, My Master | |
1953 | 粵 | 風流天子 | Playboy Emperor | |
1953 | 國 | 秦良玉 (又名︰義俠與佳人) | The Story of Qin Liangyu | |
1953 | 粵 | 代代平安 | Peace to All Generations | |
1953 | 粵 | 珍珠塔 (上集) | Pearl Pagoda, Part One | |
1953 | 粵 | 珍珠塔 (下集) | Pearl Pagoda, Part Two | |
1953 | 粵 | 飛鳳游龍 | Happy Lovers | |
1954 | 粵 | 我笑蓮花似玉郎 | My Love is Like a Lotus-Flower | |
1954 | 國 | 碧血黃花 | The 72 Martyrs of Canton | 卜萬蒼、王天林、易文、洪波、馬徐維邦、 屠光啟、張善琨、羅維 |
1954 | 粵 | 秋戀 | Autumn Romance | |
1955 | 粵 | 星島紅船 (又名︰有心唔怕遲) | The Opera Boat in Singapore aka It's Never Too Late | |
1955 | 粵 | 方世玉與胡惠乾 | The Story of Fong Sai-yuk and Wu Wai-kin | |
1956 | 粵 | 西遊記 | Journey to the West | |
1956 | 粵 | 九九大血案 | The Murder Case at Club 99 | |
1956 | 粵 | 傻女搶新郎 (又名︰鄉下女遊埠) | A Silly Girl Snatches the Bridegroom aka A Bumpkin Girl Goes to Town | |
1956 | 粵、國 | 女俠響尾追魂鏢 | The Heroine of Deadly Darts | |
1956 | 粵 | 女俠俞金鳳 (又名︰女俠金鳳、大戰過江龍) | The Heroine Yu Kam-fung aka The Heroine Kam- fung / Duel with Cross-River Dragon | |
1956 | 國 | 鵑血忠魂 | The Blood of Patriotic Souls | |
1957 | 廈 | 濟公活佛 (又名︰濟公巧斷墜金扇) | Monk Ji Gong | 黃文禧 |
1957 | 粵 | 龍鳳雙劍俠 | The Dragon-Phoenix Swordsmen | |
1957 | 廈 | 目蓮救母 | Mulian Saves His Mother | |
1958 | 廈 | 十七十八正當時 | Blooming Age | |
1959 | 廈 | 好花插牛屎 | Beauty and the Beasts | |
1959 | 廈 | 弄破醋甕 | Breaking the Vinegar Jar | |
1959 | 廈 | 捉龜走鱉 | He Has Taken Her for Another | |
1961 | 廈 | 返去香港娶水某 (又名︰返去唐山娶水某) | Returning to Hong Kong to Marry aka Tuen Ki Hong Kong Chua Swee Bou | |
1963 | 粵 | 星島姊妹花 | Three Sisters |