Amado Cortez (born Arsenio Ruiz Padilla, December 14, 1927 – March 22, 2003) was a
Filipino actor and diplomat. His father was
Jose Padilla Sr., a governor in
Plaridel, Bulacan
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With the expansion of Metro ...
and his mother was Maria Clara Ruiz. His brothers were
Jose Padilla Jr.,
Carlos Padilla Sr.,
Roy Padilla and his sisters were Consuelo Padilla-Osorio, Paz Padilla,
Pilar Padilla and
Cristina Aragon who portrayed
Valentina in the very first
Darna movie in 1951.
His first contract was under
LVN Pictures. He made five movies with LVN, namely ''Ang Tapis mo Inday'' with Celia Flor, ''Anak ng Pulubi'' and ''Nasaan ka Giliw'' both with Tessie Quintana, ''Harana sa Karagatan'' with
Mila del Sol
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and ''Tia Loleng'' with
Armando Goyena
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Family
Revilla was married to Francisca "Paquita" Roces and the cou ...
.
After two years of making movies with LVN Studios, he signed another contract with the Santiagos and became the mainstay movie player on that studio.
He then made several pictures with Premiere Production. He married
Gloria Sevilla
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Career
Sevilla was heralded as the "Queen of Visayan Movies" for her screen portrayal legacy in Visayan-made movies in the Philippines during the 1950s and 1960s. ...
, another Premiere Production siren.
Cortez won a
Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award
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for Best Supporting Actor in 1970. His last film was "Campus Scandal" (1998).
In 1998, Philippine President
Joseph Estrada
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, a former actor and colleague of Cortez, named Cortez as
Consul General
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of the Philippines in
San Francisco
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. He retired in 2001
and died in 2003. Cortez was awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement award in 2003 by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences.
Filmography (partial)
*1951 - Ang Tapis mo Inday
*1951 - Anak ng Pulubi
*1951 - Nasaan ka, Giliw
*1952 - Harana sa Karagatan
*1952 - Tia Loleng
*1953 - Carlos Trece
remiere*1953 - Kapitan Berong
remiere*1953 - Habang Buhay
anuel Vistan Jr.*1954 - Sa Kabila ng Bukas
ermoso-Balatbat*1954 - Ginto sa Lusak
alatbat-Flores*1955 - Baril O Araro
ilipiniana*1955 - Bandilang Pula
onifer*1956 - El conde de Monte Carlo
eople's*1956 - Prinsipe Villarba
eople's*1956 - Walang Panginoon
verlasting*1956 - Taong Putik
verlasting*1956 - Ang Sibat
verlasting*1957 - Viva Las Senoritas
verlasting*1957 - Wala nang Iluha
eople's*1957 - Ang Bahay sa Bundok
PR*1957 - Bicol Express
remiere*1957 - Yaya Maria
remiere*1957 - Kalibre .45
remiere*1957 - Familia Alvarado
arry Santiago*1958 - Man on the Run
irio H. Santiago Film Organization*1958 - Ang Nobya kong Igorota
hampion*1958 - 4 na Pulubi
arry Santiago
Notes
External links
*
Consulate General of the Philippines, San Francisco, official site*
ttp://www.newsflash.org/2001/06/sb/sb001734.htm "Amado Cortez Replaced as San Francisco Consul Gen", Philippine Headline News Online, June 9, 2001
1927 births
2003 deaths
Filipino diplomats
Male actors from Bulacan
Politicians from Bulacan
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