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Leon Cordero (film)
''Leon Cordero: Duwag Lang ang Hahalik sa Lupa'' (lit. Leon Cordero: Only a Coward Would Kiss the Ground) is a 1996 Philippine action film co-written and directed by Baldo Marro. The film stars Raymart Santiago in the title role. Cast * Raymart Santiago as Leon Cordero * Jennifer Mendoza as Marissa * Lailani Navarro as Lilet * Eddie Gutierrez as Don Salazar * Marita Zobel as Meding * King Gutierrez as Totoy Sputnik * Dick Israel as Waray * Manjo del Mundo as Claudio * Ray Ventura as Turing * Pen Medina as Tito Miroy * Berting Labra Berting Labra (born Roberto S. Labra; April 17, 1933 – February 10, 2009) was a Filipino veteran actor equally adept in comedy and drama, in action flicks and musicals....... Personal life and career Labra starred in ''Apat na Taga'' in 195 ... as Tito Ambo * Arabelle Cadocio as Raquel * Boy Alvarez as Antik * Angela Morena as Adiang References External links * 1996 films 1996 action films Filipino-language films Philippine action f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldo Marro
Teodoro Galan Baldomaro (January 1, 1948 – October 22, 2017), professionally known as Baldo Marro, was a Filipino actor, screenwriter, stunt director, film director and producer in the Philippines. He was awarded Best Actor by the prestigious Metro Manila Film Festival in 1988 for the action film ''Patrolman''. Career He started as stuntman before he became an action star. In 1988 Metro Manila Film Festival, Marro won Best Actor for ''Patrolman'', which also won him the Best Director award. Marro starred in ''Boy Negro'' (1988), ''Iyo ang Batas, Akin ang Katarungan'' (1988), ''Tumakbo Ka Hanggang May Lupa'' (1990), and ''Alyas Boy Tigas: Ang Probinsiyanong Wais'' (1998). He directed Lito Lapid in the movies for Regal Films such as ''Huwag Mong Ubusin ang Bait Ko'' (2000), and '' Bukas, Babaha ng Dugo'' (2001), among others. He appeared in Joel Lamangan's ''Mamarazzi'' (2010). Death Marro died at the age of 69 on October 22, 2017. He was buried at Angelus Memorial Park in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Israel
Ricardo Vizcarra Michaca (December 10, 1947 – October 11, 2016), known by his stage name Dick Israel, was a Filipino character actor who played mostly Khazar villain and sidekick roles in many Filipino movies. He later branched out in television. Death On October 11, 2016, Israel suffered blood vomiting and bleeding from his rectum, and later died in his home, according to actress Vivian Velez, a member of the Damay Kamay Foundation. He was 68. His wife, Marilyn Michacha, died four days later due to unrelated circumstances. Before his death, Israel was seeking help after his residence in Bagong Barrio, Caloocan was damaged in a fire in July of the same year. Filmography Film 1970s *''Bobby Jerrylito Cañada Boy Habal ni Tonet'' (1975) *''Mga Uhaw na Bulaklak'' (1975) *''Ligaya Mo'y Inagaw Mo'' (1976) *''Makamandag si Adora'' (1976) *''Escolta: Mayo 13, Biyernes ng Hapon'' (1976) *''Ikaw... Ako, Laban sa Mundo'' (1976) *''Walang Bakas na Naiiwan'' (1977) *''Bloody Hero'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
GMA Pictures Films
GMA may refer to: Broadcasting * GMA Network, a Philippine television channel ** GMA Network (company) * GMA TV, a fake news website in the Philippines * ''Good Morning America'', a morning show on ABC * ''Good Morning Australia'' (1981 TV program) * ''Good Morning Australia'' (1992 TV program) Music * GMA Music, a Philippine record label * Genie Music Awards, in South Korea * Golden Melody Awards, in Taiwan * Gospel Music Association Places * Greater Manila Area, Philippines * General Mariano Alvarez, Cavite, Philippines Other uses * Gloria Macapagal Arroyo (born 1947), Filipina politician and former President of the Philippines * German Association for Medical Education (''Gesellschaft für Medizinische Ausbildung'', GMA) * Glasgow Mid Argyll, a shinty club in Scotland * Glycidyl methacrylate, an ester * Grocery Manufacturers Association * Gordon Murray Automotive, a British car manufacturer * Intel GMA, a series of integrated graphics processors * GEMS Modern Acade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippine Action Films
The Philippines, officially the Republic of the Philippines, is an Archipelagic state, archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. Located in the western Pacific Ocean, it consists of List of islands of the Philippines, 7,641 islands, with a total area of roughly 300,000 square kilometers, which are broadly categorized in Island groups of the Philippines, three main geographical divisions from north to south: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao. With a population of over 110 million, it is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, twelfth-most-populous country. The Philippines is bounded by the South China Sea to the west, the Philippine Sea to the east, and the Celebes Sea to the south. It shares maritime borders with Taiwan to the north, Japan to the northeast, Palau to the east and southeast, Indonesia to the south, Malaysia to the southwest, Vietnam to the west, and China to the northwest. It has Ethnic groups in the Philippines, diverse ethnicities and Culture o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Filipino-language Films
Filipino ( ; , ) is the national language of the Philippines, the main lingua franca, and one of the two official languages of the country, along with English. It is only a ''de facto'' and not a ''de jure'' standardized form of the Tagalog language, as spoken and written in Metro Manila, the National Capital Region, and in other urban centers of the archipelago. The 1987 Constitution mandates that Filipino be further enriched and developed by the other languages of the Philippines. Filipino, like other Austronesian languages, commonly uses verb-subject-object order, but can also use subject-verb-object order. Filipino follows the trigger system of morphosyntactic alignment that is common among Philippine languages. It has head-initial directionality. It is an agglutinative language but can also display inflection. It is not a tonal language and can be considered a pitch-accent language and a syllable-timed language. It has nine basic parts of speech. Background The Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Action Films
1996 was designated as: * International Year for the Eradication of Poverty Events January * January 8 – A Zairean cargo plane 1996 Air Africa crash, crashes into a crowded market in the center of the capital city of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kinshasa, killing around 300 people. * January 9–January 20, 20 – Serious fighting breaks out between Russian soldiers and rebel fighters in Chechnya. * January 11 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, leader of the Liberal Democratic Party (Japan), Liberal Democratic Party, becomes Prime Minister of Japan. * January 13 – Prime Minister of Italy, Italy's Prime Minister, Lamberto Dini, resigns after the failure of all-party talks to confirm him. New talks are initiated by President Oscar Luigi Scalfaro to form a new government. * January 14 – Jorge Sampaio is elected President of Portugal. * January 16 – President of Sierra Leone Valentine Strasser is deposed by the chief of defence, Julius Maada Bio. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1996 Films
The year 1996 involved many significant films. The major releases this year included '' Scream'', ''Independence Day'', '' Fargo'', '' Trainspotting'', '' The Rock'', '' The English Patient'', '' Twister'', '' Space Jam'', '' Mission: Impossible,'' '' Mars Attacks!'', '' Jerry Maguire'' and a film version of the musical '' Evita''. Highest-grossing films The top 10 films released in 1996 by worldwide gross are as follows: Box office records * ''Independence Day'' became the highest-grossing film of Will Smith's career, up until it was surpassed by '' Aladdin'' (2019) which grossed $1.054 billion. However, adjusting for inflation, Independence Day in 2019 grossed $1.324 billion. * '' Rumble in the Bronx'' was released in North America, becoming Jackie Chan's first major box office hit in the region, with its US box office alone earning over 20 times its budget. It was Chan's biggest ever hit up until then. Context The theatrical year of 1996 achieved a $5.8 billion do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berting Labra
Berting Labra (born Roberto S. Labra; April 17, 1933 – February 10, 2009) was a Filipino veteran actor equally adept in comedy and drama, in action flicks and musicals....... Personal life and career Labra starred in ''Apat na Taga'' in 1953. He was a child star who shared screen with Fernando Poe Sr. in several films, including ''Palaboy ng Tadhana'', ''Sagur'', ''Kanto Boy'', and ''Alimudin''. He was only 6 years old when he made his stage debut. He was discovered by Poe Sr. when he was looking for a child actor who could sing for the movie. Labra also witnessed the murder of his father, Francisco Labra, former bantamweight and featherweight champion of the Orient, in the hands of Japanese soldiers. "He was tortured," Labra told the ''Philippine Daily Inquirer'' in a 2005 interview. The elder Poe became the 10-year-old's foster father. Five years after the elder Poe's death, Labra, then a teenage, teamed up with Fernando "Da King" Poe Jr. in the 1956 box-office hit '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pen Medina
Crispin "Pen" Parungao Medina Sr. (born August 27, 1950, in Arayat, Pampanga) is an actor from the Philippines who started acting in theater plays in his youth. He eventually played versatile roles on the big screen and in various television shows. He became well known after getting the role of the villainous Hagorn in the 2005 fantasy television series ''Encantadia''. He has won the Nora Aunor Ulirang Artista Lifetime Achievement Award during the 33rd PMPC Star Awards for Movies, the Best Supporting Actor Award at the 62nd FAMAS Awards, and the Best Actor Award at the 6th Cinema One Originals Film Festival. He is also the second KFC Filipino Colonel as well as a model and painter. He is also an activist who joins rallies against those in power as well as participates in anti-vaccination and anti-mask protests amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. Personal life Pen Medina was born to Eliseo Medina Sr. and Trinidad Parungao in Arayat, Pampanga on August 27, 1950. He graduated hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Ventura (actor)
Ray Ventura (January 3, 1944 – October 24, 2001) was a Filipino character actor. He died on October 24, 2001 following a surgery at University of the East Ramon Magsaysay Memorial Medical Center. But three days after operation, his condition worsened and his skin became yellowish and returned to confinement. Due to high cost of treatments, some of his former colleagues volunteered for the payment, and notable of them was Edu Manzano. Acting credits * Evolution of a Filipino Family (2004) as Ka Harim (as Rey Ventura) * Maalaala Mo Kaya (1991–2001 TV Anthology Series, 26 episodes) * Sa iyong mga haplos (2001) as Mang Mulong * Syota ng bayan (2001) as Tandang Ponso * Kakabakaba (2000, TV Series 1 episode) * Kagat ng dilim (2000, TV Series) as Tatay (1 episode) * Ping Lacson: Super Cop (2000) as Colonel Rolando Abadilla * Deathrow (2000) as Mio * Kailangan ko'y ikaw (2000) as Tatay * Ipinanganak na ang taong papatay sa iyo (2000) as Ruben * Saranggani (2000) as Nelson * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marita Zobel
Mary Ann Blanch de Roxas (''née'' Blanch y Respall, born June 18, 1941), better known by her screen name Marita Zóbel, is a Filipina actress. She was an LVN Pictures LVN Pictures, Inc. was a Filipino film studio that was considered one of the biggest in the history of Philippine cinema and its foremost establishment in motion picture post-production until 2005. In its heyday of motion picture production, LV ... contract star. Filmography Film Television References External links * 1941 births Living people ABS-CBN people Actresses from Iloilo Filipino child actresses Filipino film actresses Filipino people of Spanish descent Filipino television actresses People from Iloilo City San Beda University alumni Visayan people {{Philippines-actor-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raymart Santiago
Raymond Alan Martin Legaspi-Santiago (born July 20, 1973) is a Filipino actor, comedian and host. Career After making his movie debut in Viva Films' youth comedy ''Estudyante Blues'' (''Student Woes''), Santiago became a Viva contract artist and began making guest appearances on television programs while continuing in high school. Among the comedy movies he appeared in were ''Wooly Booly: Classmate kong Alien'', ''Wooly Booly 2: Ang Titser kong Alien'' and ''Paikot-ikot''. Not long after, Viva launched him as a junior comedian in the movie ''Rocky en Rolly'', in which he starred opposite Jimmy Santos. The movie was a success, and he went on to ''Tootsie Wootsie'', where he worked with Herbert Bautista and Keempee de Leon. Sometimes afterward, Santiago transitioned to action films with ''Angelito San Miguel: Batang City Jail'', and went on to star in ''Magnong Rehas'', ''Pita: Terror ng Kalookan'', ''Noel Juico, Batang Kriminal'', and ''Dillinger ng Dose Pares''. His last m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
