Bentot Jr. (born Luisito "Louie" Garcia Medina; January 8, 1970 – May 2, 2016) was a Filipino actor, and the adopted son of the late comedian
Bentot
Arturo Vergara Medina (13 July 1920 – 19 June 1986), better known by his stage name Bentot or Ben Cosca, was a Filipino comedian and vaudevillian who spent most of his career under LVN Pictures. He had many box office hits with another famed ...
. He had an older brother, Nick Medina, who is also known as Bentot Jr.
Background
Bentot Jr.'s first movie role was at the age of 3.5 years old and he made 14 more movies up until 1985, when he left the film industry in favor of his studies. He returned to the industry in 2000 and continued to make movies until his last movie, ''Djagwar'' in 2011. He played Lando in Philippines' movie ''
Panday
Panday or Ang Panday may refer to:
* ''Panday'' (comics), a Philippine comics character created by Carlo J. Caparas and Steve Gan
** ''Ang Panday'' (1980 film), a series of fantasy films from the Philippines, starring Fernando Poe, Jr.
** ''Panday ...
''. He made his first international appearance in the Bruceploitation movie ''The Return of Bruce'' with Bruce Le and Elizabeth Oropesa.
He won his first award in 1977
Metro Manila Film Festival
The Metro Manila Film Festival (MMFF) is an annual film festival organized by the Metro Manila Development Authority and held nationwide in the Philippines. The festival, which runs from Christmas Day through New Year's Day and into first weeke ...
as Best Child Performer from the movie ''Ang Lalake, Ang Alamat at ang Baril'' with actor
Fernando Poe Jr
Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), known professionally as Fernando Poe Jr., and often referred to by his initials FPJ, was a Filipino actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and politician. His long and s ...
. He has received three more trophies for the movies ''Tatak ng Tondo'' (1978), ''Ang Lihim ng Guadalupe'' (1979), ''Hoy Tukso Layuan Mo Ako'' (1980), with awards in 1978 as MMFF-Best Child Performer and two awards from FAMAS as Best Child Actor, respectively.
Personal life
Louie was a graduate of
Far Eastern University
Far Eastern University (), also referred to by its acronym FEU, is a Private university, private research non-sectarian university in Manila, Philippines. Created by the merger of Far Eastern College and the Institute of Accounts, Business and ...
, BSC Major in Management. He married at the age of 20 to Joni Peralta, became the father of two children, and then separated after three years. He was in a relationship with Teresa. They had one child together.
Bentot Jr. was an active member of the born-again Christian movement, where he was tasked with the evangelist integration for jail ministry, and was working as an agent servicing for Energy Supplier Company, an outsourcing industry company.
Death
Bentot Jr. died on May 5, 2016, in Manila, Philippines at the age of 46.
Filmography
*1973 - ''Tama Na, Erap''
*1974 - ''
Darna vs. the Planet Women'' – Ding
*1975 - ''Mark of the Dragon''
*1976 - ''The Return of the Dragon'' (1st International movie)
*1977 - ''Ang Lalake, Ang Alamat at ang Baril'' (MMFF Awardee)
*1978 - ''Super Text''
*1978 - ''Tatak ng Tondo'' (MMFF Awardee)
*1979 - ''Ang Lihim ng Guadalupe'' (FAMAS Awardee)
*1980 - ''Hoy Tukso Layuan Mo Ako'' (FAMAS Awardee)
*1980 - ''
Ang Panday''
*1981 - ''
Pagbabalik ng Panday
''Pagbabalik ng Panday'' () is a 1981 Filipino fantasy film produced and directed by Fernando Poe Jr., based on the Pilipino Komiks character Panday. It is the sequel to the 1980 film '' Ang Panday'' and stars Poe as the titular character, alo ...
''
*1982 - ''Johnny Tanggo Rides Again... Tatanga-tanga, Dakila Naman''
*1982 - ''Ang Panday: Ikatlong Yugto''
*1984 - ''Ang Panday IV: Ika-Apat Na Aklat''
*1985 - ''Campus Beat''
*2000 - ''Most Wanted''
*2001 - ''Twosong Twosome''
*2002 - ''Home Along the River''
*2011 - ''Dyagwar''
References
External links
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1970 births
2016 deaths
Far Eastern University alumni
Filipino male child actors
Filipino male comedians
Filipino male film actors
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