Tuesday 28 August 2018

Renato Robles

- Veteran actor

As Jimmy the Hong Hong hotel clerk in The Scavengers (dir. John Cromwell, 1959), written and co-produced by Eddie Romero

As Ruben in Kulay Dugo Ang Gabi/The Blood Drinkers (dir. Gerardo de Leon, 1964)

Uncredited as an officer in the convoy in Savage Sisters (dir. Eddie Romero, 1974)

 
As Padre the guerrilla leader in Mga Hayop Sa Paraiso/Raiders For Victory (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1982)

Jess Lapid Jr

- Son of Sixties action star Jess Lapid, cousin of actor Lito Lapid

- Former husband of actress Liz Alindogan

- MUCH more info to come!

As a guerrilla in Mga Hayop Sa Paraiso/Raiders For Victory (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1982)

Rez Cortez

- Actor specializing in kontrabida roles

- Interviewed by me in 2007 for The Search For Weng Weng (2013), and The Last Pinoy Action King (2015)

- MUCH more info to come!

 
As Mario the guerrilla in Mga Hayop Sa Paraiso/Raiders For Victory (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1982)

Marissa del Mar

- Actress active in the Eighties

As Koki, daughter of the Japanese General, in Mga Hayop Sa Paraiso/Raiders For Victory (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1982)

Beth Bautista

- Filipina actress active in the Eighties

As Duela in Mga Hayop Sa Paraiso/Raiders For Victory (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1982)

Bembol Roco

- Respected actor, originally a Lino Brocka protoge who graduated to action films in the late Seventies

 
 
As Julio Madiaga - credited as Rafael Roco Jr -  in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon”(dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

 
As the Japanese Captain in Mga Hayop Sa Paraiso/Raiders For Victory (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1982)

Monday 27 August 2018

Ace Vergel

- Former child actor, later action star

- Deceased

- MUCH more info to come!

In Inside Job (dir. Bebong Osorio, 1983)

Ernie Forte

- Character actor

With Rudy Fernandez in Batuigas II: Pasukuin Si Waway (dir. Manuel "Fyke" Cinco, 1984)

Bebong Osorio

- Son of director Consuelo P. Osorio, cousin of actor Rudy Fernandez

- Actor, fight director, and later director

- Deceased

Directing Rudy Fernandez in Inside Job (1983)

Ronnie Lazaro

- Respected stage and film actor

- Interviewed by me for The Last Pinoy Action King (2015)

- MUCH more info to come!

As Bobby's younger brother in Bilang Na Ang Oras Mo/Revenge For Justice (dir. Manuel "Fyke" Cinco, 1985)

Donna Villa

- Filipina Actress and producer, born Marian Hazel Patalinjug in 1959

- Wife of director and producer Carlo J. Caparas

- Passed away from cancer 17th January 2017

As Malou in Bilang Na Ang Oras Mo/Revenge For Justice (dir. Manuel "Fyke" Cinco, 1985)

Rudy Fernandez

- From IMDB: Rudy Fernandez was born on March 16, 1952 in Tondo, Manila, Philippines as Rodolfo Padilla Fernandez. He died on June 7, 2008 in White Plains, Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines.

- Actor and producer; son of director Dr Gregorio Fernandez, brother of actress Merle Fernandez

- Former partner of actress Alma Moreno, father of actor Mark Anthony Fernandez

- Husband of actress Lorna Tolentino, father of actors Rap and Renz Fernandez

- The subject of my documentary The Last Pinoy Action King (2015)

 
On the set of For You, Mama  (dir. Mar S. Torres, 1970)

Publicity shot circa 1971

In Ikaw...Ako Laban Sa Mundo! (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1976)

As Colonel Alfredo S. Lim in Alfredo Lim: Manila Police (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1977)

As the real-life gangster in Valentin Labrador (dir. Nilo Saez, 1977)

In Gusting Pusa (dir. Chito B. Tapawan, 1978)

On the set of Salonga (dir. Romy Suzara, 1978)

 
On the set of Kumusta Ka, Hudas (dir. Augusto Buenaventura, 1981)

As a guerrilla in Mga Hayop Sa Paraiso/Raiders For Victory (dir. Jun Gallardo, 1982)

 
 
 
 
On the set of Inside Job (dir. Bebong Osorio, 1983) plus official stills

On the set of Batuigas II: Pasukuin Si Waway (dir. Manuel "Fyke" Cinco, 1984)

 
 
As Bobby in Bilang Na Ang Oras Mo/Revenge For Justice (dir. Manuel "Fyke" Cinco, 1985)

 

As Alejandrino Baun in Baun Gang (dir. Pepe Marcos, 1985)

As Victor Corpuz in Operation: Get Victor Corpuz The Rebel Soldier (dir. Pablo Santiago, 1987)