Tommy Yap

- Filipino actor

 

 

As Ah Tek in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Abelardo Reyes

- Filipino actor

 

As Perla's father in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Lily Gamboa-Mendoza

- Filipina actress

 

 

As Perla in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Purita Yap

- Filipina actress

 

As Ligaya's mother holding a baby in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Edipolo Erosido

- Filipino actor

As Eddie (right) in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Spanky Manikan

- Filipino actor

 

 

As Gido in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Joe Jardi

- Filipino actor

 

 

As Frank - credited as Joseph Jardinazo - in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Danilo Posadas

- Filipino actor

As Benny in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Pio de Castro III

- Filipino actor

 

As Imo in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon” (dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Lou Salvador Jr

- Cast as the Filipino James Dean

 

As Atong in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon”(dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Pancho Pelagio

- Filipino character actor

 

 

As crime boss Rocky in Tiger Force/Kill The Tiger (dirs. Joseph Velasco & Danny Ochoa, 1975)

 

As the corrupt foreman Mr Balajadia in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon”(dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

Mona Lisa

- Pre-war superstar

 

As Rosie - credited as Fleur de Lis - in Giliw Ko (dir. Carlos Vander Tolosa, 1939)

 

As the guerrilla Colonel Eve in Sunset Over Corregidor/Krus Ng Digma/Outrages Of The Orient (dir. Carlos Vander Tolosa, 1948)

 

As the wicked Princess Amipirang in The 13th Sultan/Forbidden Women (dir. Eduardo de Castro, 1949)

Hilda Koronel

- Actress launched by Fernando Poe Jr in the early Seventies

 

As Ligaya Paraiso in Maynila Sa Kuko Ng Liwanag/“Manila In The Claws Of Neon”(dir. Lino Brocka, 1975)

In Kumander Ulupong (dir. Pablo Santiago, 1978) [Image courtesy of Video 48]

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)

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)