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Amado Cortez is a Actor born on 1 january 1928
Amado Cortez (1928–2003) was a Filipino actor and diplomat. His father was Jose Padilla Sr , a Governor in Plaridel Bulacan and Maria Clara Ruiz. His brother was Jose Padilla Jr., Carlos Padilla Sr., Roy Padilla and his sister was Consuelo 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 and Tia Loleng with Armando Goyena.
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, another Premiere Production siren.
Cortez won a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1970. His last film was "Campus Scandal" (1998).
In 1998, Philippine President Joseph Estrada, a former actor and colleague of Cortez, named Cortez as General Consul of the Philippines in San Francisco. 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.
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Amado Cortez
Birth 1 january 1928
Death 1 january 2003 (at 75 years)
Death 1 january 2003 (at 75 years)
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 and Tia Loleng with Armando Goyena.
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, another Premiere Production siren.
Cortez won a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1970. His last film was "Campus Scandal" (1998).
In 1998, Philippine President Joseph Estrada, a former actor and colleague of Cortez, named Cortez as General Consul of the Philippines in San Francisco. 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.
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P're Hanggang Sa Huli (1995)
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy, Action
Actors Robin Padilla, Andrew E., Angelu de Leon, Donita Rose, Daniel Fernando, Rommel Padilla
Roles Lt. Punzalan
Rating62%
Copper Guerrero (Andrew E.) is a police man who just arrests a group of cattle rustlers and teams up with Brando del Valle (Robin Padilla) who was insulted by their Major due to his stupidity. Brando and Cooper tries to stop some thugs leading to a car chase resulting the thug's car crashes into a gas station destroying it. Cooper was kidnapped along with Jessica (Charlene Gonzales) and her friends by a group of kidnappers led by their leader (Mat Ranillo III). Cooper was tortured by their leader. Brando arrives to rescue him who is helped by a kidnapper who defects and leads them to Jessica in the airport hangar where she is been held by the kidnappers. They defeat the kidnappers and rescues Jessica and her friends while Brando kills the leader who tries to escape on a plane. One of the defeated kidnappers still alive and badly injures Jing-Jing (Angelu De Leon) who notices this and jumps on Brando protecting from the gunshot and Brando throws his army knife at the still alive kidnapper and Cooper kills it. They mourn Jing-Jing as the Major and his police forces arrives who congratulate Brando but he respectfully rejected his promotion and orders a suspension from his position and he kindly accepts his offer and Brando hands him his badge. The defected kidnapper leaves on a motorcycle turning out that he was also a police officer who was sent by the Major to help him on the mission. Some time later Brando and Cooper had a romance with Jessica and her friend in the train.
Origin Philippines
Genres Comedy, Fantasy
Actors Vic Sotto, Dina Bonnevie, Antoinette Taus, Babalu, Sharmaine Arnaiz, Tirso Cruz III
Rating66%
A story of a couple (a rich girl and a middle class boy) with five children whose otherwise happy and stable marriage is threatened by petty jealousies and other marital disturbances, prompting the wife (Dina), pregnant with their fifth child, to up and flee to her grandma in the province. The husband woos her back. Danica and Vittorio, last seen together in the movie "Buhay Misis" more than 10 years ago when they were newly married.