Pancho Magalona

Born: 1922-01-22, Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines

Died: 1998-04-07

Biography

Enrique Gayoso Magalona Jr., professionally known as Pancho Magalona, was a Filipino actor from the 1940s to the 1970s. He achieved success as a romantic lead with frequent on-screen partner and wife Tita Duran. In 1959, Magalona won the FAMAS Award for Best Actor for his performance as a bandit in the 1958 film Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig. One of his best remembered roles is portraying the character of Simoun / Crisostomo Ibarra in the 1962 film adaptation of José Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo.

Filmography

• Merrill's Marauders (1962)
• Waldas (1955)
• Bicol Express (1957)
• Happy Days Are Here Again (1974)
• Moro Witch Doctor (1964)
• A Yank in Viet-Nam (1964)
• Ang Ating Pag-ibig (1953)
• Texas, Ang Manok na Nagsasalita (1952)
• Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping? (1977)
• Musikong Bumbong (1953)
• Cavalry Command (1958)
• El Filibusterismo (1962)
• Sa Dulo ng Landas (1955)
• Bitayin si....Baby Ama! (1976)
• Kasintahan Sa Pangarap (1951)
• Kasaysayan ni Rudy Concepcion (1952)
• Sakada (1976)
• Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig (1958)
• Simpatika (1949)
• Be My Love (1958)
• Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita (1953)
• Buhay Pilipino (1952)
• Huling Patak Ng Dugo (1950)