1962Nominee
Best Performance
Merrill's Marauders
Pancho Magalona
Actor
Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
January 22, 1922
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1955Nominee
Best Performance
Waldas
1974Winner
Best Performance
Happy Days Are Here Again
Career Highlights
1963Highlight
Best Performance
The Hook
1964Highlight
Best Performance
A Yank in Viet-Nam
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Merrill's Marauders
The Hook