Lito Legaspi

Lito Legaspi (born January 25, 1942) is a Filipino actor both in movies and television in the Philippines. He is the father of actors Brandon Legaspi, Zoren Legaspi and Kier Legaspi. He won Gawad Urian Award for Best Supporting Actor in Sinong Kapiling? Sinong Kasiping? (1977). He is probably best known for playing Rodrigo Duterte in 1992 film Pugoy Hostage: Davao ^[1]

Career

Legaspi appeared in 1959 comedy film Ipinagbili Kami Ng Aming Tatay, starring Dolphy. In 1963, Sampaguita Pictures introduced Legaspi together with teenage stars such as Rosemarie Sonora, Gina Pareno, Dindo Fernando, Pepito Rodriguez, Romeo Rivera and Bert Leroy, Jr., among others. He became a matinee idols like Eddie Gutierrez, Jose Mari Gonzales, Romeo Vasquez, Greg Martin and Juancho Gutierrez. He played an impotent husband in the movie Uhaw (1970) with Merle Fernandez and Tito Galla, directed by Ruben Abalos.

He played as Mayor Joaquin Montejo in Esperanza showed in ABS-CBN, starring Judy Ann Santos in 1997. He also played as Governor in Makapiling Kang Muli, GMA Network's prime time television series.

As a veteran actor, he appeared in more than 120 movies and television shows since 1959.

He was inducted to the Eastwood City Walk Of Fame Philippines in December 2014 for contributing in movie acting and also TV acting.^[2]

Selected filmography

Television

Movies

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References

External links

Lito Legaspi at the Internet Movie Database