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Augusto Valdez Pangan, Sr. (March 12, 1932 – July 2, 1997), better known as Chiquito, was a popular Filipino actor appearing mainly in comedy films.
Chiquito was born Augusto Valdez Pangan, Sr., in Manila. His entertainment career began at the age of 13, when he appeared in a major musical production at the Manila Grand Opera House. In the next several years, he was a fixture in the Manila bodabil circuit, popular for his skill in dancing the boogie-woogie.
Chiquito was befriended by Fernando Poe, Sr., and with Poe's assistance, started a film career. He broke into films with Sanggano from Palaris Pictures. He would star in over a hundred films, mostly comedies, over the next five decades. He established his own production company, Sotang Bastos Productions, named after his favorite film role from the 1950s. He would ride on the crest of ever popular comedy spoofs of Hollywood genres such as the gangster film and the western.
In one of these Western spoofs, The Arizona Kid (1971), he co-starred with Hollywood sex symbol Mamie Van Doren. Chiquito portrayed the very first male version of Darna in the film Terebol Dobol, preceding Dolphy, who only later came out with his own "portrayal" of the superheroine in Darna Kuno.
Actors: Juan Manuel Tenuta (actor), Roberto Carnaghi (actor), Carlos Kaspar (actor), Rita Cortese (actress), Julieta Cardinali (actress), Nicolás Pauls (actor), Adela Gleijer (actress), Fernán Mirás (actor), Luis Margani (actor), Horacio Maldonado (producer), Horacio Maldonado (writer), Marcelo Mazzarello (actor), Horacio Maldonado (producer), Gabriel Molinelli (actor), Luis Gianneo (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Carlos Muñoz (actor), Alita Román (actress), Roberto Escalada (actor), María Aurelia Bisutti (actress), Enzo Viena (actor), Walter Negrão (writer), Geraldo Vietri (writer), Maurice Jouvet (actor), Delfy de Ortega (actress), María Rosa Gallo (actress), Pepita Muñoz (actress), Tito Alonso (actor), Arturo Puig (actor), Alberto Fernández de Rosa (actor), Gino Renni (actor),
Genres: Drama, Romance,Actors: Ron Randell (actor), Barta Barri (actor), Enrique Ávila (actor), George Rigaud (actor), Ángel del Pozo (actor), Robert Taylor (actor), José María Caffarel (actor), José Jaspe (actor), Marc Lawrence (actor), Charles Fawcett (actor), José Nieto (actor), Julio Peña (actor), Sancho Gracia (actor), Ulises Petit de Murat (writer), Rosenda Monteros (actress),
Genres: Adventure, Drama, Western,Actors: Aristide Garbini (actor), Dina Romano (actress), Gherardo Gherardi (writer), Nietta Zocchi (actress), Pina Gallini (actress), Pina Renzi (actress), Vasco Creti (actor), Enrico Glori (actor), Oreste Bilancia (actor), Laura Nucci (actress), Renato Chiantoni (actor), Emma Baron (actress), Mario Pisu (actor), Enrico Guazzoni (director), Enrico Guazzoni (writer),
Genres: ,Actors: Colin Campbell (director), Al Ernest Garcia (actor), William Nicholas Selig (producer), Lanier Bartlett (writer), Wheeler Oakman (actor), Tom Santschi (actor), Eugenie Besserer (actress), Roy Clark (actor), Fernando Gálvez (actor),
Genres: Drama, Short, Western,I feel like a sail-boat
Adrift on the sea
It's a brand new day
So when you gonna phone me
I could take you to heaven
I could spin you to hell
But I'll take you to New York
It's the place that I know well
Sitting on a flagstone talking to a faceless girl
Wondering what to say but my eyes do the talking so well
I duck and I sway - What's my line
Shoot at a full moon - What's my line
What's my line - Shake it baby
Cause love is the answer
Love's talking to me
I'd scream and I'll fight for you
You're better than money
We're the kind of people
who can shake it
if we're feeling blue
When I'm feeling disconnected well I sure know what to do