- Ronnie Patterson
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Patterson had a short but prolific career in Filipino low-budget
action movies during the 1980s, often directed byTeddy Page or John Gale and produced byK.Y. Lim 's "Silver Star Film Company" (also called " Kinavesa" in the Philippines).Many of his film appearances were very brief, with credits like "Guy #1" or "Marijuana Runner #6". Some were uncredited. He had his biggest role playing a deputy in the company of
B-movie veteranRichard Harrison and prolific Filipinoexploitation actorsMike Monty andBruce Baron , in "Fireback ", directed by Teddy Page. Some of Patterson's other larger parts were in the Philippines-shot ItalianVietnam war film "Tornado" (1983), directed byAntonio Margheriti , in "Silk" (1986), directed byCirio H. Santiago , and in theRambo -esque actioner "Slash" (1984), directed by John Gale.Patterson vanished from the screen in the late-1980s, his last acting credit being the 1987 film "Demon Of Paradise" by Cirio H. Santiago. According to an interview of
Nick Nicholson on the French B-movie site "Nanarland", he was of Canadian origin and returned home after retiring from film.Partial Filmography
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Fireback " (1978)"Tornado" (uncredited) (1983)
"Intrusion Cambodia" (1984)
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Blood Debts " (1984)"Slash" (1984)
"Sloane" (uncredited) (1984)
"Ultimax Force" (1986)
"Silk" (1986)
"Saigon Commandos" (1987)
"No Dead Heroes" (1987)
"Jungle Rats" (1987)
"Fast Gun" (1987)
"Demon of Paradise" (1987)
"Dog Tags" (1987)
External links
*imdb name|id=0666386|name=Ronnie Patterson
* [http://www.nanarland.com/ Nanarland, A French B-movie website with many reviews of Filipino action films]
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