Florentino Ballecer

Florentino Ballecer was a Filipino character actor and a prewar movie player who made his film debut before World War II. Ballecer is typecast in some of his films as the father or a rich man and sometimes a singer.

Born in 1889, he made 6 movies under Filippine Pictures namely: Kalapating Puti aka White Dove, Dalagang Silangan aka East Maiden, Biyaya ni Bathala aka Blessings of God, Binibini ng Palengke aka Muse of Market and Binibiro Lamang Kita.

Ballecer made also some films from Excelsior Pictures via Arimunding-Munding (1939), Carmelita of Parlatone Hispano-Filipino, and one movie each of studio namely: Plaridel Pictures, Diwata Pictures & Excelsior Pictures.

Later, after Japan invaded the Philippines during World War II, Ballecer moved to Lvn Pictures where he made dozens of movies, including Kuba sa Quiapo aka Hunchback in Quiapo, Pista sa Nayon aka Fiesta in the Field, Virginia, Ang Kandidato aka The Candidate and many more

Filmography

1935 - Sor Matilde

1938 - Kalapating Puti

1938 - Dalagang Silangan

1938 - Biyaya ni Bathala

1938 - Carmelita

1939 - Namumukod na Bituin

1939 - Ang Kiri

1939 - Arimunding-Arimunding

1940 - Prinsesa ng Kumintang

1941 - Binibini ng Palengke

1941 - Binibiro Lamang Kita

1941 - Serenata sa Nayon

1946 - Probinsiyana

1947 - Pangarap ko'y Ikaw Rin

1948 - Itanong mo sa Bulaklak

1948 - Pista sa Nayon

1949 - Kuba sa Quiapo

1949 - Ang Kandidato

1949 - Virginia

1950 - Nuno sa Punso

1951 - Satur

1951 - Nasaan ka, Giliw

1951 - Dugo sa Dugo

1953 - Senorito

1953 - Ligaw Tingin

1954 - Dalaginding

1954 - Doce Pares

1955 - Tagapagmana

1955 - Palasyong Pawid

1955 - Dinayang Pagmamahal

1958 - Villa Milagrosa