Amado Cortez

Amado Cortez (1928-2003) was a Filipino actor and diplomat. His first contract was under Lvn Pictures. He made five movies with Lvn, namely "Ang Tapis mo Inday" with Celia Flor, "Anak ng Pulubi" and "Nasaan ka Giliw" both with Tessie Quintana, "Harana sa Karagatan" with Mila del Sol and "Tia Loleng" with Armando Goyena.

After two years of making movies with Lvn Studios, he signed another contract with the Santiagos and became the mainstay movie player on that studio.

He then made several pictures with Premiere Production. He married Gloria Sevilla, another Premiere Production siren.

Cortez won a Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Award for Best Supporting Actor in 1970. His last film was "Campus Scandal" (1998).

In 1998, Philippine President Joseph Estrada, a former actor and colleague of Cortez, named Cortez as General Consul of the Philippines in San Francisco. Ailing from tuberculosis, he was replaced as consul in 2001 and died in 2003. Cortez was awarded a posthumous lifetime achievement award in 2003 by the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences.

Filmography (partial)

*1951 - Ang Tapis mo Inday
*1951 - Anak ng Pulubi
*1951 - Nasaan ka, Giliw
*1952 - Harana sa Karagatan
*1952 - Tia Loleng
*1953 - Carlos Trece [Premiere]
*1953 - Kapitan Berong [Premiere]
*1953 - Habang Buhay [Manuel Vistan Jr.]
*1954 - Sa Kabila ng Bukas [Hermoso-Balatbat]
*1954 - Ginto sa Lusak [Balatbat-Flores]
*1955 - Baril O Araro [Filipiniana]
*1955 - Bandilang Pula [Bonifer]
*1956 - El conde de Monte Carlo [People's]
*1956 - Prinsipe Villarba [People's]
*1956 - Walang Panginoon [Everlasting]
*1956 - Taong Putik [Everlasting]
*1956 - Ang Sibat [Everlasting]
*1957 - Viva Las Senoritas [Everlasting]
*1957 - Wala nang Iluha [People's]
*1957 - Ang Bahay sa Bundok [RPR]
*1957 - Bicol Express [Premiere]
*1957 - Yaya Maria [Premiere]
*1957 - Kalibre .45 [Premiere]
*1957 - Familia Alvarado [Larry Santiago]
*1958 - Man on the Run [Cirio H. Santiago Film Organization]
*1958 - Ang Nobya kong Igorota [Champion]
*1958 - 4 na Pulubi [Larry Santiago]

External links

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* [http://www.philippineconsulate-sf.org/aboutus.htm Consulate General of the Philippines, San Francisco, official site]
* [http://www.inq7.net/globalnation/col_gln/2004/aug13.htm Rodel E. Rodis, "A fond farewell to Congen Delia," "Global Nation", August 13, 2004]
* [http://www.newsflash.org/2001/06/sb/sb001734.htm "Amado Cortez Replaced as San Francisco Consul Gen", Philippine Headline News Online, June 9, 2001]