Fernando Poe, Sr.

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birthdate = November 27, 1916
location = San Carlos City, Pangasinan, Philippines
deathdate = death date and age|1951|10|23|1916|11|27
deathplace = Manila, Philippines
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Fernando Poe (November 27, 1916 - October 23, 1951) was a famous actor during the early cinema era in the Philippines. He was the father of the late Ronald Allan K. Poe, better known as Fernando Poe, Jr., who was an iconic and hugely popular actor, who had ran for the Philippine Presidency in 2004. Prior to his son's rise to fame, Poe had been known simply as 'Fernando Poe'. Since then, he has also been called Fernando Poe, Sr. to distinguish him from his son. His full name is reportedly either, Allan Fernando Poe (or Allan F. Poe) [http://www.lawphil.net/current/poe/spa_04-003.html ...indicated that (Ronald Allan Poe's) parents are Allan F. Poe and Bessie Kelley.] ] [http://www.supremecourt.gov.ph/jurisprudence/2004/mar2004/161434.htm ...no available information could be found in the files of the National Archives regarding the birth of Allan F. Poe....records of birth in (the City Civil Registrar of San Carlos City, Pangasinan) during the period of from 1900 until May 1946 were totally destroyed during World War II...] ] , Fernando Reyes Poe (Fernando R. Poe) [http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/iserver?page=news02_feb25_2004 The document (Affidavit for Philippine Army Personnel, Dec. 22, 1947), signed by “Fernando R. Poe” states, among others, the names of the signatory’s children, namely Elizabeth, Ronald Allan, and Fernando II] ] , or Allan Fernando Reyes Poe. He directed the first Darna film in 1951 before he died in the same year. As a leading man, he was often cast opposite Mona Lisa.

Poe had been rumored to be the model of the University of the Philippines’ famous statue — "The Oblation", although it was later revealed that it was actually Anastacio T. Caedo.

Personal background

Fernando Poe had six children by his partner, Irish-American Elizabeth "Bessie" Gatbonton Kelley, namely Elizabeth, Ronald Allan (Ronnie or FPJ), Fernando II (Andy), Genevieve (Jenny), Fredrick (Freddieboy), and Evangeline. Poe and Kelly were married in 1940 after Ronald Allan was born.

Filipino actor Conrad Poe was his illegitimate son by actress Patricia Mijares.

The original spelling of his surname was Pou (pronounced almost like Poe) via his father, playwright Lorenzo Pou, a Balearic immigrant from Majorca, Spain, who established a mining business in the Philippines and married a Pangasinan woman named Marta Reyes.

Poe graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines in 1935 and the degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine from the Philippine Dental College in 1942.

During a film shooting, Fernando Poe died in 1951 after he permitted a rabid puppy to lick his wound.

Selected filmography

* "Darna" (1951)
* "Forbidden Women" (1948)
* "Giliw ko" (1939)
* "Zamboanga" (1938) also known as "Fury in Paradise" (UK)

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