Allan Fernando Reyes Poe (November 27, 1916 – October 23, 1951) was a Filipino actor and film director during the early era of cinema in the Philippines. Poe was the father of

Fernando Poe Jr. Ronald Allan Kelley Poe (August 20, 1939 – December 14, 2004), known professionally as Fernando Poe Jr., and often referred to by his initials FPJ, was a Filipino actor, film director, producer, screenwriter, and politician. His long and s ...

, who later became a prominent actor and film industry icon. Prior to his son's rise to fame, he was known as Fernando Poe; he was later referred to as Fernando Poe Sr. to distinguish him from his son....indicated that (Ronald Allan Poe's) parents are Allan F. Poe and Bessie Kelley.

[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] He directed the first ''

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'' film in 1951 before he died in the same year. As a leading man, he was often cast opposite Mona Lisa (actress), Mona Lisa. He died because of

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Biography

Poe was born in

San Carlos City, Pangasinan San Carlos, officially the City of San Carlos ( pag, Siyudad na San Carlos; ilo, Siudad ti San Carlos; fil, Lungsod ng San Carlos), is a 3rd class component city in the province of Pangasinan, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has ...

, and later had six children by his second wife, Elizabeth "Bessie" Gatbonton Kelley (November 8, 1917 – March 2, 1999) of

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: Elizabeth (Liz), Ronald Allan (Ronnie or FPJ), Fernando II (Andy), Genevieve (Jenny), Fredrick (Freddieboy), and Evangeline (Eva). Poe and Kelly were married in 1940 after their first two children were born. Actor Conrad Poe (CP), meanwhile, was his illegitimate son by actress Patricia Mijares. The original spelling of his surname was Pou () via his father, playwright Lorenzo Pou, a

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immigrant from

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in the

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. Pou established a mining business in the Philippines and married a Pangasinense woman named Marta Reyes. Poe graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the

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in 1935 and the degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine from the Philippine Dental College in 1942. Poe died in 1951 while working on a film, after he permitted a puppy with

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to lick his wound for believing of fast healing.

Selected filmography

* ''Eseng ng Tondo'' (1937) * '' Zamboanga'' (1937), also known as ''Fury in Paradise'' (UK) * '' Giliw Ko'' (1939) * '' Dawn of Freedom / Liwayway ng Kalayaan'' (1944) * ''Dugo at Bayan'' (1946) * ''Forbidden Women'' (1948) * ''

'' (1951)

References

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Fernando Fernando is a Spanish and Portuguese given name and a surname common in Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland, former Spanish or Portuguese colonies in Latin America, Africa, the Philippines, India, and Sri Lanka. It is equivalent to the G ...

20th-century Filipino male actors Burials at the Manila North Cemetery