Francisco Bustillos Diaz Sr. (May 28, 1937 – March 3, 2011), also known professionally as Paquito Diaz, was a veteran
Filipino
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actor
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and
movie director
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. He specialized in antagonist roles for both
action
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and
comedy
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films.
Biography
Early life and career
Diaz was born in
Arayat, Pampanga
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Geogr ...
,
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to Silvino Diaz and Maria Bustillos. He had eight siblings, including
Romy Diaz
Jose Romeo Bustillos Diaz (November 28, 1940 – May 10, 2005) was a Filipino actor.
He performed in films such as ''Ang Maestro'' (1981), ''The Impossible Kid'' (1982), ''Gising Na... Ang Higanteng Natutulog'' (1995) and ''Si Samson at Si Deli ...
. He was famous for his villain roles, although he also had the ability to portray protagonist roles, mostly supporting, or as comic relief alongside his longtime friend
Fernando Poe Jr.
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Among the memorable non-villain roles he portrayed were in ''Walang Matigas na Tinapay sa Mainit na Kape'', where his brother Romy and Dindo Arroyo played the main villains of the film, and ''
Ang Dalubhasa
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'' (without his moustache). Other non-villain appearances include: ''Bobocop'' is a comedy film where he plays the role as a police officer which starring
Joey Marquez
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He was born to ...
with
Max Alvarado
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as the main villain; ''Eagle Squad'', where he played a dedicated and good police officer alongside
Robin Padilla
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,
Jinggoy Estrada
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,
Edu Manzano
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,
Ricky Davao
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, and
Monsour del Rosario
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with
Jaime Fabregas
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as the main antagonist; He portrayed his role as an
NBI informer in ''Doring Dorobo, NBI'' which starring
Eddie Garcia
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with
Eddie Gutierrez as the corrupt police chief superintendent; ''Squala'', as the father of the character of his son Joko with
John Regala
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Regala is popularly known for portraying antagonist roles in Philippine movies and television series es ...
and
Dick Israel
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portraying the villains; ''Bayadra Brothers'' (''Bayadra'' is a pun of
Viagra
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), alongside
Jimmy Santos Jimmy Santos may refer to:
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and
Berting Labra. He plays the role as Ramon, an office manager in a comedy film ''Gawa Na Ang Bala Para Sa Akin'' which starred
Vic Sotto
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and
Panchito Alba
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with
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as the main antagonist. ''Estudyante Blues'', also as the father of the character of his son
Joko, and ''Pera O Bayong'' as Don Juanito, starring
Willie Revillame
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Career
Revillame started out as the host of GMA Network's noontime ...
,
John Estrada
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and
Randy Santiago
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with
Mark Gil
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as the right-hand man of his character and the main antagonist of that film.
He also appeared in villain roles in comedy films as the main antagonist and also in supporting/non-villain roles that stars mostly
Dolphy
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,
Redford White
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, Vic Sotto, Joey Marquez,
Herbert Bautista
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,
Joey De Leon
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,
Jimmy Santos Jimmy Santos may refer to:
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and the late actors
Chiquito,
Babalu
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,
Panchito and
Rene Requiestas
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.
He also gained popularity in the 1990s where he played title roles in two comedy flicks: ''Daddy Goon'' (touted as his launching movie) where he was ably supported by Herbert Bautista,
Manilyn Reynes
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, Eddie Gutierrez (villain) and child wonder
Aiza Seguerra
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; and ''The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'' where he shared billing with matinee idol
Gabby Concepcion
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and box-office comedian Rene Requiestas. He also tried his hand in producing a movie in 2002 via ''Mga Batang Lansangan... Ngayon'' which starred his son Joko and matinee idol
Bobby Andrews
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.
Later life and death
After suffering from
hypertension
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and a stroke, which at one time left him
coma
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tose, he had to sell the family house and lot including his car. His vision was impaired for the same health reasons. He was diagnosed with pneumonia and sepsis.
He suffered a
hemorrhagic stroke
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in 2002 and died on March 3, 2011 at the age of 73, due to complications from
pneumonia
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.
Personal life
His father was a
Mexican American
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. His brother
Romy
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was also an actor, as well as his wife (Nena) and children (
Joko and Cheska) who are also actors. Before Diaz became an actor, he was a basketball player with the
Ateneo Blue Eagles
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from 1955 to 1956 and
FEU-D Baby Tamaraws.
Filmography
Movies
References
External links
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1937 births
2011 deaths
20th-century Filipino male actors
21st-century Filipino male actors
Ateneo Blue Eagles men's basketball players
Burials at the Manila Memorial Park – Sucat
Deaths from pneumonia in the Philippines
Paquito
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