Fernando Poe Sr.

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In this Philippine name, the middle name or maternal family name is Reyes and the surname or paternal family name is Poe.
Fernando Poe Sr.
Born
Allan Fernando Reyes Poe

(1916-11-27)November 27, 1916
San Carlos, Pangasinan, Philippine Islands
DiedOctober 23, 1951(1951-10-23) (aged 34)
Manila, Philippines
Cause of deathRabies
Resting placeManila North Cemetery, Santa Cruz, Manila, Philippines
Other namesAllan F. Poe, Fernando Reyes Poe, Fernando Poe Sr.
OccupationActor, director, producer, writer
Years active1935–1951
Spouse(s)Paulita Gomez (m. 1936)
Elizabeth Gatbonton Kelley (m. 1940; until his death in 1951)
ChildrenElizabeth (Liz)
Ronald Allan (Ronnie or FPJ)
Fernando II (Andy)
Genevieve (Jenny)
Fredrick (Freddieboy)
Evangeline (Eva)
Conrad (CP)
Parent(s)Lorenzo Pou
Marta Reyes
RelativesGrace Poe (granddaughter)
Lovi Poe (granddaughter)

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., 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.[1][2][3] 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.

Biography[]

Poe was born in San Carlos City, Pangasinan, and later had six children by his second wife, Elizabeth "Bessie" Gatbonton Kelley (November 8, 1917 – March 2, 1999) of Pampanga: 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 (Catalan: ['pɔw]) via his father, playwright Lorenzo Pou, a Catalan immigrant from Majorca in the Balearic Islands. 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 University of the Philippines 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 had permitted a rabid puppy to lick his wound.[4]

Selected filmography[]

  • Darna (1951)
  • Forbidden Women (1948)
  • Dugo at bayan (1946)
  • Ano hata o ute (1944)
  • Giliw ko (1939)
  • Zamboanga (1938) also known as Fury in Paradise (UK)
  • Eseng ng Tondo (1937)

References[]

  1. ^ ...indicated that (Ronald Allan Poe's) parents are Allan F. Poe and Bessie Kelley. Archived August 4, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ ...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... Archived June 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ 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[dead link]
  4. ^ "Video 48: OCTOBER 23, 1951: FERNANDO POE (Sr.) DIES OF HYDROPHOBIA". Video 48. September 22, 2008.

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