José de Villa

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is de Villa.
José de Villa
Born 1924
Philippine Islands
Occupation Actor, Film director
Years active 1947-1984

José de Villa (born 1924) was a Filipino film actor in the 1950s and a film director in the late 1950s and 1960s. He made his first movie for Sampaguita Pictures in 1947, Maria Kapra, which starred Ángel Esmeralda.

De Villa is married to Sampaguita's character actor and contravida (villain) of the 1960s, Tita de Villa.

He made two movies under LVN Pictures in 1949, a biopic of Gregorio del Pilar starring Jose Padilla Jr, and Capas, starring Leopoldo Salcedo.[1]

After these two movies, he returned to his original studio, Sampaguita Pictures, where he acted, played character roles, and directed films.

Filmography

As an actor

As director

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