Tony Santos

Acting

Tony Santos

Born 1920-04-10 · Manila, Philippines

Antonio P. Santos Sr. (April 10, 1920 — February 7, 1988), better known as Tony Santos, was a Filipino film and television actor and director. He is known for his work as lead actor in Anak Dalita (1956), Badjao (1957), and Biyaya ng Lupa (1959), as well as for roles he played in Sakada (1976), Sister Stella L. (1984), and Misteryo sa Tuwa (1984). He has also appeared on the long-running TV series Flordeluna. He has won best supporting actor awards from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences, the Philippine Movie Press Club, and the Manunuri ng Pelikulang Pilipino.

Acting credits

Sampung Ahas ni Eva poster
4.3

On a remote island, a plane wreck leaves a woman alone with ten men who are willing to kill to fulfill their desires for her.

Sampung Ahas ni Eva

1984

Uhaw na Bulaklak, Part 2 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Uhaw na Bulaklak, Part 2

1976

Tagos ng Dugo poster
3.3

A young Pina was traumatized when her family was murdered while she had her first menstruation. She grows up into a serial killer transforming herself to different personalities as she seduced one man at a time grossly killing them while in the act of sexual pleasure.

Tagos ng Dugo

1987

₱10,000 Pag-ibig poster
9.0

Claudo thought that money was everything until Loida taught him that love is not on a cash and carry basis.

₱10,000 Pag-ibig

1957

In Despair poster
NR

A story about Manuel a sickly musician who meets Shelly a beautiful store manager.

In Despair

1950

Joyful Mystery poster
8.2

August 1950. The fortunes of three impoverished friends and their families abruptly change after an airplane crashes in a nearby mountain. They rush to the crash site along with all the villagers, not to help the victims but to plunder their valuables. A dead American passenger carried a large amount of money in his briefcase, which Mesiong, Ponsoy, and Jamin find and avariciously keep for themselves. But the town mayor gets greedy and, with his hirelings, abducts the three to divest them of their booty.

Joyful Mystery

1984

No artwork available
6.0

A woman forced to exotic modelling and dancing in order to survive for her family

Nude City

1986

Sister Stella L. poster
7.0

A nun who acts as a counselor in a home for unwed mother undergoes political awakening when her friend and namesake belonging to the same congregation as hers inspires her to get involved in the struggle for justice and freedom of striking workers in a cooking oil company.

Sister Stella L.

1984

Philippine Navy poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Philippine Navy

1953

Singsing na Tanso poster
NR

A fantasy story about a man who acquires a copper ring that grants three wishes.

Singsing na Tanso

1954

Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Araw-Araw, Gabi-Gabi

1975

Gabi Na, Kumander poster
7.0

Gabi Na Kumander is the story of two brothers with opposite beliefs who suddenly find themselves in a fight for what each one believes is right. Ramil Macan had been assigned to fight the rebels in Sto. Nio and he discovers that the rebel leader is no other than his younger brother, whom he had given up for dead years ago. Ronald Macan, former law student and activist, took to the hills with the imposition of martial law. He is known as Kumander Kobra. Ramil had been assigned to put a stop to his activities and in the name of the law to take him dead or alive.

Gabi Na, Kumander

1986

Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit poster
NR

Aning is a maid in the Cuevas household. She is raped by an unknown assailant and comes home to the province pregnant. Her older sister Dinya serves the Cuevas household to search for the culprit. She catches the culprit but at the cost of her own vitrue.

Huwag Mong Itanong Kung Bakit

1988

Child of Sorrow poster
5.9

A war hero forced to participate in a smuggling ring meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila.

Child of Sorrow

1956

No artwork available
7.0

The movie is about a former fashion model who turns to professional photography. She is wooed by twins who eventually become her lovers, though she believes that she is only dating one man. Upon discovering that her lover is actually two different men, she develops emotional and psychological problems.

Babalik Ka Rin

1973

Prinsipe Teñoso poster
5.0

Prince Teñoso who is exiled by his father, the king after freeing the pitiful giant from jail. In gratitude, the giant gives Teñoso a magic handkerchief that can tame animals and can give him his wishes. As a beggar, Teñoso is despised by the princes, the king's soon-to-be sons-in-law, but eventually is recognized as the hero responsible for curing the king's illness, and winning the king's battles against the moors.

Prinsipe Teñoso

1954

Tatlong Labuyo poster
NR

Tatlong labuyo: Directed by Richard Abelardo. With Delia Razon, Mario Montenegro, Tony Santos, Alfonso Carvajal.

Tatlong Labuyo

1953

Aliw-iw poster
NR

The story of an indigenous Igorot woman who traverses the complex path of life to the playful line of destiny.

Aliw-iw

1979

Squatters poster
7.0

A story about a grandfather who is a landowner and a granddaughter who's an aspiring writer who pretends to be squatters to know why the people are disgruntled with them.

Squatters

1953

The Legend of Julian Makabayan poster
7.0

Celso Ad. Castillo's film about villagers retelling the story of their hero and the revolt he waged in the countryside.

The Legend of Julian Makabayan

1979

Sierra Madre, Bundok ng Hiwaga poster
9.0

A story about a man who killed an intruder who tried to rape his pregnant wife, after doing so he ran away to the mountains and became the leader of outlaws, years later the son becomes a police officer.

Sierra Madre, Bundok ng Hiwaga

1948

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo

1980

Blessings of the Land poster
7.5

Maria and Jose, a young married couple begin life together in an orchard in the countryside. It isn't long until they have four children: Miguel, Arturo, Angelita, and Lito. The eldest, Miguel, is a deaf-mute. Life is good for the family and the children grow up and bring joy to the community. But trouble enters their lives when Jose makes an enemy of Bruno, a widower, much feared in the village.

Blessings of the Land

1959

No artwork available
10.0

Jun, an art student, moves away from his family after a fight with his father about his college program. He meets Menchu in class and they fall in love, but Jun struggles to fully commit due to his past trauma. Singing becomes his solace and brings him closer to Menchu. However, a revelation after a family tragedy puts their relationship to the test.

Bawal na Pag-Ibig

1977

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