Mario Montenegro

Acting

Mario Montenegro

Born — Died

1928-07-25 — 1988-08-27

Place of birth

Pagsanjan, Laguna, Philippines

Known for

Acting

Credits

58 titles

Mario Montenegro (born Roger Collin Macalalag; July 25, 1928 – August 27, 1988) was a Filipino actor and painter. He rose to stardom during the Golden Age of Philippine cinema as a heroic lead in historical and adventure films. He was dubbed "Brown Adonis" for his physique and portraying a number of culturally important Philippine figures, including Diego Silang, Andres Bonifacio, Macario Sakay, Ramon Magsaysay, Francisco Dagohoy, and Lapulapu.

Known for

Film credits

1980s · 16 titles

I Carry the World poster
4.7

Living in the slums, Lupe carries her disabled mother while begging outside the Manila Cathedral, before leveraging her singing talent to escape poverty and rise to stardom.

I Carry the World

1987

The Tales of Grandmother Basyang poster
NR

Anthology features three family-friendly fantasy / horror tales; "Sleeping Beauty," "Zombies" and "Querubin: Maria Leonora Theresa." It's an adaptation of the radio drama series written by Severino Reyes, which was popular in the 1950s.

The Tales of Grandmother Basyang

1985

Boy Condenado poster
7.0

The accidental shooting of a young boy's mother weaves a plot of drugs, prostitution, and murder. Spurned by his father and jailed for hiding his mother's shame, the boy emerges from the smoke and flame to avenge his mother's death with a RAGING VENDETTA.

Boy Condenado

1982

Rage of Justice poster
7.0

A story of a cop who put the law in his hand to avenge the death of his own family and parents.

Rage of Justice

1987

Cry of Justice poster
7.0

An auto mechanic who believes in honest hard work is the illegitimate son of a rich man. He proves to be better than his father's legitimate children.

Cry of Justice

1984

Miguelito poster
5.6

A young boy discovers his politician father's corruption and cruelty as he discovers his real mother is a victim of his own father's immorality and violence.

Miguelito

1985

Pieta poster
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Pieta

1983

Kay Dali ng Kahapon, Kay Tagal ng Bukas poster
10.0

Two young lovers navigate through their lives as a young, married couple in midst of their personal family issues and affairs.

Kay Dali ng Kahapon, Kay Tagal ng Bukas

1985

Humanda Ka... Ikaw ang Susunod poster
NR

A 1987 Filipino action film starring Rudy Fernandez.

Humanda Ka... Ikaw ang Susunod

1987

Anak Ng Tulisan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Anak Ng Tulisan

1982

Arnis: The Sticks Of Death poster
7.0

A man masters the ancient art of arnis with the help of his grandfather to get revenge on a group of crooks who attempted to beat him to death.

Arnis: The Sticks Of Death

1986

Apat Na Maria poster
10.0

The bitter-sweet love affairs of four sisters with different outlooks and temperaments end in simultaneous weddings.

Apat Na Maria

1980

My Only Love poster
8.0

Billy and Cindy are teeners trapped in the conflicted world of their parents. Two children of two marriages gone sour. Young and confused by the whole situation, they try to look for answers, but the whole business of life is not as simple as it seems. Left with no choice but to come to terms with whatever it is that life presents, they rely on each other for emotional support. And in the process, they learn that despite their parents marital woes, much remains in life and love reserved for the two of them.

My Only Love

1982

Laban Kung Laban poster
8.0

A young man, jilted by his girlfriend, join forces with an older man in avenging the death of his brother and fighting the ruling powers in their community.

Laban Kung Laban

1986

No artwork available
NR

A man's revolution and amnesty.

MIssion Terrorize Panay

1980

Adultery poster
7.0

Dreaming to be released from her miserable life of poverty, Aida, a waitress, abandons her bedridden father, her moralistic mother, her jobless brother and her good-for-nothing sister to live-in with her boyfriend Carding, whom she believes could give her salvation. But her plan only gives her more misfortunes. Carding gets jailed for drug peddling. Aida opts for an abortion. She later lives with a wealthy man to feul her ambition. Carding is released from prison and finds out about his wife's illicit affair.

Adultery

1984

1970s · 8 titles

Isa Para sa Lahat, Lahat Para sa Isa poster
7.0

A classic tale of revenge starring Fernando Poe Jr alongside his real-life brothers, Andy, Conrad, and Frederick Poe. Together, four brothers must put their differences aside and band together to avenge the brutal murder of their father by familiar enemies and finally put his memory to rest.

Isa Para sa Lahat, Lahat Para sa Isa

1979

Ang Lihim ni Rosa Henson sa Buhay ni Kumander Lawin poster
NR

A story about the life of Rosa Henson and Kumander Lawin.

Ang Lihim ni Rosa Henson sa Buhay ni Kumander Lawin

1976

Happy Days Are Here Again poster
10.0

A compilation of film clips featuring dance and song performances culled from various films of the so-called big three - Sampaguita, LVN, Premiere.

Happy Days Are Here Again

1974

The Rites of May poster
6.5

During a return to his provincial home, a young man gets involved with a woman who is ultimately possessed by her sister's spirit, paving the way to revealing the painful truth about her unsolved disappearance.

The Rites of May

1976

The Captive Virgins poster
8.0

A tale of two unwed sisters whose lives have been imprisoned by their father.

The Captive Virgins

1977

Arrest Junior Bombay! poster
NR

A 1979 film by Maria Saret.

Arrest Junior Bombay!

1979

No artwork available
5.0

A humble farmer turned town chief takes on the whole province either the authorities or bandits.

Kapitan Eddie Set: Mad Killer of Cavite

1974

Dung-aw poster
8.3

Diego and Gabriela Silang are landed Ilocos natives disaffected with the imposition of the indulto de comercio (a law giving right to Spanish officials to buy rice and tobacco at the price they prefer). The year is 1762 and the British invade Manila, the childless couple is among the landowners denying aid to the Spaniards in thwarting the British. When the Spaniards in retaliation jail Diego, his wife gathers their confederates and leads the uprising herself.

Dung-aw

1975

1960s · 14 titles

Brides of Blood poster
4.8

Americans investigating the results of nuclear radiation discover a man-eating monster on a remote island.

Brides of Blood

1968

5 Yugto ng Buhay poster
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

5 Yugto ng Buhay

1961

Ito Ba ang Aking Ina? poster
8.0

Was the woman her mother?

Ito Ba ang Aking Ina?

1961

Dalawang Kalbaryo ni Dr. Mendez poster
9.0

A 1961 Filipino drama starring Paraluman and Mario Montenegro.

Dalawang Kalbaryo ni Dr. Mendez

1961

This Is a Filipino poster
7.0

This is a Monumental Epic in the History of Filipino Movies.

This Is a Filipino

1966

Manila, Open City poster
8.5

War drama set in the closing stages of World War Two. As Allied Forces are nearing the defeat of the Japanese Army in Manila, the Japanese Empire's soldiers begin attacking innocent civilians. A brutal month-long battle ensues.

Manila, Open City

1968

The Big Broadcast poster
8.0

Two teenagers gatecrash a movie studio to see their idols who promised to choose them as their next leading lady.

The Big Broadcast

1962

No artwork available
10.0

An angry husband accidentally kills an old man while trying to find out where his wife and her Filipino lover are meeting. Because the old man had been trying to improve labor conditions for Filipino field workers, it is thought that the unsolved murder was politically motivated. This sparks labor riots.

The Passionate Strangers

1966

Ang Inyong Lingkod, Gloria Romero poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ang Inyong Lingkod, Gloria Romero

1960

Ang Asawa Kong Barat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ang Asawa Kong Barat

1963

Igorota poster
9.0

An Igorot maiden falls in love with a man from the city. They insist on being married, in spite of the protests of the families.

Igorota

1968

Pagpatak ng Ulan poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Pagpatak ng Ulan

1960

Alyas Sakay poster
9.0

The story of a barber from Tondo who led a pocket rebellion in Laguna against the American colonizers. To the ordinary people, the long-haired Sakay was some kind of folk hero, but to the American authorities he was a bandit, a murderer, a thief out to be captured and killed.

Alyas Sakay

1961

Kuwintas ng Alaala poster
9.0

An anthology of four stories that capture love and resilience. Featuring Sampaguita Pictures’ biggest stars.

Kuwintas ng Alaala

1960

1950s · 20 titles

Correctional poster
NR

The forthcoming wedding of Norma and Armando, a young lawyer, was supposed to be a great and wonderful event for the two, but everything went haywire.

Correctional

1952

Banal o Makasalanan? poster
6.0

Salome, a seductive and alluring daughter of Herodias and stepdaughter to King Herodes, discovers faith and Christianity through her love for a Roman centurion named Cornelius.

Banal o Makasalanan?

1955

Kilabot Sa Makiling poster
8.0

A 1959 Filipino action drama starring Mario Montenegro and Lolita Rodriguez.

Kilabot Sa Makiling

1959

Siete Infantes de Lara poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Siete Infantes de Lara

1950

Pilipino Kostum No Touch! poster
NR

Upon the advice of his heart, Arturo searches for the girl with whom he should settle down.

Pilipino Kostum No Touch!

1955

Luha at Musika poster
NR

A man would receive an inheritance from his uncle but under one condition to stay away from music.

Luha at Musika

1953

Pasiya ng Langit poster
NR

“Pasiya ng Langit” is the 1954 remake of “Sawing Gantimpala” (1940), now lost.

Pasiya ng Langit

1954

Higit sa Korona poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Higit sa Korona

1956

Hiram Na Asawa poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Hiram Na Asawa

1954

Four Aces poster
NR

Four masked men fighting against the evils of this world. A costume picture about a medieval swashbuckler who redeems his family's honor.

Four Aces

1950

Nasaan Ka Giliw? poster
NR

A story about Teresita who grew up in an orphanage in the province and falls in love with Antonio a landowner from the metro.

Nasaan Ka Giliw?

1951

Hiram na Kasintahan poster
NR

A son of a rich man gives his son an ultimatum to merry or be written out of his will. The son had a best friend who has a girlfriend so the three decides to fool the father by pretending his best friend's girlfriend to be his.

Hiram na Kasintahan

1954

Lapu-Lapu poster
6.5

Lapu-Lapu who defeated Spanish invaders on then land of Mactan.

Lapu-Lapu

1955

Casa Grande poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Casa Grande

1958

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

12 Pares poster
NR

Twelve adventurers set out to seek the holy grail.

12 Pares

1954

Venganza poster
7.0

Simon sets out to avenge his bride's death at the hands of the bandit Martinico and by accident, he captures Martinico's bride-to-be Belen and uses her to find Martinico.

Venganza

1958

Dagohoy poster
NR

Dedicated to the valiant Boholano hero Francisco Dagohoy, this film shows the real causes that impelled the Dagohoy Uprising.

Dagohoy

1953

Rodrigo de Villa poster
10.0

A battle starts with invasion of Turkey to the Castille. Queen Isabella of Castille and Lozano betray King Alfonso and decide to help Turkey. Attacked from the external and internal sides, King Alfonso and his loyal swordsman Rodrigo de Villa are arrested, while Lozano and Isabella become the king and queen of Castille.

Rodrigo de Villa

1952