Pancho Magalona
Acting
- Born
- 1922-01-22
- Place of birth
- Bacolod, Negros Occidental, Philippines
- Died
- 1998-04-07
Biography
Enrique Gayoso Magalona Jr., professionally known as Pancho Magalona, was a Filipino actor from the 1940s to the 1970s. He achieved success as a romantic lead with frequent on-screen partner and wife Tita Duran. In 1959, Magalona won the FAMAS Award for Best Actor for his performance as a bandit in the 1958 film Hanggang sa Dulo ng Daigdig. One of his best remembered roles is portraying the character of Simoun / Crisostomo Ibarra in the 1962 film adaptation of José Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo.
