Eddie Garcia
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Eduardo Verchez Garcia (May 2, 1929 – June 20, 2019), also known as Manoy, was a Filipino actor, television presenter, and film director.
He is widely considered as the "best Filipino actor of all time" with over 600 film and television appearances and a career spanning seven decades.
He had the most appearances in Philippine films, including gay, antihero, and villain roles.
He appeared in television shows including Little Nanay (2015–2016) and Ang Probinsyano (2016–2019). Garcia has received numerous accolades throughout his career, including a total of 43 wins and 38 nominations from prestigious award-winning organizations.
He is the only one to be inducted in three categories in the FAMAS Hall of Fame: for Best Actor, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Director.
Garcia is the only Filipino to receive the Asian Film Award for Best Actor.
Early life and education
Garcia was born in Juban, Sorsogon, on May 2, 1929, to Antonio Garcia and Vicenta Verchez. Mila, Efren, Menchu, and Santiago were born in Naga, Naga, and his four children were raised by his grandparents. Garcia's family was one of the descendants of Spanish settlers. Garcia's grandfather, who was a captain in the Spanish army when he came to the Philippines in 1870, married a Pampanga lady and settled in Naga.
He spent his elementary days at Sorsogon Elementary School and then moved to Manila, where he finished high school at San Beda College and obtained an A.B. Psychology at a three-year college on the same campus.
Personal life
Garcia kept the bulk of his personal life private, with his acting career and personal life being separate. He lived a relatively simple life without having luxury cars or costly furnishings. He had been known for his hard work throughout his career, and he had avoided intrigues and scandals involving him with any of his co-stars. Despite being famous, Marichu Maceda, a film director, described Garcia as "a disciplined and independent individual, doing things on his own, without needing assistants or managers."
Garcia was in a domestic relationship with Lilibeth Romero for 33 years. Garcia was married to Lucilla Scharnberg, who died of cancer in 1995, before Romero. Eduardo "Eddieboy" Jr. (1951-1973), Erwin (March 13, 1956-March 13, 2021), and Elizabeth (nicknamed Lisa). Eduardo "Eddieboy" Jr. died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 22; Garcia called it "the biggest tragedy of his life" because the motorcycle his son was riding was his gift to him. Elizabeth died of a heart attack in 1996. His other daughter lives in San Diego, California.
Garcia said he didn't set out to be a soldier or a lawyer," and "Acting is just a job." It's a livable lifestyle. He was also passionate about target shooting as a sport outside of acting. He was a trained soldier and was a skilled marksman. Garcia also lobbied for Ako Bicol's party-list presence in the House of Representatives in the 2019 elections as the party's primary endorser.
Garcia maintained a healthy lifestyle by exercising, vitamin supplements, and a healthy diet, insisting that he preferred fish and vegetables over meat. Although he was still being active as an actor and producer when he hit the age of 90, he maintained that he had an active sex life and went to the gym to stay fit. "Everything in moderation" refers to him, including diet, work, even fitness, and exercise.
Career
Garcia joined the Philippine Scouts right after World War II and was stationed as a military policeman in Okinawa, Japan. After returning, he was advised by his commanding officer to return and enlist for another service abroad, but he encountered a friend who advised him not to return to show business.
Garcia tried out his luck auditioning for late filmmaker Manuel Conde's last film, Siete Infantes de Lara, in 1949, beginning his acting career. He appeared in the film Kahit ang Mundo'y Magunaw in the same year, his first acting role. Huling Patak ng Dugo and Kilabot ng Langit were among his films during his first two years in the industry.
He was first cast into villain roles due to his Hispanic appearances and appearance. In 1955, he appeared in Contravida, a film directed by Olive La Torre. He was so popular as a villain that he received his first FAMAS award for three years in a row from 1957 to 1959 for the films Taga sa Bato (1957), Condenado (1958), and Tanikalang Apoy (1959). He is the only individual to win a three-straight award from the same institution.
In 1961, he directed Kahapon's first film, Historia un Amor, and later in 1963. Garcia directed Pinagbuklod ng Langit, a biopic about then President Ferdinand Marcos that received him his first Best Director award from FAMAS in 1969.
Garcia appeared in film from the 1970s to the early 1980s, being integral part of what is commonly described as the "Second Golden Age of Philippine Cinema." In addition to other films, he appeared in Tinimbang Ka Ngunit Kulang (1974), Ganito Kami Noon, Paano Ngayon (1976) and Miguelito: Ang Batang Rebelde (1985). He went back to directing and producing Atsay, which was named Best Picture at the Metro Manila Film Festival in 1978, starring Nora Aunor.
Garcia produced Magdusa Ka in 1986 and received a back-to-back Luna Awards for another film he directed a year after entitled Saan Nagtatago and Pag-ibig in 1987. In Kapag Puno ng Salop (1987) and its sequel, Ako ang Huhusga (1989), which Poe also directed, he appeared opposite Fernando Poe, Jr. In 1989, the Metro Manila Film Festival Best Director Award for the film Imortal was given to him. He joined the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation in 1991 as a producer, and was named "All Time Favorite Actor of RP Movies" at the Guillermo Mendoza Memorial Scholarship Foundation on March 21, 1992. Garcia appeared in Boyong Mammo, a 1991 film, as the lead actor, receiving multiple times and non-consecutively in the forthcoming years of the decade. Bakit May Kahapon Pa is a film that was shot in the United States. (1996) and Mariano Mison... 1997, NBI/1997).
He was named in 1998 by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) Lifetime Achievement Award. He appeared in Raymond Red's Anino (Shadow, 2000), which earned the grand prize in the short film category at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. Garcia, an aged prisoner who shielded a young prisoner from harsh prison time, was the recipient of the Best Actor award for the film Death Row in 2000.
Garcia directed Abakada... Ina in 2001 and was named Best Director of Luna in 2001. In 2002, he was named Best Actor for the film Mano Po. In the television drama series Kung Mawawala Ka from GMA 7, he was named Best Actor in a Drama Series award at the 2002 Academy Awards for portraying Leandro Montemayor, the fictional Philippine President of the fictional Philippines. In 2000, he received the Urian Award for Pannahing Aktor (Best Actor) for his role in the film Death Row. In Rica Arevalo's ICU Bed #7, the first Cinemalaya Filipino Independent Film Festival, he was the lead actor (a senior citizen coming to terms with his death) in the first Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival in 2005, for which he was named Best Actor. In 2006, the Natatanging Urian award was bestowed on him.
The documentary film Machete Maidens Unleashed by Mark Hartley in 2010 is an American History of the Machete Maidens Unleashed. Premiered. Garcia is interviewed in a film that discusses exploitation films made in the Philippines in the 1970s and 1980s.
Garcia performed the independent venture Bwakaw in 2012, directed by Jun Robles Lana, a young Palanca award winner and producer, was concerned that a big celebrity like him would leave the role because the crew feared they could not afford him. Garcia, who had already read the script, expressed his insecurity to him. Garcia nonchalantly asked, "When will we start shooting?" to the director's astonishment. Garcia received his first international film award at the 55th Asia-Pacific Film Festival on December 15, 2012, making him the first Filipino to win the award.
During the Entertainment Press Society's Golden Screen TV Awards in 2013, Garcia received his first Dolphy Lifetime Achievement Award, Ulirang Alagad Sining. Garcia was also interviewed in the documentary The Search for Weng Weng Weng Weng.
Garcia was included in two lists in August 2014: Inside Showbiz magazine's list of the top living Filipino actors and the Philippines' Yes! The magazine's list of the 100 Most Beautiful People of 2014 includes authors.
He appeared in the television series Little Nanay in 2015. He moved to ABS-CBN and portrayed Don Emilio on the longest-running action television show on Philippine television, FPJ's Ang Probinsyano, from 2016 to 2019. Garcia returned to GMA Network and played Rosang Agimat until an accident that resulted in his coma and eventual death occurred during the show's shooting.
When he hit the age of 89 in 2018 and said that "retirement was never in my vocabulary." Garcia's last notable works include ML, a 14th Cinemalaya Independent Film Festival winner who died from Alzheimer's disease, leading him to believe he was still living in the days of the Marcos dictatorship, and Hintayan ng Langit, a representation of the 2018 QCinema International Film Festival starring Gina Parel, was reunited with his ex-girlfriend in Purgatory. During the time Garcia went comatose after the accident, the alleged film was also available on Netflix in the following year. Garcia appeared on his last film appearance during his lifetime, Rainbow's Sunset as Ramon, an entry in the 2018 Metro Manila Film Festival directed by Joel Lamangan as a gay senator who appeared only when he reached elder age. Garcia was also selected for Best Actor, but the award was sadly tossed out to Dennis Trillo. Garcia appeared in the comedy film Sanggano Sanggwapo, released on September 4, 2019, three months after his death. Garcia didn't get to finish shooting his required scenes in the film due to the accident, and it was his last appearance in a film.