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Paquito Diaz Biography

Birth Name:

Francisco Bustillos Diaz

Birth Place:

Philippines

Profession

Actor, director

Fast Facts

Was a basketball player for the Far Eastern University Tamaraws before becoming an actor in the 1960s
Won the FAMAS Best Supporting Actor award for Ang Mananandata (1965)
Was a beneficiary of the Mowelfund (Movie Workers Welfare Foundation) that provides for the welfare of Filipino movie workers
Was fondly called Kits in show business
Was known for his role as a villain in movies opposite late Filipino action king Fernando Poe Jr
, who was also his close friend