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• Wanted to be a lawyer before entering the movie industry but decided against it after 4 years of practice.
• Started performing in amateur theaters in the late 1940s.
• Made his film debut in the war movie Cavalry Command (1958).
• Father of late Filipino rockstar Teddy Diaz who was the guitarist of the band The Dawn.
• Was labelled as the equivalent of Peter Lorre in Filipino cinema.
• Had to quit acting in 2001 because of old age and health issues.