Anthony Alonzo(1948-1998)
- Actor
- Writer
- Director
Born to Alfredo Hernandez and Lourdes Viana, Antonio V. Hernandez
received his elementary and secondary education at the Marulas
Elementary School and Espiritu Santo High School, respectively. He took
up Commerce at the Mapua Institute of Technology. Under the screen name
"Anthony Alonzo," he forayed into movies. Most of the films he appeared
in were action movies, like Muntinlupa 1950 (1958), Target: Batang
Sindikato (1983) The Fighting Mayor (1983), Intrusion: Cambodia (1983),
Warren Balane (1983) and Manila Gangwar (1984). Alonzo won as Best
Actor in the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts & Sciences (FAMAS) for
Bambang (1982), and at the Metro Manila Film Festival for Bago Kumalat
Ang Kamandag (1983), Moises Padilla Story: The Missing Chapter (1985)
and Anak Badjao (1987). He died in the 1990s.