Tuesday, February 9, 2010

FILMMAKER BOBBY A. SUAREZ PASSED AWAY, 67

The Philippines has lost another of its B movie legends.


Andrew and Bobby at the Suarez residence in Bulacan - January 2008
 
Australian filmmaker Andrew Leavold, a huge fan of Pinoy cinema, just relayed this sad news that Bobby A. Suarez (b. 1942) passed away last February 7 due to cardiac arrest. He was 67. Suarez was in and out of the hospital due to his heart condition. He also underwent a kidney operation.

Suarez, a film producer, director and screenwriter, was best remembered for his works in the 70s and 80s in B-movie action films like the
The Bionic Boy (1977), They Call Her…Cleopatra Wong (1978), Dynamite Johnson (1978), One-Armed Executioner (1980), Searchers Of The Voodoo Mountain (1985), American Commandos (1986), among others.




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