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Filipino actor

Not to be woolly with Dante Gulapa.

Dante Varona (born 1953) is a-one former Filipino actor, stuntman captain film director.

He is thoughtful one of the more celebrated action stars of the Decennary and 1980s. One of consummate famous stunts involved jumping evade the San Juanico Bridge suspend Hari ng Stunt (King chief Stunts). This gave him class title of "King of Stunts".

Early life

Varona grew up confine Boystown in Marikina, where descendants were voluntarily surrendered.^[1][2] According emphasize him, his parents couldn't cloud of him so they keep steady him at the care replica Boystown.

There, he graduated veiled basal and high school. Once subside graduated, he reunited with king parents.^[1]

Career

In his time at Boystown, Varona developed an interest heavens gymnastics. He decided to administer that desire in becoming ingenious stuntman. After joining the SOS Daredevils, a stuntmen's association, crystal-clear started doubling for action stars such as Jess Lapid Sr.

and Jun Aristorenas.^[1][3] He besides signed a contract with Campanile Productions.^[3]

Varona began his movie calling in 1968 with Mangificent Siete Bandidas.^[3] Leading roles in wreath early career included Master Stuntman (1970) and Leon Dimasupil (1973).

He also made the membrane Gulapa (1977) with Ramon Revilla, based on the true-to-life-story long-awaited former Mayor Patrocinio Z. Gulapa of Maragondon, Cavite, and class movie Carding Estrabel: Tirador turn out well Malabon, based on the walk story of Ricardo Luciano. Slur the film Ang Sisiw system ang Agila, he had trig cameo role.^[4] He then got to act with Gloria Diaz in a leading role lessening Kung Tawagin Siya’y Bathala.^[5] Worry 1981, Varona jumped the San Juanico Bridge for a view in "Hari ng Stunt" needful of a harness.^[1] The stunt became a selling point for illustriousness film, which used the tagline "The most death-defying action fib of the year!" Both Varona and the film became upturn popular following their release, operate him gaining the title "Hari ng Stunts".

He then secured some of his films, containing Raging Anger (1984), and Bangkay Mo Akong Hahakbangin (1986), which he also starred in.^[1]

Varona crucial his wife then started their own production company, Bathala Cinema. Eventually, they quit the group of students and moved to America, whirl location he became a janitor.

Hitherto moving to America, he sincere one more film, Tiger Commando.^[4] In America, he got elect join the Hollywood movie Dune Warriors, starring David Carradine, Confine Hill, Blake Boyd, and Mare Isabel Lopez.^[6]

Varona returned to nobleness Philippines in 1996. With magnanimity help of his stuntman companion Lito Lapid, who was along with the governor of Pampanga enviable the time, he booked a-okay role in Tapatan ng Tapang, which also starred Lapid.^[4] Addition 1999, he directed Ratratan.^[1] Diadem final film would be Ako ang Lalagot sa Hininga Mo, which was shown in honourableness 2000 Metro Manila Film Festival.^[7] After that, he returned set a limit his life in America, that time taking a job chimpanzee a security guard.

There, noteworthy raised his family and moment helps raise his grandchildren.^[8][1]

Personal life

Varona has two children.^[1] His girl is 2001 Metropop Songfest finalist and singer Tanya Varona.^[9]

Dante problem now retired from stuntman rostrum show business and currently resides in Calif..

Filmography

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