Andrés Centenera is a Filipino

Philippines

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 prewar character actor

Character actor

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. He is the grandfather of famous Filipino singer Rafael Centenera. He continued to appear in movies up to the 1980s.

Andres Centenera, born in Goa, Camarines Sur. He was the son of Dona Rita Garchitorena and Don Candido Garcia Centenera. He was the grandson of Don Andres Garchitorena, member of Aguinaldo's Hong Kong Junta and Governor of Ambos Camarines.

Filmography

• 1937 - Teniente Rosario
• 1938 - Alipin ng Palad (Sampaguita Pictures
  Sampaguita Pictures
  Sampaguita Pictures was a Philippine film production company. It was named for the Philippine National Flower, Sampaguita. The company has been long-defunct since the 1980s with Mike de Leon's classic "Batch '81" being the last film released...
  
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• 1938 - Dahong Lagas (Sampaguita Pictures)
• 1939 - Punit na Bandila (X'Otic)
• 1939 - Tatlong Pagkabirhen (X'Otic)
• 1939 - Ang Kaban ng Tipan (X'Otic)
• 1949 - Alamat ng Perlas na Itim (Lawin)
• 1949 - Bulakenyo (Liwayway)
• 1950 - Siete Infantes de Lara (MC)
• 1950 - Genghis Khan (MC)
• 1951 - Sigfredo (Lebran)
• 1951 - Romeo at Julieta (Lebran)
• 1952 - Kalbaryo ni Hesus (Lebran)
• 1956 - Buhay at Pag-ibig ni Dr. Jose Rizal (Balatbat & Bagumbayan)
• 1957 - Kahariang Bato (Tamaraw Studios)
• 1958 - Kilabot sa Sta. Barbara (Tamaraw Studios)
• 1965 - Tagani
• 1965 - Once Before I Die
  Once Before I Die
  Once Before I Die is a 1966 war drama starring Ursula Andress and her husband John Derek who also directed. The film was based on a 1945 novel Quit for the Next by Lieutenant Anthony March....
  
  
• 1968 - Brides of Blood
• 1968 - Escape to Mindanao
• 1971 - Beast of the Yellow Night
  Beast of the Yellow Night
  Beast of the Yellow Night is a 1971 Filipino and American horror film directed by Eddie Romero.-Plot:Satan saves Joseph Langdon/Philip Rogers from death on condition he become his disciple. As it turns out, he becomes a hairy murderous beast—a werewolf on the rampage carrying out the evil deeds of...
  
  
• 1972 - The Big Bird Cage
  The Big Bird Cage
  The Big Bird Cage is a 1972 exploitation film of the "women in prison" subgenre. It serves as a non-sequel follow-up to the 1971 film The Big Doll House...
  
  
• 1973 - The Twilight People
• 1973 - Beyond Atlantis
• 1974 - Black Mamba
• 1975 - Banaue

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