Bert "Tawa" Marcelo was a prominent Filipino

Filipino people

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 television

Television

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 personality whose trademark high-pitched infectious laughter earned him the popular moniker "Tawa", after the Tagalog

Tagalog language

Tagalog is an Austronesian language spoken as a first language by a third of the population of the Philippines and as a second language by most of the rest. It is the first language of the Philippine region IV and of Metro Manila...

 word for laugh. Born in Baliuag, Bulacan

Baliuag, Bulacan

Baliuag or Baliwag is a 1st Class Urban municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the latest census, it has a population of 136,982 inhabitants in 25,050 households....

, Marcelo's persona as the Filipino everyman, enhanced by his fluency in the Tagalog language and his easy-going friendly nature, made him ideal as the most recognized endorser of the popular San Miguel Beer. Apart from his classic commercials for San Miguel Beer such as Isang Platitong Mani, Marcelo was also best known as the co-host with Pilita Corrales

Pilita Corrales

Pilita Garrido Corrales is a Popular Filipina singer. She is tagged "Asia's Queen of Songs."-Biography:Pilita Garrido Corrales was born in Lahug, Cebu to a Spanish mother Maria Garrido and a half Filipino half Spanish father Jose Corrales...

 of Ang Bagong Kampeon

Ang Bagong Kampeon

Ang Bagong Kampeon was a nationally televised amateur singing contest that aired on Radio Philippines Network in the Philippines. It was hosted by the late Bert Marcelo and Pilita Corrales...

, a long-running television talent show which discovered Regine Velasquez

Regine Velasquez

Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez , better known as Asia's Songbird, Regine Velasquez, is a Filipino singer, actress, record producer and TV host...

 among other talents. He was also an occasional actor in films, as well in television sitcoms such as Baltic and Company in the 1970s.

Marcelo was at the peak of his career when he suffered a fatal stroke, shortly after losing the 1995 gubernatorial election for the province of Bulacan

Bulacan

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Television

• Ang Bagong Kampeon
  Ang Bagong Kampeon
  Ang Bagong Kampeon was a nationally televised amateur singing contest that aired on Radio Philippines Network in the Philippines. It was hosted by the late Bert Marcelo and Pilita Corrales...
  
   (RPN 9, 1985–1988)
• Kalatog Pinggan (BBC (now ABS-CBN) 1985-1989)
• Tanghalan ng Kampeon (GMA Network, 1987–1993)
• Prinsipe Abante (GMA Network, 1977–1980)
• Agrisiyete (GMA Network, 1991–1995)
• Negosiyete (GMA Network, 1991-1994)
• Baltic and Company (GMA Network, 1974–1976)

Cinema

• Everlasting Love (1989)
• Isang Platitong Mani (1986)
• Mga mata ni Angelita (1978)
• Kapten Batuten en his super batuta (1977)
• Tisoy! (1977)
• Oh Margie Oh (1974)
• The Panther (1973)
• Ang pangalan ko'y Luray (1971)
• Padre, si Eba (1971)
• D' Musical Teenage Idols! (1969)
• Tisoy (1969)
• Brownout (1969)
• Teenage Escapades! (1969)
• Tore ng diyablo (1969)
• Pomposa: Ang kabayong tsismosa (1968)

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