Minióng Álvarez
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Minióng Álvarez is a character
Character actor
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supporting
Supporting actor
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actor
Actor
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from the Philippines
Philippines
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who made several movies starting from his original home studio LVN Pictures
LVN Pictures
LVN Pictures, Inc. is one of the biggest film studios in the history of Philippine cinema and its foremost establishment in motion picture post-production until 2005...
. The actor has Strabismus
Strabismus
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or cross-eye problem, which helped him get comedic
Comedy film
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roles. He has also done non-comedic roles usually as a father or a poor farmer.
Filmography
- Pag-asa (1951) billed as Herminio Alvarez
- Talisman (1951)
- Probinsiyano (1951)
- Bohemyo (1951)
- Harana sa Karagatan (1952)
- Rodrigo de Villa (1952)
- Kuwintas ng Pasakit (1953)
- Pintor Kulapol (1953)
- Krus na Bakal (1954)
- Kandelerong Pilak (1954)
- Ikaw ang Dahilan (1954)
- Doce Pares (1954)
- Talusaling (1955)
- Banda Uno (1955)
- Mariang Sinukuan (1955)
- Casa Grande (1958)
- Balae (1958)
- Ay Pepita! (1958)
- Walang Takot (1958)
- Kundiman ng Lahi (1959)
- Tres Mosqueteros (1960)
- Batas ng .45 (1965)
- Not for Hire (1966)
- Alyas Don Juan (1966)
- Mariang Kondesa (1966)
- Napoleon Doble and the Sexy Six (1966)
- Zoom-Zoom Apollo (1969)
- Men of Action Meet Women of Dracula (1969)
- D' Musical Teenage Idols! (1969)
- Totoy Guwapo (1970)
- Ang Pangalan Ko'y Luray (1971)
- Kapitan Kulas (1975)
- Bergado (Terror of Cavite) (1976)
- Ang Lihim ni Rosa Henson sa Buhay ni Kumander Lawin (1976)
- Bertong Suklab (1976)
- Gulapa (Ang barakong mayor ng Maragondon)
- Pagputi and Uwak, Pag-itim ng Tagak (1978)
- Buhay Artista Ngayon (1979)
- Tonyong Bayawak (1979)
- Pepeng Kuryente (1988)
- Bala...Dapat kay Cris Cuenca, Public Enemy no. 1 (1989)
- Greggy en' Boogie: Sakyan Mo Na Lang, Anna (1994)
- Tar-San (1999)