Teddy Benavídez is a pre World War II Filipino actor who made his film debut on 1936s Mga Kaluluwang Napaligaw aka Unguided Spirit. His first screen name is Teodoro Benavidez and changed it to Teddy when he first made his movie under 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...

 in 1937's Bituing Marikit

Bituing Marikit

Bituing Marikit is the first full-length film produced by Sampaguita Pictures, released in 1938. Its stars were the "Singing Sweetheart of the Philippines" Elsa Oria and "King of the Philippine Movies" Rogelio de la Rosa.-Cast:*Rogelio de la Rosa...

 starred by Elsa Oria & Rogelio dela Rosa.

After World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 he made his comeback movie where he is the Philippine Version of Tarzan

Tarzan

Tarzan is a fictional character, an archetypal feral child raised in the African jungles by the Mangani "great apes"; he later experiences civilization only to largely reject it and return to the wild as a heroic adventurer...

's Tani: Lord of the South Seas under Leyte Motion Pictures

Filmography

1936 -Mga Kaluluwang Napaligaw

1937 -Mga Pusong Dakila

1937 -Milagro ng Nazareno sa Quiapo

1937 -Bituing Marikit [Sampaguita]

1938 -Inang Mahal [Sampaguita]

1938 -Tigre (Ang Taong Halimaw) [Sampaguita]

1938 -Paru-Parong Bukid [Sampaguita]

1938 -Himagsikan ng Puso [Sampaguita]

1938 -Madaling Araw [Sampaguita]

1941 -Balatkayo [Sampaguita]

1941 -Tarhata [Sampaguita]

1941 -Sa Iyong Kandungan [Sampaguita]

1941 -Tampuhan [Sampaguita]

1941 -Balatkayo [Sampaguita]

1942 -Landas na Ginto [Sampaguita]

1947 -Tani (Lord of the South Seas) [Leyte Motion Pic]

1948 -Krus ng Digma [X'Otic]

1948 -Pag-ibig at Patalim [GLM]

1948 -Malaya (Mutya sa Gubat) [Lvn]

1950 -Pedro, Pablo, Juan at Jose [Luis F. Nolasco]

1951 -Tatlong Birhen [Liwayway]

1952 -Kalbaryo ni Hesus [Lebran]

1957 -Objective: Patayin si Magsaysay [Champion]