CAST & CREW

Jose Padilla Jr.

Acting

José Carmelo "Pempe" Ruiz Padilla Jr. was a Filipino actor who appeared in several dozen movies. He made his first movie in 1931. Padilla also represented his country as a lightweight boxer during the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States, in 1932 and the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, in 1936. In 1932, he was eliminated in the first round of the lightweight class after losing his bout to eventual gold medalist Lawrence Stevens from South Africa.