| Fernando Poe | |
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| Born | November 27, 1916 San Carlos City, Pangasinan, Philippines |
| Died | October 23, 1951 (aged 34) Manila, Philippines |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Kelley |
Fernando Poe (November 27, 1916 - October 23, 1951) was a famous actor during the early cinema era in the Philippines. He was the father of the late Ronald Allan K. Poe, better known as Fernando Poe, Jr., who was also a famous actor and icon. Prior to his son's rise to fame, Poe had been known simply as 'Fernando Poe'. Since then, he has also been called Fernando Poe, Sr. to distinguish him from his son. His full name is reportedly either, Allan Fernando Poe (or Allan F. Poe),[1][2] Fernando Reyes Poe (Fernando R. Poe),[3] or Allan Fernando Reyes Poe. He directed the first Darna film in 1951 before he died in the same year. As a leading man, he was often cast opposite Mona Lisa.
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Fernando Poe of San Carlos City, Pangasinan had six children by his partner, Irish-American Elizabeth "Bessie" Gatbonton Kelley of Pampanga, namely Elizabeth, Ronald Allan (Ronnie or FPJ), Fernando II (Andy), Genevieve (Jenny), Fredrick (Freddieboy), and Evangeline. Poe and Kelly were married in 1940 after their first two children were born. Actor Conrad Poe was his illegitimate son by actress Patricia Mijares.
The original spelling of his surname was Pou (pronounced almost like Poe) via his father, playwright Lorenzo Pou, a Balearic immigrant from Majorca, Spain, who established a mining business in the Philippines and married a Pangasinan woman named Marta Reyes.
Poe graduated with the degree of Bachelor of Science in Chemistry from the University of the Philippines in 1935 and the degree of Doctor of Dental Medicine from the Philippine Dental College in 1942.
During a film shooting, Fernando Poe died in 1951 after he permitted a rabid puppy to lick his wound.