Dante Varona

Dante Varona was a former Filipino actor and movie director in the Philippines He was considered one of the famous action stars from 1970s up to 1980s together with Fernando Poe Jr Joseph Estrada Jun Aristorenas Ramon Revilla Ramon Zamora Rey Malonzo Anthony Alonzo Lito Lapid Rudy Fernandez and Ace Vergel among others One of his famous stunts involved jumping from the San Juanico Bridge inHari Ng Stunt King Of Stunts Varona began his movie career in 1968 in Mangificent Siete Bandidas Leading roles in his early career included Master Stuntman 1970 andLeon Dimasupil 1973 He did also a movie Gulapa 1977 with Ramon Revilla in a truetolifestory of former Mayor Patrocinio Z Gulapa of Maragondon Cavite and the movie Carding Estrabel Tirador Ng Malabon 1980 based on the life story of Ricardo Luciano In 1981 action star Dante Varona made a daring and spectacular stunt act when he jumped at the San Juanico Bridge for a scene in Hari ng Stunt Its a makeorbreak for this struggling actor whose movie career was in limbo for quite sometime and cant seem to have a headstart That breathtaking leap changed his fortune overnight The movie was dubbed as The most death defying action thriller of the year He became an instant sensation and propelled him to superstardom1 He directed some of his films Raging Anger 1984 Bangkay Mo Akong Hahakbangin1986 and Ratratan 1999 He was included in a Hollywood movie Dune Warriors starring David Carradine Rick Hill Blake Boyd and Maria Isabel Lopez He is the father of Metropop Songfest finalists and now a singer Tanya Varona