Franco Guerrero

Franco Guerrero

Ernesto dela Cruz (September 7, 1957 – August 29, 1992), better known as Weng Weng, was a Filipino actor, stunt performer and martial artist. To this day dela Cruz starring role in For Your Height Only (1981) is the most successful film export of the Philippines, making him their first international celebrity. Only 83 cm (2 feet, 9 inches) tall, dela Cruz is the first short person to be listed in the Guinness World Records as the shortest adult in a leading role, and to get international recognition with a streak of films. Born in abject poverty suffering from Primordial dwarfism and underdeveloped intellectual capacities, dela Cruz started exercising with everything he could find, and went on to study martial arts at a nearby dojo. In the mid 1970s, dela Cruz was noticed by producers and couple Peter and Cora Caballes. With their production company Liliw Productions, received his billing name Weng Weng and played supporting roles in their films. In 1978, dela Cruz shared the top billing with Ramon Zamora in Chopsuey Meets Big Time Papa. By the late 1970s to the early 1980s, Dela Cruz started to collaborate with Dolphy, a major local comic, and appeared in three of his films. Between all this dela Cruz started playing of the role of Agent OO as the lead in the film Agent OO (1981).

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