José de Villa
José de Villa was a Filipino film actor in the 1950s and a film director in the late 1950s and 1960s. He made his first movie for Sampaguita Pictures in 1947, Maria Kapra, which starred Ángel Esmeralda.
De Villa is married to Sampaguita's character actor and contravida of the 1960s, Tita de Villa.
He made two movies under LVN Pictures in 1949, a biopic of Gregorio del Pilar starring Jose Padilla Jr, and Capas, starring Leopoldo Salcedo.
After these two movies, he returned to his original studio, Sampaguita Pictures, where he acted, played character roles, and directed films.Filmography
- 1947 Maria Kapra
- 1947 Back Pay with
- 1949 Capas
- 1949 Hen. Gregorio del Pilar
- 1950 13 Hakbang
- 1950 Kapitan Cristina ng Candaba wiyh
- 1951 Kasaysayan ni Dr. Ramon Selga
- 1951 Anghel ng Pag-ibig
- 1951 Batas ng Daigdig
- 1952 Barbaro
- 1952 Roberta
- 1952 Madam X
- 1952 Lihim ng Kumpisalan
- 1952 Kerubin
- 1952 Get Maddick
- 1952 Kasaysayan ni Rudy Concepcion
- 1953 Anak ng Espada
- 1953 Tulisang Pugot
- 1953 Vod-A-Vil
- 1954 Tres Muskiteras
- 1954 Pilya
- 1954 Nagkita si Kerubin at si Tulisang Pugot
- 1954 Sabungera
- 1954 Tres Ojos
- 1954 Quadro Dongs
- 1954 Bondying
- 1954 Dumagit
- 1955 Tatay na si Bondying
- 1955 Jack and Jill
- 1955 Mariposa
- 1955 Rosanna''
As director
- 1955 Iyung-Iyo
- 1956 Senyorita de Kampanilya
- 1956 Pampanggenya
- 1957 Ismol ba't Teribol
- 1957 Sino ang Maysala
- 1957 Pretty Boy
- 1957 Busabos
- 1958 Tatlong Ilaw sa Dambana
- 1958 Ulilang Anghel
- 1964 Mga kanyon ng Corregidor
- 1965 Iginuhit ng Tadhana
- 1968 Sayonara My Darling
