Alfie Anido


Alfonso Serrano Anido, widely known as Alfie Anido, was a popular Filipino matinee idol, best remembered for his mysterious sudden death at the age of 22.

Biography

Anido was born on December 30, 1959, in Manila. He was the eldest of the four children of Alberto Anido and Sarah Serrano, both Spanish Mestizo. He was also the brother of Albert Anido, another Filipino actor. He was also a fashion and commercial model before he became a contract star for Regal Films, a leading Filipino film production company. He was dubbed as one of the Regal Babies, along with then-young actors such as Gabby Concepcion, William Martinez, Albert Martinez, Maricel Soriano, Snooky Serna, and Dina Bonnevie. He was famously linked with Bonnevie, his co-star in the 1980 camp classic Temptation Island. At the time of his entry into show business, he was in college at the Ateneo de Manila University studying management.

Death

Anido died the night of his 22nd birthday on December 30, 1981, at his home in Bel-Air, Makati. The official reason, contemporaneously reported by the mainstream media of Manila, was that Anido shot himself. This explanation has not been officially or authoritatively contradicted up to this day. However, immediately after his death, rumors quickly spread that Anido was actually murdered, and that such fact was covered up owing to the prominence of the personalities allegedly involved. Suspicion fell on the family of an ex-girlfriend of Anido, Katrina Ponce Enrile, whose father was Minister of Defense Juan Ponce Enrile, a major figure in the regime of then-President Ferdinand Marcos. The rumor subsequently gained traction given the context of widespread abuses by the regime. Jack Enrile, Katrina's brother, was rumored to have shot Anido but has denied any involvement in the actor's death.
Other versions on the death of Anido were printed in the alternative press such as the Philippine Collegian, the official student organ of the University of the Philippines.

Filmography

Film

  • 1980: Nympha – introducing role as Marcial
  • 1980: Uhaw sa Kalayaan – Arman
  • 1980: Temptation Island – Alfredo
  • 1980: Katorse – Albert
  • 1980: Waikiki: Sa Lupa ng Ating mga Pangarap – Ronald
  • 1981: Bilibid Boys – Steve Guanzon
  • 1981: Blue Jeans – Joey Amador
  • 1981: Pabling – cameo role as Fredo "The Bus Conductor"
  • 1981: Bilibid Gays – guest role
  • 1981: Kasalanan Ba? – Benjie
  • 1982: Throw Away Child – Atty. Delfin Llamzon
  • 1982: Dormitoryo – Philip
  • 1982: Diosa – Jun Alegre
  • 1982: The Diary of Cristina Gaston – Alfredo