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DOLPHY'S 92nd BDAY

Rodolfo Vera Quízon Sr. OGH (July 25, 1928 – July 10, 2012), better known by his stage names Dolphy, Pidol, and Golay (1944), was a Filipino comedian and actor. He is widely regarded as the country's King of Comedy for his comedic talent embodied by his long roster of works on stage, radio, television and movies.

Quízon was born at Calle Padre Herrera (now P. Herrera St.) in Tondo, Manila on July 25, 1928. His father from Bulacan, Melencio Espinosa Quizon (b. December 5, 1899-d. May 14, 1972), was a ship engine worker of the Atlantic Gulf. The elder Quízon was the son of Modesto Quizon and Adorablé Espinoza, whose great-great grandfather was a friar, and mother a vendor of rice cakes.

His mother, Salud de la Rosa Vera was a seamstress, a school teacher, and the daughter of Máximo de Vera y Limtico and Lucila de la Rosa y Cordero. He had four brothers and five sisters. Quizon addressed his father and mother as "Papang" and "Mamang", respectively—as did his siblings. His parents were married on July 14, 1925 in Malate, Manila.

Quízon began studying at the age of six, and was enrolled into public schools.[9] He attended the Magat Salamat Elementary School and Isabelo de los Reyes Elementary School until the seventh grade. For his primary education, he studied at the Florentino Torres High School until his sophomore year. He was an average student, although his grades fluctuated from time to time.

Quízon sold peanuts and watermelon seeds at movie theaters as a boy, which enabled him to watch movies for free. He was about thirteen when World War II started. He did odd jobs including shining shoes; attaching buttons at a pants factory; sorting bottles by size; working as a stevedore at the pier; trading; and driving calesas. In his free time he regularly watched stage shows at the Life Theater and the Avenue Theater. His favorite performers included the comedy duo Pugo and Togo, and the dancers Benny Mack and Bayani Casimiro.

Quizon started performing onstage during the Japanese occupation of the Philippines. He was turning 17 when Benny Mack got him a job as a chorus dancer for a month at the Avenue Theater and subsequently on the Lyric Theater. He also appeared in shows at the Orient Theater. "Golay" was his first stage name. During air raids, they would interrupt the show and run for the air-raid shelter in the orchestra section together with the audience. If no bombs exploded, the show resumed.

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