Lito Calzado

{{short description|Filipino actor, director, and choreographer (1946-2011)}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Lito Calzado

| image =

| caption =

| birth_name = Feliciano D. Calzado

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1946|01|20}}

| birth_place = Manila, Philippines

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2011|11|11|1946|01|20}}

| death_place = Quezon City, Philippines

| resting_place = Himlayang Pilipino, Tandang Sora, Quezon City

| other_names = Mang Lito

| occupation = {{hlist|Actor|dancer{{cite news |last1=Francisco |first1=Butch |title=Remembering Lito Calzado |url=https://www.philstar.com/entertainment/2011/11/15/747871/remembering-lito-calzado |access-date=26 December 2022 |work=Philstar.com |date=15 November 2011}}|director{{cite news |title=Iza Calzado on her father's death: "I guess God has a grand production number in heaven and He needs Lito Calzado up there to work his magic on heaven's stage." |url=https://www.pep.ph/lifestyle/26700/iza-calzado-on-her-fathers-death-i-guess-god-has-a-grand-production-number-in-heaven-and-he-needs-li?ref=article_tag |access-date=26 December 2022 |work=PEP.ph |date=2 February 2012 |language=tl, en}}|choreographer|producer}}

| years_active = 1961–2010

| alma mater = University of the East

| spouse = Maria Antonia Ussher (widowed)

| children = Dash Calzado
Iza Calzado

}}

Feliciano Dilo "Lito" Calzado (January 20, 1946 – November 11, 2011) was a Filipino actor, director, and choreographer.

Life and career

Calzado was born in Manila. While a student at the University of the East, he joined the university folk dance troupe under the direction of Maggie Shea. He also danced for television with Alice Reyes' group and with Amelia Apolinario's group. He danced with the Bayanihan Philippine National Dance Company{{cite news |title=Calzado Spearheads Bayanihan's 45th Anniversary Celebration |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z29hAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA68 |access-date=26 December 2022 |publisher=Manila Standard |date=July 27, 2002 |language=en}} and the Ballet Folkoric Filipino from 1961 to 1969. As a choreographer, he became dance director of the ABS-CBN Dance Company. Lito Calzado and his dancers which is also known as the "Body Machine"{{cite book |last1=Cultural Center of the Philippines |title=CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art: Philippine dance |date=1994 |publisher=Cultural Center of the Philippines |isbn=978-971-8546-28-4 |page=192 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7mSNM8XdPgQC |access-date=26 December 2022 |language=en}} is what he has formed for popular shows. Calzado also directed the Larawan Dance Comapany, the folk dance group of the Philippine Bureau of Customs.

Calzado married Maria Antonia Ussher, a woman of Irish–Spanish–Filipina descent. He is the father of Iza Calzado. His son Dash Calzado is a member of Legit Misfitz, a Filipino rap group. He later ran an entertainment and management center, and trains dance groups for clubs and other venues in Japan.

Calzado died at St. Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City after battling liver cancer for years.Staff report (November 12, 2011). [http://entertainment.inquirer.net/20607/lito-calzado-65 Lito Calzado, 65.] Philippine Daily Inquirer He was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis in 2010. He was 65 years old. Lito was cremated and interred beside his wife, Maria Antonia Ussher at Himlayang Pilipino, Tandang Sora, Quezon City on November 14, 2011.

Filmography

= TV Actor =

class="wikitable"
Title ! Role ! Network ! Year
Daisy Siete (season 26): Adam or Eve \| \| GMA Network \| 2010

class="wikitable"

Title

! Role

! Network

! Year

Daisy Siete (season 26): Adam or Eve

| GMA Network

| 2010

= Movie Actor =

class="wikitable"
Title ! Role ! Year
Bang-Shang-A-Lang \| \| 1968
Drakulita{{cite book \|last1=Browning \|first1=John Edgar \|last2=Picart \|first2=Caroline Joan (Kay) \|title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 \|date=10 January 2014 \|publisher=McFarland \|isbn=978-0-7864-6201-8 \|page=81 \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C&pg=PA81 \|access-date=26 December 2022 \|language=en}} \| \| 1969
Snooky \| \| 1970
Pritil \| \| 1970
Rockfest '72 \| \| 1972
Leron-Leron Sinta \| \| 1972
Dyesebel \| \| 1973
Ako'y Paru-Paro, Bulaklak Naman Ako \| \| 1973
7 Crazy Uragons \| \| 1974
Hit and Run \| \| 1975
Jack 'N Jill of the Third Kind \| \| 1978
Stariray \| \| 1981
Isa, Dalawa, Takbo! \| Choreographer \| 1996
Mana-Mana, Tiba-Tiba \| Indu \| 2000
Lagarista \| Trainor \| 2000
The Film Biker \| \| 2000
S2pid Luv \| Club Manager \| 2002

class="wikitable"

Title

! Role

! Year

Bang-Shang-A-Lang

| 1968

Drakulita{{cite book |last1=Browning |first1=John Edgar |last2=Picart |first2=Caroline Joan (Kay) |title=Dracula in Visual Media: Film, Television, Comic Book and Electronic Game Appearances, 1921-2010 |date=10 January 2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6201-8 |page=81 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=32-FBgZ1Ct4C&pg=PA81 |access-date=26 December 2022 |language=en}}

| 1969

Snooky

| 1970

Pritil

| 1970

Rockfest '72

| 1972

Leron-Leron Sinta

| 1972

Dyesebel

| 1973

Ako'y Paru-Paro, Bulaklak Naman Ako

| 1973

7 Crazy Uragons

| 1974

Hit and Run

| 1975

Jack 'N Jill of the Third Kind

| 1978

Stariray

| 1981

Isa, Dalawa, Takbo!

| Choreographer

| 1996

Mana-Mana, Tiba-Tiba

| Indu

| 2000

Lagarista

| Trainor

| 2000

The Film Biker

| 2000

S2pid Luv

| Club Manager

| 2002

= Choreographer =

class="wikitable"
Title ! Year
Halina Neneng Ko \| 1969
Fiesta Extravaganza \| 1969
Nora: Simple Girl \| 1969
Young Love \| 1970
Ricky Na, Tirso Pa! \| 1970
Dream of Jeanne \| 1970
D'Sensations \| 1971
Leron-Leron Sinta \| 1972
Batya't Palu-Palo \| 1974
Mahal Mo, Mahal Ko \| 1978
Jack 'N Jill of the Third Kind \| 1978
Stariray \| 1981
Walang Matigas na Tinapay Sa Mainit Na Kape \| 1994
Nobody Nobody But Juan \| 2009

class="wikitable"

Title

! Year

Halina Neneng Ko

| 1969

Fiesta Extravaganza

| 1969

Nora: Simple Girl

| 1969

Young Love

| 1970

Ricky Na, Tirso Pa!