Rod Navarro

{{short description|Filipino actor and politician (1930 – 2003)}}

{{Philippine name|Bowers|Riglets}}

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| name = Rod Navarro

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| birth_name = Joseph Bowers Rigets

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1930|3|10}}

| birth_place = Manila, Insular Government of the Philippine Islands

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2003|4|9|1930|3|10}}

| death_place = Quezon City, Philippines

| nationality = Filipino

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| occupation = Actor, radio broadcaster

| party = Kilusang Bagong Lipunan

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Joseph Bowers Rigets (March 10, 1930 – April 9, 2003), better known his stage name as Rod Navarro, was a film and television actor. He was the host of Tawag ng Tanghalan.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsflash.org/2003/05/sb/sb003113.htm|title=Remembering Departed Stars|last=Francisco|first=Butch|date=1 November 2003|accessdate=19 November 2012}}

Navarro was known as a character actor{{cite news |title=Rod Navarro, 73 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XSsaAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA2 |access-date=11 September 2022 |publisher=Manila Standard |date=10 April 2003}} for playing rich dons, villains and for being "mahangin" (show off),{{cite book |title=CCP Encyclopedia of Philippine Art: Philippine film |date=1994 |publisher=Cultural Center of the Philippines |isbn=978-971-8546-42-0 |page=285 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MM3ritvPJFMC |access-date=11 September 2022 |language=en}} a trademark in film and television to which he was known for, notably as Don Facundo in the Philippine sitcom Beh Bote Nga.

A Retired Master Sergeant in the Philippine Constabulary, he himself was a sharpshooter, which was evident in some of his films during the 1960s.

Navarro also served as a Councilor / Vice Mayor in Pasig, a Radio anchor and was a top product endorser during his time.