2013, November 23. National Stamp Collecting Month
Featuring Rodolfo "Dolphy" Vera Quizon - King Of Comedy
Litho Offset. Amstar Company, Inc. Perf 14
Souvenir Sheets of One
100p Souvenir Sheets of One (With Foil Stamping) (5,000)
First Day Covers: Manila
RODOLFO "DOLPHY" VERA QUIZON
Rodolfo Vera Quizon, Sr. (July 25, 1928 – July 10, 2012), known by his screen name Dolphy. Filipino comedian-actor in the Philippines. 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. He started performing onstage during the Japanese Occupation of the Philippines. Dolphy was turning 17 when Benny Mack got him a job as a chorus dancer. 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.
He had his first movie when he was 19 with Fernando Poe, Sr. in Dugo at Bayan (I Remember Bataan), billed as Rodolfo Quizon. Poe gave him a break in films playing bit roles as a character actor. In the late 1940s, Dolphy also got into radio through Conde Ubaldo, a popular radio writer, director and producer. He joined the program Wag Naman which starred Pancho Magalona. Magalona recommended Dolphy to Dr. Jose “Doc” Perez, the owner of Sampaguita Pictures in 1952. His first movie with Sampaguita was Sa Isang Sulyap Mo, Tita, with Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran. It was also in Sampaguita were the comedy duo of Dolphy and Panchito became popular.
Dolphy became famous for playing roles after he was typecasted in Jack en Jill with Rogelio de la Rosa and Lolita Rodriguez in 1954. Jack en Jill was a Philippine komiks serial by Mars Ravelo. This was followed with other movies adapted from komiks by the same author like Silveria, Captain Barbell and Facifica Falayfay.
After leaving Sampaguita Pictures, he joined television. His first TV show was with ABS-CBN on "Buhay Artista" (Actor's Life). He left ABS-CBN due to Martial Law, and moved to GMA Network since Buhay Artista moved to RBS-7 (former branding name of GMA) from December 1972 to early 1974. He was in television series John en Marsha started in 1971, a year before Martial Law. It was such a big hit that movie versions of the show were made eight times.
President Benigno Aquino III awarded Dolphy the Grand Collar of the Order of the Golden Heart in 2010. Dolphy died on July 10, 2012, at the age of 83 due to multiple organ failure. President Benigno Aquino III declared July 13, 2012 as "National Day of Remembrance" in honor of Dolphy's contributions to the Philippine showbiz industry.
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