Weng-Weng

Ernesto Juan de la Cruz (better known by his stage name, Weng-Weng), was a Filipino action and martial arts film stars, best known for a series of spy films in which he played secret Agent 00.
== Biography ==
Dela Cruz was photographed at a pro-Marcos rally in early 1986.A little man with Marcos/Tolentino campaign button, vees his fingers at pro-Marcos rally.
Dela Cruz was awarded a trophy during the Starlight Cultural Foundation's Pasig Cultural Affair, at the Marcos Stadium in Pasig, February 22nd, 1986, for being the "International Action Star of Showbiz World".
== Filmography ==
Year	Title 	Role 	Notes
1975	Silakbo 	 	
1976	They The Brave 	 	
1976	They... On Every Sidewalk 	 	
1978	Chop Suey Meets Big Time Papa 	Big Time Papa 	
1980	The Quick Brown Fox 	 	
1981	Stariray 	 	
1981	Agent 00 	Agent 00 	
* First of three films in which Weng-Weng played the eponymous superspy.
* Believed lost.
1981	Da Best In Da West 	Bronson 	
1981	Legs... Body... Girl! 	 	
1981	For Y'ur Height Only 	Agent 00 	
* Second Agent 00 film.
* Crossover with the Tony Falcon "Agent X-44" series.The Search for Weng-Weng
1982	D'Wild Wild Weng 	Mr. Weng 	
* A contemporary pressbook cites the film as being another adventure of Agent 00, who, like Mr. Weng, is a government agent, practices martial arts, and is named Weng. It's thus a possibility that they ARE the same character.
1982	The Impossible Kid 	Agent 00 	
* The final film in which Weng-Weng stars as 00.
* The end credits promise a further adventure, "License Expired", which seems never to have been made.
1982	The Cute... The Sexy n' The Tiny	The Tiny 	
* Director Eddie Nicart is quoted as saying, "The last film with Weng Weng, he is a convict, like an Al Capone - he's in prison and he gets out."
1984	Caliber .357 	Unknown, scenes presumably deleted.	
* Credited on Filipino posters.
* Actor Nelson Anderson recalls shooting footage with Weng-Weng, who had what was essentially a cameo role. When questioned by documentary director Andrew Leavold as to whether the character was intended to be Agent 00, Anderson replied in the affirmative.
== Trivia ==
* Common misinformation regarding Weng-Weng is that he starred in the films, "Go Tell It On The Mountain", "MoonBoy From Another Planet", and that he sang a duet with Imelda Marcos of the Frank Sinatra song "My Way".Weng Weng and lost pulp cinema genre
 Andrew Leavold asserted that these had been false claims by a rival researcher, meant to mislead him, in his 2017 book, "The Search for Weng-Weng".
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