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Lloyd Samartino

actor

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMay 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ12967326 ↗
Source-derived summary

Lloyd Samartino Jr. (born February 2, 1963) is a Filipino actor.

Personal life

Samartino's mother is Carmen Soriano, an actress and singer. Samartino's wife was Jo Ramos, a singer and daughter of former Philippines President Fidel V. Ramos. They have a son, Sergio.

Career

Samartino started his career as a commercial model for Close-Up tooth paste in 1978. His first film appearance was Gabun: Anak Mo, Anak Ko in 1979. He became a popular matinee-idol in 1980s. Samartino has played the leading man with actresses including Nora Aunor, Vilma Santos-Recto and Rio Locsin.

Filmography

Film

Gabun: Anak Mo, Anak Ko (1979)

Annie Batungbakal (1979)

4 na Maria (1980)

Problem Child (1980)

Good Morning Sunshine (1980)

Salamat...

Editorial summary

Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Lloyd Samartino” is actor. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Lloyd, Samartino and actor, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1963, 1978, 1979, 1980—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1960-02-02. For this dossier, Lloyd, Samartino and actor is the immediate research focus.
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Why this record matters

The phrase “actor” supplies a clear boundary for inquiry. It also exposes the unanswered questions: who defined that boundary, when it became stable and which sources sit outside it.

Evidence profile

The entry’s evidential value lies in the named roles, institutions and publications that can be tested against primary documentation. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q12967326. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1963, 1978, 1979 and 1980.

Critical limits

Public reputation and documentary evidence do not always develop together; absence from a summary is not evidence of historical absence. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Lloyd Samartino” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.