Ramon Sison

Ramon Sison

Born: August 4, 1929
Died: January 7, 2009
in Cabugao, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
Born and raised in a small town in the Philippines, Ramon showed dancing and musical talents at an early age. His parents, Florentina and Salustiano Sison, conservative landowners with substantial landholdings, encouraged him to become a doctor but discouraged him from the uncertainties of pursuing a musical or showbiz career. He followed his parents' advice. However, he could not refuse when offered a role in a movie and later opportunities to play the piano and act in radio and television programs while attending the University of the Philippines pre-med and medical school in Manila. After obtaining his medical degree in 1955 he went to Georgetown University for post-doctoral specialization. He practiced medicine in the mid-West for nine years where he played piano in a jazz band with medical colleagues in Springfield, Illinois. During those years he also played double bass with the conservatory symphony of MacMurray College in Jacksonville, Illinois. Shortly after moving west to Beverly Hills, California, with no intention of pursuing an acting career in Hollywood, he found himself one day in 1976 playing the role of medical officer opposite Gregory Peck in a hospital scene of "MacArthur". Since 1976 he has appeared in a number of movie, TV and equity-waiver stage productions in Hollywood. He has been active as president or member in many community, civic and professional organizations in Southern California. He has been president of the Philippine Medical Association of Southern California and the University of the Philippines Alumni Association of Southern California. He was 1st vice-president of the Association of Asian Pacific American Artists which annually presented the Jimmy Awards. He served the State of California for six years as member of the California Medical Board by appointment by then Governor Jerry Brown. For sixteen years he served the federal government as a reserve army medical officer and served to rank of full Colonel. In 1991 he was knighted "Chevalier De Grace" into the Ordre Supreme Militaire Imperial Orthodoxe Constantinien De Saint-Georges in Tarragona, Spain. He is a lifetime member of Mensa.

Movies for Ramon Sison...

Rage
Title: Rage
Character: Koto
Released: November 3, 1995
Type: Movie
A corrupt right-wing militia group chooses a California teacher as the ideal specimen to clone for its army.
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Troop Beverly Hills
Title: Troop Beverly Hills
Character: Bong Bong
Released: March 22, 1989
Type: Movie
A Beverly Hills housewife in the middle of a divorce tries to find focus in her life by taking over her daughter's Wilderness Girls troop.
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Deadly Force
Title: Deadly Force
Character: Coroner
Released: July 8, 1983
Type: Movie
Stoney Cooper, a former Los Angeles police officer, is at a low point in his life. Kicked off the force because of his anti-authority attitude, he now ekes out a living as a freelancer in New York. All this changes when the daughter of an old friend is killed by serial killer terrorizing L.A. Although almost nobody in his old home town is happy to see him back, Cooper pledges to bring the killer to justice before any more innocent people die.
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My Favorite Year
Title: My Favorite Year
Character: Rookie Carroca / Featured Player
Released: October 1, 1982
Type: Movie
Fledgling comic Benjy Stone can't believe his luck when his childhood hero, the swashbuckling matinee idol Alan Swann, gets booked to appear on the variety show he writes for. But when Swann arrives, he fails to live up to his silver screen image. Instead, he's a drunken womanizer who suffers from stage fright. Benjy is assigned to look after him before the show, and it's all he can do to keep his former idol from going completely off the rails.
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MacArthur
Title: MacArthur
Character: Lieutenant Colonel (Hospital Commander, Corregidor) (uncredited)
Released: July 15, 1977
Type: Movie
The film portrays MacArthur's life from 1942, before the Battle of Bataan, to 1952, the time after he had been removed from his Korean War command by President Truman for insubordination, and is recounted in flashback as he visits West Point.