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name: "Joe Bautista"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-bautista"
roles: []
born: "19 March 1898"
died: "21 December 1973"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:02:23.894156+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Joe Bautista

Actor. Born 19 March 1898 in Manila, The Philippines. Died 21 December 1973.

## Details

- **Born:** 19 March 1898, Manila, The Philippines
- **Died:** 21 December 1973
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0062520/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1518246

## Biography

Joe Bautista (1898–1973) was a Filipino-American actor who appeared in numerous Hollywood films, primarily in uncredited supporting roles.

Born in Manila, he worked in the United States from the 1930s onward. His credits include an uncredited appearance as Thomasino in *A Letter to Three Wives* (1949), as well as parts in *Buy Me That Town* (1941), *Singapore* (1947), *Because You're Mine* (1952) and several other features, often portraying houseboys, butlers or similar characters. He also made brief television appearances in the early 1950s, including episodes of *Crown Theatre with Gloria Swanson* and *Your Jeweler's Showcase*.

*Sources: imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *A Letter to Three Wives* (1949), Fi1m 79, as Thomasino (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/a-letter-to-three-wives.md)

## Complete filmography (8)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Niña Bonita* (1955), Actor
- *Dancing in the Dark* (1949), as Filipino Man
- *A Letter to Three Wives* (1949), as Thomasino (uncredited) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/a-letter-to-three-wives.md)
- *Saigon* (1947), as Native (uncredited)
- *Singapore* (1947), as Guide (uncredited)
- *Honolulu Lu* (1941), as Bellboy
- *In the Navy* (1941), as Captain's Mess Boy (uncredited)
- *The Girl from Mandalay* (1936), as Oswald, Houseboy

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