Weng-Weng

Weng-Weng
Ernesto dela Cruz
Personal Details
Born	September 7th, 1957
Died	August 29th, 1992
Nationality	Filipino
Occupation	Actor
Political Party	New Society Movement

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.

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.
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". 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".