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'''Bayani Casimiro''' ([[1923]]-[[1989]]) was a noted [[Filipino people|Filipino]] musical star of both stage and screen. Best known as a [[tap dancer]], he was dubbed as the "[[Fred Astaire]] of the Philippines". His frequent dancing partner, or "[[Ginger Rogers|Ginger]]" if you will, was [[Nieves Manuel]]. Casimiro's career began in [[bodabil]] (the Filipino version of [[vaudeville]]), but soon progressed to films, whereinwhere he starred in several popular musicals of the 1940s and 1950s.

As he aged, Casimiro became known to a younger generation primarily as a [[character actor]] in film comedies. Often cast as a grandfather or town sage, his thin frame and befuddled look lent to easy ridicule. His most prominent role in later years was as the father of [[Enteng Kabisote]] ([[Vic Sotto]]) in the wildly popular [[sitcom]] [[OK Ka Fairy Ko]]. He passed away early in the series' run, but his son, [[Bayani Casimiro, Jr.]], soon joined the cast as [[Prinsipe ng Kahilingan]]. In obvious tribute to his father, Casimiro Jr.'s character would perform a brief tap dance upon his every entrance and exit.

== Filmography ==