David Light
Acting
Biography
David Light was an American actor who settled in The Philippines during the 1970's. During the 1980's he had several large and small roles in Filipino productions as well as foreign films made locally. His acting career ended in 1991 as the local film industry went quiet. In 2020 he was stabbed to death in his home in Olongapo by two young men. He was 75 years old.
Known For
Blood Chase
A wife drags her husband on a dangerous cross-continental journey to find the truth about her father's death.
Phantom Soldiers
Texas Ranger Daniel Custer leaves for Vietnam to find his brother Michael, a Green Beret Lieutenant who has been reported missing in action. Michael's squad was searching for a mysterious group of 'phantom soldiers' that had been using US-made arms for massacring villages and killing unarmed civilians. Daniel goes out on his own into the jungles of Vietnam to find his brother and stop these killers.
American Commandos
A group of Vietnam vets are sent to Southeast Asia to destroy drug-smuggling operations in the Golden Triangle. When they get there, they find that many of the drug gangs are run by other Vietnam vets.
Commando Leopard
A cruel dictator rules a Latin American state. Corruption, brutality and exploitation are present every day. A few people begin to organise resistance. Under the leader "El Leopardo" a small group of guerillas fights against the violent government.
The Last American Soldier
Commander and his small band of freedom fighters make life difficult for the VC after the Vietnam War is over. They free Vietnamese prisoners, and destroy enemy convoys every chance they can get. This severely upsets the evil Russian Vlasov, who is working with the VC in various nefarious enterprises. An ultra-violent, Rambo style movie filmed in the Philippines.
Final Reprisal
Sergeant David Callahan leads a task force of U.S. Marines on a failed mission. Five years later, working as an adviser to Thai Special Forces, he is forced to return to the Vietnamese P.O.W. camp he escaped years before, to fight a deadly duel.
Eye of the Eagle
"The Lost Command," a bunch of notorious renegades, terrorize South Vietnam, forcing Sgt. Zack Skinner, HQ's best man to hunt down the Command to stop its killing spree.
The Last Blood
A soldier attacks his corrupt superior officer and is court marshalled but before he can be sent to a firing squad he escapes...
Indio
A half-breed Marine takes on greedy industrialists in the Amazonian rain forests. Marvelous Marvin proves his ability as a fighter!
Saigon Commandos
A series of drug-related murders haunt Saigon. Ex-Green Beret Mark Stryker and his MP's must find the culprits. With the help of Jean Lassiter, a nosey reporter covering the crime beat, Stryker uncovers the involvement of corrupt politicians in the heroin trade and in the killings. But before he can pin them down, Stryker is framed for the murder of his commanding officer and now he must clear his name, free Lassiter from her captors, and stop his men from carrying out their own kind of vengeance before it is too late.
Filmography
as IMC Officer (uncredited)
as Eddie Nichols
as Jackson
as 'Softball Team' Member (uncredited)
as Vlassov
as Nash
as Jerome Massini
as Jack Alberts
as Jev
as Popkin
as Snake
as Sgt. Maddox
as Carnahan
as Guard
as Prisoner
as Zaar
as Lev
as Mercenary (uncredited)
as Man in Toilet
as US Soldier
as Hood (uncredited)