Jorge Eduardo "Eddie" Pickett Gutierrez is a Filipino actor and former matinee idol.
Background
Jorge Eduardo Pickett Gutierrez was born at 4:50 Department of Administration and Management on January 6, 1942 at Manila Doctors" Hospital in Ermita, Manila. He is the son of Antonio Atayde Gutierrez, Junior. (1914 in Santa Mesa, Manila - February 10, 1954 in Santa Mesa, Manila), a Filipino mestizo, and Mary Rufina Herranz Pickett (born November 24, 1916 in Tondo, Manila), a Filipina of Canadian and Spanish descent.
Education
He studied at San Beda College and finished high school at San Sebastian College. He took up a course in Commerce at Letran College.
Career
A bit player in Prinsesang Gusgusin (1958), Gutierrez was introduced in Handsome (1959) and played the lead in films like Kaming makasalanan (1960), Eddie Longlegs (1964), Portrait of My Love (1965) and Pogi (1967). He was under contract for Sampaguita Pictures for eight years. His other films include Hiram na Kamay (1962), June Bride (1962), Pitong puso (1962), Sabina (1963), Bird of Paradise (1963), Eddie Loves Susie (1964), Isinulat sa Dugo (1965), I"ll Dream of You (1966), and All Over the World (1967).
After living in the United States for several years, he came back to the Philippines with his family and resumed his acting career.
He appeared in Katawang lupa (1975), Ursula (1976), Beerhouse (1977), Bontoc (1977), Balatkayo (1978), Bomba Star (1980), Sari-saring ibong kulasisi (1978), Lagi na lamang ba akong babae? (1978), and Lumakad Ka, Gabi (1979). In 1991, he was nominated Best Supporting Actor by the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP) for Uubusin ko ang lahi mo (1991).
In 2004 and 2006, Gutierrez joined the cast of the television fantasy series, "Mulawin" and "Majika," in both series playing an elder with magical powers.