Jose Roxas Perez (October 15, 1915 – July 28, 1975) was a Filipino film producer and studio executive who headed Sampaguita Pictures.
[1] Perez attended the University of Santo Tomas where he obtained a degree in medicine prior to the outbreak of World War II.
He did not continue his medicine career after he as an intern witness the death of his father who underwent an operation for acute appendicitis.
[1] Doc Perez, as he affectionally called, would develop a reputation as a starmaker helping upstart the career of several actresses including Gloria Romero, Susan Roces, and Amalia Fuentes.
[3] They got married December 10, 1941, amidst World War II and two days after the Pearl Harbor bombing.