[2] He appeared in 1959 comedy film Ipinagbili Kami Ng Aming Tatay, starring Dolphy.
In 1963, Sampaguita Pictures introduced Legaspi together with teenage stars such as Rosemarie Sonora, Gina Pareño, Dindo Fernando, Pepito Rodriguez, Romeo Rivera and Bert Leroy, Jr., among others.
He played an impotent husband in the movie Uhaw (1970) with Merle Fernandez and Tito Galla, directed by Ruben Abalos.
He played Mayor Joaquin Montejo in Esperanza on ABS-CBN, starring Judy Ann Santos in 1997.
[5][6] On September 6, 2019, Legaspi was rushed to the Cardinal Santos Memorial Medical Center after having chest pains.