Ernesto de la Cruz (September 7, 1957 — August 29, 1992), better known as
Weng Weng, was a Filipino actor and martial artist. Only 83 cm (2 feet, 9 inches) tall,
he is listed in the Guinness World Records as the shortest adult actor in a leading role.[1] He played Secret Agent 00 in For Y’ur Height Only [2] and The Impossible Kid, [3][4][5] and also starred in the western "D’Wild Wild Weng".
Weng Weng was born in Baclaran, Parañaque City.[6] He was christened as Ernesto de la Cruz and was the youngest of the five de la Cruz children (all boys). Weng Weng was born with a medical condition known as ‘primordial dwarfism’ which caused him to only grew up to a height of 2 feet and 9 inches tall. According to his brother Celing de la Cruz, when her mother gave birth to Weng-Weng, his size was “no bigger than a small coke bottleâ€, this forced Weng Weng’s parents to place him in the care of the hospital incubator for the first twelve months of his life. During this time, the doctors were advising the de la Cruz couple that Weng Weng might not survive but miraculously he did, and being devoted Catholics, the couple showed their devotion to their faith by dressing and parading a young Weng Weng as Santo Niño each year for the annual Baclaran parade.
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