Frederick Charles Abiera "Ricky" Davao was a Filipino actor, dancer, and television director. He began his career in the entertainment industry in 1978 as a dancer for the Vicor Crowd group. Later in the year, he had his first stint in acting as a cast member in the film Patayin si Mediavilla starring Fernando Poe Jr. and directed by Armando Herrera. In theatre, he was best known for portraying a fictionalized version of Bongbong Marcos in the play Bongbong at Kris in the 1980s.
He served as a juror in the first ASEAN International Film Festival Awards in 2013, and he performed in the Pinoy Playlist Music Festival 2019.
Davao was the son of actor Charlie Davao. He had two brothers, who also worked as actors.
Davao began a relationship with actress Jackie Lou Blanco after Blanco stood in for Snooky Serna in the variety program GMA Supershow. Davao was supposed to sing to Snooky but because the latter failed to appear, Blanco was pulled in to replace her. They married in 1989 and had three children before separating in 2011. In 2021, they reunited on-screen via drama anthology, I Can See You: AlterNate, where they acted as husband and wife. Starting in 2022, Davao entered into a relationship with a private individual whom he identified only as Maica.
On May 2, 2025, Davao's family announced that he had died at the age of 63 after battling cancer.
(Source: Wikipedia)
