Lou Salvador Jr. Explained

Lou Salvador, Jr.
Birth Name:Luis C. Salvador
Birth Date:4 December 1940
Birth Place:Manila, Philippine Commonwealth
Death Place:Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
Nationality:Filipino
Occupation:Actor
Years Active:1957–1975

Lou Salvador Jr. (December 4, 1940 – April 19, 2008) was a Filipino film actor. He was dubbed as "The James Dean of the Philippines".[1]

He was the son of Lou Salvador, a famous basketball player turned film and stage producer. His father directed him in such films as Bad Boy (1957) and Barkada (1958). Salvador Jr. was a contract star of LVN Pictures.[2]

After his retirement from the film industry in the late 1970s, Salvador Jr. moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he died in 2008 from lung cancer at the age of 67, eight months prior to his birthday at December 4. His final resting place is located at Palm Eastern Cemetery in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Filmography

YearTitleRoleNote(s).
1959Masusunod... o Hindi? [3]
1960Krus Na Daan
1962Albano Brothers
Ako ang Katarungan
1965Alyas Batman at Robin Robin
Captain Philippines at Boy Pinoy Boy Pinoy
1968Ang Pagbabalik ni Daniel Barrion
1969Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin
1972Villa Miranda
1975Manila in the Claws of Light Atong

Notes and References

  1. News: Ricky Lo . THEIR MAJESTY: SHOWBIZ'S OTHER BEAUTY QUEENS . Philippine Star & Philippine Headline News Online . 2007-04-19 . 2008-12-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110607051446/http://www.newsflash.org/2004/02/sb/sb004736.htm . 2011-06-07 .
  2. News: Tinaguriang James Dean ng RP na si Lou Salvador, pumanaw na . Bombo Radyo Philippines . 2008-04-22 . 2008-12-10 .
  3. News: Opens Tomorrow. The Manila Times. The Manila Times Publishing Company, Inc.. October 21, 1959. 7-B. All-star cast.