Abel Salazar

Abel Salazar

Birth : 1917-09-24, Mexico City, Mexico

Death : 1995-10-21

History

Abel Salazar García (24 September 1917 – 21 October 1995) was a Mexican actor, producer and director. He appeared in 70 films between 1941 and 1989.

Profile

Abel Salazar

Movies

Quisiera ser hombre
Director
Manuela (Lucerito) has a lot of difficulties to get work as a fashion designer, since the world of "haute couture" is preferred by men. She decides to change her appearance in order to have luck, so Manuela becomes Manuelito. Immediately find a job as an assistant of Miguel (Guillermo Capetillo), who is also a designer. Miguel offers to share his department, and Manuelito agrees because she/he doesn't have a place to live. This raises a number of funny situations, especially when Miguel is alarmed to know that he is falling in love with his "male friend"
Mentiras
Director
Lupita Montero, a young singer , tries to break into the art world which is always hostile and complicated. Skillfully she knows a great entrepreneur of a record company who promises to make her a big star. The image of the young man begins to change, it is very frequent. Logically they end up falling in love and think it will be a great love, but in that environment everything is so complicated that Lupita decides to leave everything, both the love of his life and his career.
El otro
Sr. Heredia
A novelist travels to the country to learn the problems of a friend's shy son and runs into an intruder.
Ya nunca más
Director
A young teenage boy with a zest for sports and singing is seriously injured in a motorcycle accident. The story revolves around his shock at the way his life has changed and his difficulty in coping with his new reality. The boy, played by Latin singing star Luis Miguel at age 14, sings several songs in the movie.
Lagunilla 2
Director
Three Women in a Bonfire
Director
Alex, a real estate businessman, has no concerns in giving her wife every kind of freedom. They invite Gloria, an old friend of both, to spend the summer break in their countryside house next to the beach. Gloria doesn't come alone: she comes with young Susy, her lover. Alex will use all of his charms and luxury to manipulate his new guests; meanwhile, his wife and Gloria will gang up to murder him.
Picardía mexicana
Director
An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.
Peor que los buitres
Director
A group of biker outlaws escape into the desert after assaulting a mining company. Under the threat of the sun, they will run into internal betrayals and water shortages, forcing them to kidnap a nearby Apache to help them find a mythical oasis to survive.
Adios, amor...
Director
A young man kidnaps a woman and embarks on an energetic crime spree. The reason for his behavior gradually becomes apparent.
Una mujer honesta
Director
Elena y Raquel
Director
Elena's sterile and her younger cousin Raquel gets pregnant before marriage.They scream at each other a lot.
Rosas blancas para mi hermana negra
Director
The story revolves around Laura, a white singer, and Angustias, her longtime black friend, with both mothers dedicated to the education of their daughters: Alicia and Roberta. Trouble ensues when Laura’s daughter, Alicia, falls in love with Ricardo, a young black medical student.
Paula
The story of a young woman falling for an older man.
Paula
Director
The story of a young woman falling for an older man.
Valentín de la Sierra
Producer
The Adolescents
Producer
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967
The Adolescents
Director
Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967
El indomable
Producer
Wandering cowboy stops to help a widow out against the man who killed her husband.
El indomable
Wandering cowboy stops to help a widow out against the man who killed her husband.
Pistoleros del oeste
Timid city-boy hires two cowboy roughnecks to help him get out of an arranged marriage.
Cucurrucucú Paloma
Biography of a fictional ranchera singer whose career trajectory seems to parallel that of the actress performing the role.
El mariachi canta
Producer
Rivalry and romance between the leaders of a male mariachi band and a female one.
The Living Head
Inspector Toledo
A group of archaeologists break into the tomb of an ancient Aztec general, arousing the warrior's head and sending his undead servant out to take revenge on the careless scientists.
The Living Head
Producer
A group of archaeologists break into the tomb of an ancient Aztec general, arousing the warrior's head and sending his undead servant out to take revenge on the careless scientists.
The Brainiac
Producer
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors. 300 years later, a comet that was passing overhead on the night of the Baron's execution returns to earth, bringing with it the Baron in the form of a horrible, brain-eating monster that terrorizes the Inquisitor's descendants
The Brainiac
Baron Vitelius d'Estera
In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors. 300 years later, a comet that was passing overhead on the night of the Baron's execution returns to earth, bringing with it the Baron in the form of a horrible, brain-eating monster that terrorizes the Inquisitor's descendants
The Witch's Mirror
Producer
A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.
The World of the Vampires
Producer
A vampire uses two sisters to seek revenge from the last member of a family that persecuted the undead in Europe, but his plan is threatened by a man who knows how to destroy him with a peculiar piece of music.
The Curse of the Crying Woman
Producer
A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.
The Curse of the Crying Woman
Jaime
A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.
Venganza Apache
Three good guys vs a bad dude who sells weapons to the Apaches and provokes a range war between US Cavalry and a splinter group of tribesmen, breaking the standing treaty between their tribe and the invaders. Sequel to Los Hermanos Diablo.
El renegado blanco
Cowboy comedy turns serious and adventure-y in the middle. Sequel to Los hermanos diablo.
Los hermanos Diablo
The three Diablo brothers are effete dandies who love chamber music and afternoon tea... but they also love brawling and whoring and all that wild west stuff. They inherit a ranch, and all hell breaks loose when they go to take ownership of it.
The Man and the Monster
Producer
A failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for his becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster.
The Man and the Monster
Ricardo Souto
A failed pianist sells his soul to the devil in return for his becoming the greatest musician in the world. The catch: every time he plays he turns into a horrible monster.
Born to Love
Black Pit of Dr. M
Two doctors make a pact in which they swear that the first to die will return - if possible - to tell the other how to get a glimpse of the afterlife while still alive.
The Vampire's Coffin
Dr. Enrique Saldivar
Graverobbers stumble upon the tomb of a vampire, who turns them into zombies to do his bidding, which is to stalk and capture beautiful women.
The Vampire
Dr. Enríquez
A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next-door neighbor may be involved.
The Vampire
Producer
A pretty young Mexican girl returns to her hometown to make funeral arrangements for her beloved aunt, who has just died. Soon she begins to hear disturbing stories about the town being infested by vampires, and she eventually begins to suspect that her remaining aunt and the mysterious next-door neighbor may be involved.
Tropicana
Behind-the-scenes at a famous nightclub's floor-show. Those wacky choreographers and hotel managers!
Serenata en México
Mariachi with dual vocalists is broken up by a promoter who wants one of them as a solo act.
The Coyote's Justice
El Coyote
California, 1840s. Wealthy landowner César de Echagüe, secretly acting as El Coyote, the legendary masked hero, continues his fight against the injustices and abuses suffered by the Hispanic population at the hands of the US Army.
Los tres amores de Lola
Producer
Flamenco artist in Mexico draws attention from three suitors.
Los tres amores de Lola
Flamenco artist in Mexico draws attention from three suitors.
La fuerza del deseo
Ricardo
Wicked girl uses nude modeling as a way to seduce a wealthy painter into marriage, while still trying to keep an artschool stud piece on the side.
El caso de la mujer asesinadita
Producer
Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued with supernatural phenomena relating to her imminent murder. It's a comedy.
El caso de la mujer asesinadita
Lorenzo
Ghosts and premonitions; a married woman discovers the true love of her life while being plagued with supernatural phenomena relating to her imminent murder. It's a comedy.
The Coyote
El Coyote
California, 1848. An invading army has defeated the few opposing forces and the territory has become part of the United States. Don César de Echagüe, an old gentleman, begs his son César to return from Europe, confident that he will know how to confront the oppressor.
Necesito un marido
After being stood up at the altar, a young heiress hires a burglar to pose as her husband to help her save face.
Mañana cuando amanezca
Luis Arnal
La engañadora
La visita que no tocó el timbre
Two underachieving brothers take responsibility for an abandoned baby.
Nadie muere dos veces
Producer
Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!
Nadie muere dos veces
Raúl García / Ricardo
Big-league criminal escapes from jail, tracks down his ex-wife at a seaside resort. She kills him in self-defense, and then a guy who looks exactly like him comes along. Massive complications!
No te ofendas, Beatriz
Young couple looks for a way to wiggle out of the marriage their parents have arranged for them.
Ella, Lucifer y yo
Playboy uses satanic powers to score with the babes.
Siete mujeres
Mexican feature film
Siete mujeres
Producer
Mexican feature film
Se le pasó la mano
Yo fui una callejera
Teenaged slum-girl falls into show-biz by accident and rises to the tuxedos-and-furs class. Gangster drama and heartbreak, so she goes back to her own social class at the end, even though other options were available to her.
Por qué peca la mujer
Don Héctor
Working-class girl-next--door type is seduced into a high-glam lifestyle when an oily promoter helps launch her as a nightclub singer; she throws over her decent-simple-guy boyfriend and loses her moral compass.
Vive como sea
A rich uncle thinks he's married with children, so a young gadabout recruits all his friends to pass themselves off as his wife, inlaws and children.
La miel se fue de la luna
Pablo
Dr. Pablo, something womanizer, going to marry with Mini and cheats África, singer and his lover, telling her to wait while she is on tour in Cuba. With her, he poses as a friend industrial, Ricardo and his intention is not to see her again. While Africa is out he marries Mini, which proves to be terribly jealous. Complications ensue when Africa returns to Mexico and start searching for the fake Richard. By chance a friend of Mini will be in a beauty salon and this ensures she can take to "Ricardo" because is "a friend of her husband". A typical sitcom with a blistering pace.
Hay un niño en su futuro
Wacky rich woman subjects her husband, servants and friends to a series of elaborate masquerades, remodeling her house and wardrobe every couple of days to represent different historical eras or cultural milieux. Today she's Marie Antoinette, tomorrow she may be Pancho Villa's common-law wife or a nun.
From Can-Can to Mambo
Roberto
Young man convinces his conservative uncle that trendy modern stuff is fun.
Canasta Uruguaya
Pablo
Screwball comedy about country girl who inherits a fortune.
El marido de mi novia
Paco
Raquel's life is turned upside down when a terrible accident results in the death of her child and the confinement of her husband to a wheelchair. Without any way to support her and her disabled husband, Raquel turns to a life of crime and partners with a petty thief named Paco who falls in love with her.
Vuelva el sábado
Young woman loses her secretarial job, so she tries to become a bill-collector.
Menores de edad
Absalón Rojas
Late-teens girl is trapped into masquerading as a 12 year old. Wacky complications.
La duquesa del Tepetate
Romantic comedy.
Donde nacen los pobres
Working-class boy, pampered rich girl. She thinks their love is strong enough to overcome all the class issues; he knows better, but he decides to give it a whirl anyway. It ends badly for everyone.
Yo quiero ser hombre
Yo quiero ser mala
In this Romantic-Comedy from Director Rene Cardona, Actress Maria Elena Marques plays a hard-living woman named Leticia, who suffers from a recently broken heart after being deceived by her ex-boyfriend. Soured on anything to do with love and while drinking away her sorrows, she sets out to marry the very first man she sees. This man just happens to be a nice guy named Roberto, (Abel Salazar). Although the pair's mutual attraction to each other is obvious, Roberto has no idea what he is in for, and he soon proposes. Not long after the marriage, Leticia starts to take advantage of both Roberto and her new Father-in-Law (played by Oscar Pulido), who shows kindness towards the girl. Predictably, marital bliss soon turns into discord, and the couple agree to divorce after a year passes. Their love-hate relationship and pending break-up provides a perfect backdrop for several comedic situations before the two realize that they are actually in love.
Dos pesos dejada
Comedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps in to set matters straight.
Café de chinos
Naive Chinese immigrant has feelings for a young woman of loose morals whom he hires at his restaurant.
La Panchita
Flirty young farmgirl has five or six suitors to choose between.
El pecado de Laura
Producer
Young woman breaks her engagement to be married when an opportunity for stardom comes her way.
El pecado de Laura
José
Young woman breaks her engagement to be married when an opportunity for stardom comes her way.
The Three Garcia
José Luis García
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
Vuelven los García
José Luis García
Ruled by a tough grandma, the Garcías are three charro cousins who fall in love with young American-born Lupita and fight for her love until grandma quiets them.
Como yo te quería
Romantic comedy/drama.
Las cinco advertencias de Satanás
Producer
Satan plays a trick on two roues, telling them five things that are predestined to happen to them, but leaving out some crucial details. Then he sits back and laughs as they struggle against their preordained situations.
Las cinco advertencias de Satanás
Satan plays a trick on two roues, telling them five things that are predestined to happen to them, but leaving out some crucial details. Then he sits back and laughs as they struggle against their preordained situations.
Cadetes de la naval
Two young men go through military training, then enlist to fight in WWII
Me ha besado un hombre
Spanish refugee could only get across the border using fake documents that belonged to her brother and now she's stuck with the male identity...
Tres hermanos
Writer
The three sons of a Mexican family emigrated to USA end up fighting in WWII.
Tres hermanos
The three sons of a Mexican family emigrated to USA end up fighting in WWII.
El conde de Montecristo
Alberto de Morcef
Adaptation of Dumas' swashbuckler classic.
La vírgen morena
Intensifying skirmishes between a brutally oppressive conquistador imperialist and the last holdouts of Aztec resistance... and meanwhile, miraculous visitations of The Virgin Mary to two of the downtrodden and conquered indigenous peons.
La casa del rencor
Esposo de Laura
A 1941 film directed by Gilberto Martínez Solares.