Lou Salvador Jr.

History

Lou Salvador Jr. (December 4, 1940 – April 19, 2008) was a Filipino film actor. He was dubbed as "The James Dean of the Philippines". 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. After his retirement from the film industry in the late 70s, 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.

Profile

Movies

Manila in the Claws of Light

Atong

A young fisherman from a provincial village arrives in the capital on a quest to track down his girlfriend, who was lured there with the promise of work and hasn’t been heard from since. In the meantime, he takes a low-wage job at a construction site and witnesses life on the streets, where death strikes without warning, corruption and exploitation are commonplace, and protests hint at escalating civil unrest.

Sleeping Dragon

A martial arts film co-directed by Ishmael Bernal and released in 1975.

Villa Miranda

Drama among family and friends unfold in Villa Miranda, a town in the world of false glories and true defeats.

Lilet

Enrico

An unstable young woman finally blows the cover of her repressive family's dark secrets when her memories where unlocked with the help of an ardent suitor.

Divina Gracia

Wedding guest

Two identical sisters vying for the attention of one man they both love.

Ikaw ang Lahat sa Akin

Barbaro Cristobal

A story about Barbaro Cristobal a blind gunslinger and boy who acts as his eyes.

Ang Pagbabalik Ni Daniel Barrion

Sorrento

Tanging Ikaw

A driver hits a feisty strong headed woman's bike and fate draws them closer when the man was fired and later searches for a place to stay while he pursues his dream of being a writer.

Let's Hang On!

This Is a Filipino

This is a Monumental Epic in the History of Filipino Movies.

Alyas Phantom

Captain Philippines at Boy Pinoy

Boy Pinoy

Alyas Batman at Robin

Robin

A Batman takeoff.

Sigaw ng Digmaan

A handful of soldiers holed up on a hilltop to repel the horde of advancing Japanese troops, sacrificing their lives for their beloved country.

Albano Brothers

Chinita

It all started when Nestor and Lou became fascinated by the slits in the skirts of Luz and Angie from then on it is a merry chase that ends at the altar for all four.

Sparring Partner

Your favorite teenage stars in a story about today's youth rollicking their way thru life.

Walang Takot

A story about two feuding families, whose loves and hates are as big as the great outdoors, a drama of cattle barong, of men fast on the draw and ladies just as deadly as they are charming.

Combo Festival

A young man was prohibited by his mother to join a Combo(band) in fear of him being negatively influenced. The mother sends him to the province but as he travels he meets a bald man.

Casa Grande

Second Story

Barkada

Is society to blame for the bruised and twisted minds of a city's slums snarling, growling, and grumbling as they are? "Barkada" awaits your verdict.

Faithful

June

This strikes straight at the heart because it is a tender story of four people, each deserving a Purple Heart.

Bad Boy

Troop 11

A story about Boy Scouts going on a camping, having fun and getting into deep trouble.

Batangueña

A female mosquito net vendor's life changes when she meets the boss of an office and makes her his secretary.