Actor

Lou Salvador Jr.

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Movies: 27Series: 0

TMDB ID: 1200643

IMDb ID: nm0759242

Known for: Acting

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1953 - 1975

Years active: 23

Average TMDB rating: 7.29

Wikidata: Q6685743

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Biography

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.