Abel Salazar

Acting

Abel Salazar

Born 1917-09-24 · Mexico City, Mexico

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.

Acting credits

Cucurrucucú Paloma poster
6.0

Biography of a fictional ranchera singer whose career trajectory seems to parallel that of the actress performing the role.

Cucurrucucú Paloma

1965

Tía Candela poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Tía Candela

1948

Vuelven los García poster
6.7

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

1947

The Curse of the Crying Woman poster
6.9

A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.

The Curse of the Crying Woman

1963

Como yo te quería poster
5.6

Romantic comedy/drama.

Como yo te quería

1945

No artwork available
6.3

Cowboy comedy turns serious and adventure-y in the middle. Sequel to Los hermanos diablo.

El renegado blanco

1960

Café de chinos poster
5.8

Naive Chinese immigrant has feelings for a young woman of loose morals whom he hires at his restaurant.

Café de chinos

1949

Se le pasó la mano poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Se le pasó la mano

1952

Vuelva el sábado poster
5.8

Young woman loses her secretarial job, so she tries to become a bill-collector.

Vuelva el sábado

1951

Me ha besado un hombre poster
6.3

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...

Me ha besado un hombre

1944

Tropicana poster
5.8

Behind-the-scenes at a famous nightclub's floor-show. Those wacky choreographers and hotel managers!

Tropicana

1957

El otro poster
4.9

A novelist travels to the country to learn the problems of a friend's shy son and runs into an intruder.

El otro

1986

Por culpa de una mujer poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Por culpa de una mujer

1947

Love Me Because I Die poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Love Me Because I Die

1953

The Living Head poster
6.5

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

1963

El príncipe del desierto poster
6.3

A girl meets a young boy in Arabia who falls in love with her. When they grow up, he goes to Mexico while hiding the fact that he is a prince.

El príncipe del desierto

1947

Paula poster
6.0

The story of a young woman falling for an older man.

Paula

1969

Las cinco advertencias de Satanás poster
4.3

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

1945

Matrimonio sintético poster
6.7

Mexican movie

Matrimonio sintético

1948

Dos pesos dejada poster
7.2

Fermín is a young taxi driver but also a playboy. He sets out to woo the daughter of a merchant who has amassed a small fortune. His plans go off track, and the consequences are imminent.

Dos pesos dejada

1949

Los hermanos Diablo poster
6.1

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.

Los hermanos Diablo

1959

The Brainiac poster
5.5

In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.

The Brainiac

1962

Donde nacen los pobres poster
6.2

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.

Donde nacen los pobres

1950

Una vírgen moderna poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Una vírgen moderna

1946

Behind the camera

Picardía mexicana poster
7.5

An academic tags along among a crew of rowdy delivery-truck drivers, taking notes on their colorful and idiomatic use of language.

Picardía mexicana

1978

Valentín de la Sierra poster
5.4

Based on the corrido of Valentín de la Sierra, one of the revolutionary leaders who forged the armed struggle in Mexican history. The abuses of the Porfirista government against the humble people lead Valentín to lead a large-scale armed uprising.

Valentín de la Sierra

1968

Tía Candela poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Tía Candela

1948

Lagunilla 2 poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Lagunilla 2

1982

The Curse of the Crying Woman poster
6.9

A young woman inherits a mansion, only to discover that it is haunted by witches and evil spirits.

The Curse of the Crying Woman

1963

Me ha besado un hombre poster
6.3

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...

Me ha besado un hombre

1944

El mariachi canta poster
6.6

Rivalry and romance between the leaders of a male mariachi band and a female one.

El mariachi canta

1963

The Living Head poster
6.5

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

1963

Mentiras poster
5.7

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.

Mentiras

1986

Paula poster
6.0

The story of a young woman falling for an older man.

Paula

1969

Adios, amor... poster
5.6

A young man kidnaps a woman and embarks on an energetic crime spree. The reason for his behavior gradually becomes apparent.

Adios, amor...

1973

Las cinco advertencias de Satanás poster
4.3

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

1945

Matrimonio sintético poster
6.7

Mexican movie

Matrimonio sintético

1948

The Witch's Mirror poster
6.9

A husband murders his wife, and years later her ghost emerges from a witch's mirror to take her revenge.

The Witch's Mirror

1962

Ya nunca más poster
6.4

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.

Ya nunca más

1984

The Brainiac poster
5.5

In 1661 Mexico, Baron Vitelius is executed for witchcraft. 300 years later, during a comet's return, he resurfaces as a brain-eating monster seeking revenge on the Inquisitors' descendants.

The Brainiac

1962

Una leyenda de amor poster
6.3

The romance between two young people intensifies the bitter feud between their rival families, which has been going on for three generations.

Una leyenda de amor

1982

Twist: Locura de juventud poster
6.3

The Legion Of Decent Decency is determined to shut down a nightclub where live rock and roll bands play and young people dance The Twist.

Twist: Locura de juventud

1962

Quisiera ser hombre poster
4.5

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"

Quisiera ser hombre

1988

Una mujer honesta poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Una mujer honesta

1972

The Vampire poster
6.8

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

1957

Elena y Raquel poster
6.4

Elena's sterile and her younger cousin Raquel gets pregnant before marriage.They scream at each other a lot.

Elena y Raquel

1971

Mi madre adorada poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mi madre adorada

1948

Tres hermanos poster
5.6

The three sons of a Mexican family emigrated to USA end up fighting in WWII.

Tres hermanos

1943