Abel Salazar

Acting

Abel Salazar

Born — Died

1917-09-24 — 1995-10-21

Place of birth

Mexico City, Mexico

Known for

Acting

Credits

99 titles

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.

Known for

Mi segunda madre poster
7.0

The story tells the story of Diana (Maria Sortè), a highly successful fashion designer married to an unreliable and lying man, Giacomo, and of Gianluca (Enrique Novi), a widower with a 10-year-old girl, Arianna. Diana, after discovering that Giacomo has another wife and two children, Davide and Chicco, abandons him, and leaves for a cruise with her friend Gloria. On the ship he meets Gianluca in the company of Viviana, who is actually staying with him for money. The meeting between Gianluca and Diana is one of those that are not forgotten and, what seemed only physical attraction, turns into true love. Diana is introduced by Gianluca to her daughter and immediately wins her sympathy.

Mi segunda madre

1989

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

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

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

Three Women in a Bonfire poster
5.5

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.

Three Women in a Bonfire

1979

La morena de mi copla poster
6.0

In Cordoba, Spain, a girl singer and her mother are falsely accused of stealing a donkey. They are saved by a famous painter who becomes infatuated with the girl and asks her to be his model for a painting. Things get complicated when a Mexican bullfighter arrives in town and falls for the same girl.

La morena de mi copla

1946

Film credits

1960s · 6 titles

1950s · 33 titles

Por qué peca la mujer poster
5.6

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.

Por qué peca la mujer

1952

The Coyote poster
6.4

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.

The Coyote

1955

The Vampire's Coffin poster
6.6

In Sierra Negra, graverobbers Barraza and Mendoza steal the coffin of Count Karol de Lavud, before heading to a hospital. Barraza sees a medallion upon the coffin's opening and demands more money from Mendoza. Meanwhile, Marta González, recovering from traumatic events, works as a nurse with Dr. Saldívar. When Barraza removes the wooden stake in order to steal Lavud's medallion, the vampire returns to life and begins a crime spree, hunting down Marta to marry her.

The Vampire's Coffin

1958

Hay un niño en su futuro poster
5.4

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.

Hay un niño en su futuro

1952

Love Me Because I Die poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Love Me Because I Die

1953

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

Ella, Lucifer y yo poster
3.4

A man makes a pact with Lucifer in order to gain the love of a beautiful singer. To achieve his goal, the devil endows him with the ability to become invisible at will.

Ella, Lucifer y yo

1953

The Coyote's Justice poster
5.5

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.

The Coyote's Justice

1956

Se le pasó la mano poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Se le pasó la mano

1952

Nadie muere dos veces poster
5.6

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

1953

Yo quiero ser hombre poster
6.6

In order to come into a large inheritance, young Divina must marry her cousin Pablo. Her aunt, Milagros, hatches a plan to disguise themselves as a maid and her nephew in order to get to know him better.

Yo quiero ser hombre

1950

Yo quiero ser mala poster
6.4

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.

Yo quiero ser mala

1950

Black Pit of Dr. M poster
6.4

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.

Black Pit of Dr. M

1959

Tropicana poster
5.8

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

Tropicana

1957

La miel se fue de la luna poster
6.7

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.

La miel se fue de la luna

1952

The Ghost falls in Love poster
6.0

A romance between a woman and a ghost.

The Ghost falls in Love

1953

Una viuda sin sostén poster
6.2

No synopsis available yet.

Una viuda sin sostén

1951

Vuelva el sábado poster
5.8

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

Vuelva el sábado

1951

From Can-Can to Mambo poster
6.2

Young man convinces his conservative uncle that trendy modern stuff is fun.

From Can-Can to Mambo

1951

La duquesa del Tepetate poster
5.8

Romantic comedy.

La duquesa del Tepetate

1951

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

The Man and the Monster poster
6.4

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

1959

The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman poster
6.8

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 Case of the Wee Murdered Woman

1955

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

La visita que no tocó el timbre poster
6.8

Two underachieving brothers take responsibility for an abandoned baby.

La visita que no tocó el timbre

1954

Los tres amores de Lola poster
6.0

Flamenco artist in Mexico draws attention from three suitors.

Los tres amores de Lola

1956

Mañana cuando amanezca poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mañana cuando amanezca

1955

Yo fui una callejera poster
5.8

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.

Yo fui una callejera

1952

Born to Love poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Born to Love

1959

The Force of Desire poster
4.1

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.

The Force of Desire

1955

El marido de mi novia poster
6.0

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.

El marido de mi novia

1951

No te ofendas, Beatriz poster
6.0

Young couple looks for a way to wiggle out of the marriage their parents have arranged for them.

No te ofendas, Beatriz

1953

Serenata en México poster
6.0

Mariachi with dual vocalists is broken up by a promoter who wants one of them as a solo act.

Serenata en México

1956

1940s · 20 titles

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

La morena de mi copla poster
6.0

In Cordoba, Spain, a girl singer and her mother are falsely accused of stealing a donkey. They are saved by a famous painter who becomes infatuated with the girl and asks her to be his model for a painting. Things get complicated when a Mexican bullfighter arrives in town and falls for the same girl.

La morena de mi copla

1946

Mi esposa busca novio poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mi esposa busca novio

1948

Por culpa de una mujer poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Por culpa de una mujer

1947

El conde de Montecristo poster
5.6

Based on the famous novel by Alexandre Dumas, The Count of Monte Cristo tells the story of a man who is unjustly imprisoned alongside an old man, who before dying reveals the location of a buried treasure. When the man manages to escape from his miserable cell, he changes his identity, becoming the wealthy Count of Monte Cristo, an identity he uses to take revenge on those who betrayed him and sent him to prison.

El conde de Montecristo

1942

Tía Candela poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Tía Candela

1948

Como yo te quería poster
5.6

Romantic comedy/drama.

Como yo te quería

1945

La casa del rencor poster
5.8

Martina, a sorrowful woman, is the sole inhabitant of an abandoned and eerie house, where a couple arrives on a stormy night seeking shelter. Martina tells them how what was once a happy hacienda turned into a hell filled with resentment when Doña Adelaida—the master’s second wife—and her son Hugo came to live there; the despotism and cruelty of both ultimately destroyed the entire family.

La casa del rencor

1941

The Three Garcías poster
8.2

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.

The Three Garcías

1947

Vuelven los García poster
6.6

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

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

Matrimonio sintético poster
6.7

Mexican movie

Matrimonio sintético

1948

Laura's Sin poster
6.4

José, a driver, and Laura, a dancer, were lovers. José couldn't dance with Laura due to his condition on his legs. Therefore, a man notices Laura's skill to dance and wants to do business with her, taking her on a dancing tour, which made José and Laura miss each other.

Laura's Sin

1949

Cadetes de la naval poster
5.8

During World War II, two Mexican naval cadets become best friends and share some good times when off duty. However when Mexico joins the war effort, they must leave their carefree existence and serve in the gruesome conflict.

Cadetes de la naval

1945

Las cinco advertencias de Satanás poster
4.2

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

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

Mi madre adorada poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mi madre adorada

1948

Una vírgen moderna poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Una vírgen moderna

1946

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

Capullito de alhelí poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Capullito de alhelí

1945

Series credits

Behind the camera

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

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

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

Three Women in a Bonfire poster
5.5

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.

Three Women in a Bonfire

1979

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

Lagunilla 2 poster
6.3

No synopsis available yet.

Lagunilla 2

1982

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

Tía Candela poster
5.7

No synopsis available yet.

Tía Candela

1948

Twist: Locura de juventud poster
6.2

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

Peor que los buitres poster
6.2

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.

Peor que los buitres

1974

The World of the Vampires poster
5.6

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 World of the Vampires

1961

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

Nadie muere dos veces poster
5.6

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

1953

Paula poster
6.0

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

Paula

1969

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 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

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

Una mujer honesta poster
6.7

No synopsis available yet.

Una mujer honesta

1972

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 Adolescents poster
5.2

The story of an impossible love that a couple lives in secret because they are very young. Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967.

The Adolescents

1968

The Adolescents poster
5.2

The story of an impossible love that a couple lives in secret because they are very young. Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967.

The Adolescents

1968

Matrimonio sintético poster
6.7

Mexican movie

Matrimonio sintético

1948

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

Laura's Sin poster
6.4

José, a driver, and Laura, a dancer, were lovers. José couldn't dance with Laura due to his condition on his legs. Therefore, a man notices Laura's skill to dance and wants to do business with her, taking her on a dancing tour, which made José and Laura miss each other.

Laura's Sin

1949

The Man and the Monster poster
6.4

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

1959

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

The Case of the Wee Murdered Woman poster
6.8

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 Case of the Wee Murdered Woman

1955

Las cinco advertencias de Satanás poster
4.2

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

Los tres amores de Lola poster
6.0

Flamenco artist in Mexico draws attention from three suitors.

Los tres amores de Lola

1956

Mi madre adorada poster
6.0

No synopsis available yet.

Mi madre adorada

1948

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

Rosas blancas para mi hermana negra poster
6.8

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.

Rosas blancas para mi hermana negra

1970

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

Black Is Beautiful poster
6.0

An affluent Mexican performer is troubled when her son announces his intentions to marry a Black American woman, and her daughter exhibits erratic behavior.

Black Is Beautiful

1974

Siete mujeres poster
6.7

Mexican feature film

Siete mujeres

1953

No artwork available
5.2

Wandering cowboy stops to help a widow out against the man who killed her husband.

El indomable

1966

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

Tres hermanos poster
5.6

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

Tres hermanos

1943