Portrait of Abel Salazar

Acting

Abel Salazar

Career

Active from 1943 to 1988, busiest in 1951 with 5 main titles.

Leading roles
30
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score64/100
Highest rated
Poster for The Three Garcías
The Three Garcías
GoodWatch score83/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 4 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 5.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 2.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 1.3 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.5 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.2 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Abel Salazar Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    0.0, average 5.4
  • Wholesome
    0.4, average 3.4
  • Coming of Age
    0.6, average 3.0
  • Social Commentary
    2.5, average 4.9

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Melodrama 4
  • Social Commentary 3
  • Historical Setting 3
  • Classic Mexican Cinema 2
  • Romance 2
  • Coming-of-Age Story 2
  • Situational Comedy 2
  • Family Drama 2
  • Gothic Horror 2
  • Mystery 2
  • Supernatural 2
  • Mexican Cinema 2

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

61
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1980s

7 titles · average score 57
Mi segunda madre
Mi segunda madre (1989)

TV show · as Rafael

Quisiera ser hombre
Quisiera ser hombre (1988)

Director

Mentiras
Mentiras (1986)

Director

El otro
El otro (1986)

as Sr. Heredia

Ya nunca más
Ya nunca más (1984)
GoodWatch score 57

Director

Lagunilla 2
Lagunilla 2 (1982)

Director

Una leyenda de amor
Una leyenda de amor (1982)

Director

1970s

8 titles
Three Women in a Bonfire
Three Women in a Bonfire (1979)

Director

Picardía mexicana
Picardía mexicana (1978)

Director

Peor que los buitres
Peor que los buitres (1974)

Director

Black Is Beautiful
Black Is Beautiful (1974)

Writer

Adios, amor...
Adios, amor... (1973)

Director

Una mujer honesta
Una mujer honesta (1972)

Director

Elena y Raquel
Elena y Raquel (1971)

Director

Rosas blancas para mi hermana negra
Rosas blancas para mi hermana negra (1970)

Director

1960s

11 titles · average score 57
Paula
Paula (1969)

Director

The Adolescents
The Adolescents (1968)

Producer, Director

Valentín de la Sierra
Valentín de la Sierra (1968)

Producer

El indomable
El indomable (1966)

Producer

The Living Head
The Living Head (1963)

as Inspector Toledo

The Curse of the Crying Woman
The Curse of the Crying Woman (1963)
GoodWatch score 67

as Jaime

El mariachi canta
El mariachi canta (1963)

Producer

The Brainiac
The Brainiac (1962)
GoodWatch score 49

as Baron Vitelius d'Estera

The Witch's Mirror
The Witch's Mirror (1962)
GoodWatch score 59

Producer

Twist: Locura de juventud
Twist: Locura de juventud (1962)

Producer

The World of the Vampires
The World of the Vampires (1961)
GoodWatch score 55

Producer

1950s

22 titles · average score 62
The Man and the Monster
The Man and the Monster (1959)
GoodWatch score 61

as Ricardo Souto

The Vampire's Coffin
The Vampire's Coffin (1958)
GoodWatch score 62

as Dr. Enrique Saldivar

The Vampire
The Vampire (1957)
GoodWatch score 64

as Dr. Enríquez

The Coyote's Justice
The Coyote's Justice (1956)

as El Coyote

The Coyote
The Coyote (1955)

as El Coyote

La visita que no tocó el timbre
La visita que no tocó el timbre (1954)

as Pablo Villanova

Ella, Lucifer y yo
Ella, Lucifer y yo (1953)

as Jorge

Love Me Because I Die
Love Me Because I Die (1953)

as Alberto García

Por qué peca la mujer
Por qué peca la mujer (1952)

as Don Héctor

Una viuda sin sostén
Una viuda sin sostén (1951)

as Ernesto Lafuente

El marido de mi novia
El marido de mi novia (1951)

as Paco

Yo quiero ser mala
Yo quiero ser mala (1950)

as Roberto Pando

1940s

13 titles · average score 76
Dos pesos dejada
Dos pesos dejada (1949)

as Fermín

Laura's Sin
Laura's Sin (1949)

as José

Matrimonio sintético
Matrimonio sintético (1948)

Producer

Tía Candela
Tía Candela (1948)

Producer

Mi madre adorada
Mi madre adorada (1948)

Producer

Vuelven los García
Vuelven los García (1947)
GoodWatch score 70

as José Luis García

The Three Garcías
The Three Garcías (1947)
GoodWatch score 83

as José Luis García

El príncipe del desierto
El príncipe del desierto (1947)

as Ahmed

Las cinco advertencias de Satanás
Las cinco advertencias de Satanás (1945)

as Ramón

Me ha besado un hombre
Me ha besado un hombre (1944)

as Ing. Álvaro Álvarez

Tres hermanos
Tres hermanos (1943)

Writer

El conde de Montecristo
El conde de Montecristo (1942)

as Alberto de Morcef