Abel Salazar

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.

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No te ofendas, Beatriz (1953)

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

DIRECTION:  Julián Soler
CAST:  Alma Rosa Aguirre  •  Abel Salazar  •  Manolo Fábregas  •  Domingo Soler

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

DIRECTION:  Julián Soler
CAST:  Alma Rosa Aguirre  •  Abel Salazar  •  Manolo Fábregas  •  Domingo Soler

La vírgen morena (1942)

Intensifying skirmishes between a brutally oppressive conquistador imperialist and the last holdouts of Aztec resistance... and meanwhile, miraculous visitations of The Virgin Mary to two of the downtrodden and conquered indigenous peons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Soria
CAST:  José Luis Jiménez  •  Amparo Morillo  •  Abel Salazar  •  Arturo Soto Rangel

Intensifying skirmishes between a brutally oppressive conquistador imperialist and the last holdouts of Aztec resistance... and meanwhile, miraculous visitations of The Virgin Mary to two of the downtrodden and conquered indigenous peons.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Gabriel Soria
CAST:  José Luis Jiménez  •  Amparo Morillo  •  Abel Salazar  •  Arturo Soto Rangel

La duquesa del Tepetate (1951)

Romantic comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan José Segura
CAST:  Sara García  •  Abel Salazar  •  Gloria Lozano

Romantic comedy.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Juan José Segura
CAST:  Sara García  •  Abel Salazar  •  Gloria Lozano

Dos pesos dejada (1949)

Comedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps in to set matters straight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Pardavé
CAST:  Sara García  •  Joaquín Pardavé  •  Alicia Caro  •  Abel Salazar

Comedy/melodrama: player runs out on his pregnant girlfriend, and her mother's boyfriend steps in to set matters straight.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Joaquín Pardavé
CAST:  Sara García  •  Joaquín Pardavé  •  Alicia Caro  •  Abel Salazar

Los hermanos Diablo (1959)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta  •  Fernando Méndez
CAST:  Abel Salazar  •  Mauricio Garcés  •  Rafael Baledón  •  Dacia González

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta  •  Fernando Méndez
CAST:  Abel Salazar  •  Mauricio Garcés  •  Rafael Baledón  •  Dacia González

El caso de la mujer asesinadita (1955)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tito Davison
CAST:  Gloria Marín  •  Jorge Mistral  •  Abel Salazar  •  Martha Roth

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Tito Davison
CAST:  Gloria Marín  •  Jorge Mistral  •  Abel Salazar  •  Martha Roth

El otro (1986)

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

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Rafael Sánchez Navarro  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Juan Ignacio Aranda  •  Abel Salazar

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

DIRECTION:  Arturo Ripstein
CAST:  Rafael Sánchez Navarro  •  Ignacio López Tarso  •  Juan Ignacio Aranda  •  Abel Salazar

Los tres amores de Lola (1956)

Flamenco artist in Mexico draws attention from three suitors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  Lola Flores  •  Luis Aguilar  •  Agustín Lara  •  Abel Salazar

Flamenco artist in Mexico draws attention from three suitors.  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  Lola Flores  •  Luis Aguilar  •  Agustín Lara  •  Abel Salazar

Las cinco advertencias de Satanás (1945)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julián Soler
CAST:  Fernando Soler  •  Abel Salazar  •  María Elena Marqués  •  Eduardo Arozamena

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Julián Soler
CAST:  Fernando Soler  •  Abel Salazar  •  María Elena Marqués  •  Eduardo Arozamena

The Adolescents (1968)

Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Salazar
CAST:  Lucy Gallardo  •  Julissa  •  Luis Aragón  •  Sandra Boyd

Mexico's submission for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1967  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Salazar
CAST:  Lucy Gallardo  •  Julissa  •  Luis Aragón  •  Sandra Boyd

Menores de edad (1951)

Late-teens girl is trapped into masquerading as a 12 year old. Wacky complications.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Rosita Quintana  •  Abel Salazar  •  Emperatriz Carvajal  •  Miguel Manzano

Late-teens girl is trapped into masquerading as a 12 year old. Wacky complications.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Miguel M. Delgado
CAST:  Rosita Quintana  •  Abel Salazar  •  Emperatriz Carvajal  •  Miguel Manzano

The Vampire's Coffin (1958)

Graverobbers stumble upon the tomb of a vampire, who turns them into zombies to do his bidding, which is to stalk and capture beautiful women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Méndez
CAST:  Abel Salazar  •  Ariadna Welter  •  Germán Robles  •  Yerye Beirute

Graverobbers stumble upon the tomb of a vampire, who turns them into zombies to do his bidding, which is to stalk and capture beautiful women.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Méndez
CAST:  Abel Salazar  •  Ariadna Welter  •  Germán Robles  •  Yerye Beirute

The Curse of the Crying Woman (1961)

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

DIRECTION:  Rafael Baledón
CAST:  Rosita Arenas  •  Abel Salazar  •  Rita Macedo  •  Carlos López Moctezuma

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

DIRECTION:  Rafael Baledón
CAST:  Rosita Arenas  •  Abel Salazar  •  Rita Macedo  •  Carlos López Moctezuma

Three Women in a Bonfire (1979)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Salazar
CAST:  Maricruz Olivier  •  Pilar Pellicer  •  Maritza Olivares  •  Rogelio Guerra

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Salazar
CAST:  Maricruz Olivier  •  Pilar Pellicer  •  Maritza Olivares  •  Rogelio Guerra

Quisiera ser hombre (1988)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Salazar
CAST:  Lucero  •  Guillermo Capetillo  •  Carlos Riquelme  •  Amparo Arozamena

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Abel Salazar
CAST:  Lucero  •  Guillermo Capetillo  •  Carlos Riquelme  •  Amparo Arozamena

The Brainiac (1962)

In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors. 300 years later, a comet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta
CAST:  Abel Salazar  •  Ariadna Welter  •  David Silva  •  Germán Robles

In 1661 Mexico, the Baron Vitelius of Astara is sentenced to be burned alive by the Holy Inquisition of Mexico for witchcraft, necromancy, and other crimes. As he dies, the Baron swears vengeance against the descendants of the Inquisitors. 300 years later, a comet ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  Chano Urueta
CAST:  Abel Salazar  •  Ariadna Welter  •  David Silva  •  Germán Robles

Black Pit of Dr. M (1959)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Méndez
CAST:  Gastón Santos  •  Rafael Bertrand  •  Mapita Cortés  •  Carlos Ancira

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Fernando Méndez
CAST:  Gastón Santos  •  Rafael Bertrand  •  Mapita Cortés  •  Carlos Ancira

El marido de mi novia (1951)

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  María Elena Marqués  •  Abel Salazar  •  Dagoberto Rodríguez  •  Gloria Ríos

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 ...  (more)

DIRECTION:  René Cardona
CAST:  María Elena Marqués  •  Abel Salazar  •  Dagoberto Rodríguez  •  Gloria Ríos

The Three Garcia (1947)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Sara García  •  Marga López  •  Abel Salazar

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Pedro Infante  •  Sara García  •  Marga López  •  Abel Salazar

Vuelven los García (1947)

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Sara García  •  Pedro Infante  •  Abel Salazar  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza

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.  (more)

DIRECTION:  Ismael Rodríguez
CAST:  Sara García  •  Pedro Infante  •  Abel Salazar  •  Víctor Manuel Mendoza
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