Lou Salvador, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Lou Salvador

Filipino basketball player

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1905

Place of Birth: Tacloban, Philippines

Date of Death: 01-Mar-1973

Profession: actor, film director, basketball player

Nationality: Philippines

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Luis "Lou" Salvador (July 7, 1905 – March 1, 1973) was a Spanish Filipino basketball player, stage actor, and talent manager.
Salvador was born in Tacloban, Leyte, to a Spanish father and a German mestiza mother.As a player for the Philippine national basketball team during the 1923 Far Eastern Games, he scored 116 points in a single game, being one of the few basketball players to have scored over 100 points in a single game.
He later became a leading figure in Philippine show business as a talent manager and a stage show impresario. Several of his 102 children became notable personalities in the Philippine entertainment scene, beginning with his son Lou Salvador Jr., who was dubbed "The James Dean of the Philippines".