Career
He was dubbed as "The James Dean of the Philippines". He was the son of Lou Salvador, a famous basketball player turned film and stage producer. His father directed him in such films as Bad Boy (1957) and Barkada (1958).
Salvador, Junior. was a contract star of Licensed Vocational Nursing Pictures.
After his retirement from film in the 1970s, Salvador, Junior. moved to Las Vegas, Nevada, where he died in 2008 from lung cancer.