Background
Salvador was born in Tacloban, Leyte, to a Spanish father and a German mestiza mother.
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. He later became a leading figure in Philippine show business as a talent manager and a stage show impresario. Salvador first played for the Philippine men"s national basketball team at the age of seventeen, in the 1921 Far Eastern Games held in Shanghai.
Salvador also played collegiate basketball for the Jose Rizal College Heavy Bombers, leading them to a national championship in 1924.
116 point game
With this feat, he became one of only few basketball players to have scored over 100 points in a single game. Beginning in 1925, Salvador would make appearances in the Manila bodabil stage under the name Chipipoy, and also as Van Ludor.
He became the most successful stage show impresario in the Philippines, organizing bodabil troupes that toured the country. Dubbed as "The Master Showman", he was credited with discovering and fostering the careers of such noted singers and comedians as Chiquito, Bentot, Cachupoy, Canuplin, Pepe Pimentel, Diomedes Maturan, and Eddie Peregrina.
Salvador also dabbled in films and established his own production company, Master Films.
Salvador fathered 97 children and reputedly had 49 mistresses. Apart from Lou Salvador, Junior., he also fathered the actors Alona Alegre, Leroy Salvador,the eldest of the Salvador family, director, producer and politician. Mina Aragon, Phillip Salvador, Ross Rival and Jumbo Salvador.
He was a featured cast member of Manuel Conde"s Genghis Khan (1950), which was entered into competition in the Venice Film Festival in 1952.