Juan Orol
Born: 1897-08-04 in Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Died: 1988-05-26
Known For: Directing
Biography
Juan Rogelio García García, better known as Juan Orol, was a Mexican-Spanish actor, producer, screenwriter and film director. He was known as The King of the Mexican Film noir. He was also known as The Involuntary Surrealist. He was a pioneer of the Mexican cinema's first talkies and one of the main promoters of the Rumberas film in the Golden Age of Mexican cinema. His films have been described as cult films.
Filmography
1981
1979
- Adriana del Rio, actriz
- El tren de la muerte ... (Director)
1975
1972
- El fantástico mundo de los hippies as Larry
1968
- Historia de un gángster as Tony Florino
- Organización criminal
1966
1965
- La virgen de la calle ... (Writer)
1964
- La maldición de mi raza ... (Writer)
1963
- Mi Borinquen querido ... (Director)
- Sangre en la barranca ... (Director)
1962
- Under the Cover of Night as Jack
- La tórtola del Ajusco ... (Director)
1960
- Thaimí, la hija del pescador ... (Director)
1958
- Secretaria peligrosa
- El farol de la ventana ... (Director)
- Plazos traicioneros
1957
- La mesera del café del puerto ... (Director)
- Zonga, el ángel diabólico ... (Director)
- Quiéreme con música ... (Producer)
- Te odio y te quiero ... (Director)
1956
- Under the influence of fear as Tony Carpio
1954
- El sindicato del crimen
- Sandra, the Woman of Fire ... (Producer)
1953
- The Goddess of Tahiti ... (Director)
1951
- Madre querida ... (Director)
- Perdición de mujeres as Rizo
- The Hell of the Poor
- Hombres sin alma
- Que idiotas son los hombres ... (Director)
1950
- Cabaret Shanghai as Tony
- Wild Love ... (Director)
1949
- El charro del arrabal ... (Director)
1948
- El Reino de los Gángsters
- Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl ... (Producer)
1947
- El amor de mi bohío as Pablo Mendizabal
- Gangsters Versus Cowboys as Johnny Carmenta
1946
- Una mujer de Oriente
- Pasiones tormentosas ... (Writer)
- Embrujo antillano ... (Assistant Director)
1944
- Cruel destino ... (Director)
1940
- Siboney as Gastón de Montero
1937
- Eterna mártir as Narrator
- El derecho y el deber
- Honrarás a tus padres as Juan de Calvacanti
1936
- El calvario de una esposa as Pepe Luis
1935
- Beloved Mother ... (Director)
1934
- Venganza suprema as Julián Landeros
1927
- El sendero gris ... (Co-Director)