Juan Orol
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1897-08-04
Day of Death
1988-05-26 (90 years old)
Place of Birth
Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Juan Orol
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.
Known For
Acting
(2019)
(1981)
(1979)
(1975)
(1972)
(1968)
Historia de un gángster
as Tony Florino
(1968)
(1966)
(1966)
(1962)
Under the Cover of Night
as Jack
(1958)
(1958)
(1956)
(1954)
(1951)
Perdición de mujeres
as Rizo
(1951)
(1951)
(1950)
Cabaret Shanghai
as Tony
(1948)
(1947)
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
as Johnny Carmenta
(1947)
El amor de mi bohío
as Pablo Mendizabal
(1946)
(1945)
(1940)
Siboney
as Gastón de Montero
(1937)
(1937)
Honrarás a tus padres
as Juan de Calvacanti
(1937)
Eterna mártir
as Narrator
(1936)
El calvario de una esposa
as Pepe Luis
(1934)
Soulless Women
as Julián Landeros
Crew
(1979)
El tren de la muerte
Director
(1972)
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
Director, Writer, Producer
(1968)
Organización criminal
Director, Producer, Writer
(1968)
Historia de un gángster
Producer, Director, Writer
(1966)
Antesala de la silla eléctrica
Director, Writer, Producer
(1966)
Contrabandistas del Caribe
Writer, Director, Producer
(1966)
Pasiones infernales
Producer, Writer, Director
(1965)
La virgen de la calle
Director, Producer, Writer
(1964)
La maldición de mi raza
Director, Writer, Producer
(1963)
Sangre en la barranca
Director
(1963)
Mi Borinquen querido
Writer, Director, Producer
(1962)
Under the Cover of Night
Director, Writer
(1962)
La tórtola del Ajusco
Writer, Producer, Director
(1960)
Thaimí, la hija del pescador
Director
(1958)
El farol de la ventana
Director
(1958)
Secretaria peligrosa
Director
(1958)
Plazos traicioneros
Writer, Producer, Director
(1957)
La mesera del café del puerto
Director
(1957)
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
Director, Producer, Writer
(1957)
Quiéreme con música
Producer
(1957)
Te odio y te quiero
Producer, Director
(1956)
Under the influence of fear
Director
(1954)
Sandra, the Woman of Fire
Director, Writer, Producer
(1954)
El sindicato del crimen
Director, Writer, Producer
(1953)
The Goddess of Tahiti
Director, Producer, Writer
(1951)
Perdición de mujeres
Director, Writer, Producer
(1951)
Madre querida
Producer, Director, Writer
(1951)
Hombres sin alma
Writer, Director, Producer
(1951)
Que idiotas son los hombres
Director, Producer
(1951)
The Hell of the Poor
Producer, Director, Writer
(1950)
Cabaret Shanghai
Writer, Producer, Director
(1950)
Wild Love
Director, Producer, Writer
(1949)
El charro del arrabal
Director, Writer, Producer
(1948)
El reino de los gángsters
Director, Writer, Producer
(1948)
Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl
Producer, Writer, Director
(1947)
El amor de mi bohío
Writer, Producer, Director
(1947)
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
Producer, Director, Writer
(1946)
Embrujo antillano
Assistant Director, Producer, Writer
(1946)
Una mujer de Oriente
Director, Writer, Producer
(1946)
Pasiones tormentosas
Producer, Director, Writer
(1945)
Los misterios del hampa
Director
(1944)
Cruel destino
Director
(1940)
Siboney
Director, Producer, Writer
(1937)
El derecho y el deber
Director
(1937)
Eterna mártir
Director, Editor, Writer, Producer
(1937)
Honrarás a tus padres
Director, Producer
(1936)
El calvario de una esposa
Producer, Writer, Director
(1935)
Beloved Mother
Director, Producer, Writer
(1934)
Soulless Women
Producer, Writer
(1927)
El sendero gris
Co-Director