Person
Juan Orol
Directing · 1897–1988 · Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
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
Historia de un gángster
Tony Florino
Madre querida
Director
Beloved Mother
Director
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
Director
El sindicato del crimen
1954
Secretaria peligrosa
1958
Una mujer de Oriente
1946
Cabaret Shanghai
Tony
Perdición de mujeres
Rizo
La mesera del café del puerto
Director
Filmography
- 2019Olmedo: El rey de la risa
- 1981Ni modo... así somos
- 1979Adriana del Rio, actriz
- 1979El tren de la muerteDirector
- 1975Mexico De Noche
- 1972El fantástico mundo de los hippiesLarry
- 1968Historia de un gángsterTony Florino
- 1968Organización criminal
- 1966Contrabandistas del Caribe
- 1966Antesala de la silla eléctrica
- 1966Pasiones infernalesDirector
- 1965La virgen de la calleWriter
- 1964La maldición de mi razaWriter
- 1963Sangre en la barrancaDirector
- 1963Mi Borinquen queridoDirector
- 1962Under the Cover of NightJack
- 1962La tórtola del AjuscoDirector
- 1960Thaimí, la hija del pescadorDirector
- 1958Plazos traicioneros
- 1958Secretaria peligrosa
- 1958El farol de la ventanaDirector
- 1957Zonga, el ángel diabólicoDirector
- 1957Quiéreme con músicaProducer
- 1957Te odio y te quieroDirector
- 1957La mesera del café del puertoDirector
- 1956Under the influence of fearTony Carpio
- 1954El sindicato del crimen
- 1954Sandra, the Woman of FireProducer
- 1953The Goddess of TahitiDirector
- 1951Hombres sin alma
- 1951Perdición de mujeresRizo
- 1951The Hell of the Poor
- 1951Que idiotas son los hombresDirector
- 1951Madre queridaDirector
- 1950Cabaret ShanghaiTony
- 1950Wild LoveDirector
- 1949El charro del arrabalDirector
- 1948El Reino de los Gángsters
- 1948Tania, the Beautiful Wild GirlProducer
- 1947El amor de mi bohíoPablo Mendizabal
- 1947Gangsters Versus CowboysJohnny Carmenta
- 1946Pasiones tormentosasWriter
- 1946Una mujer de Oriente
- 1946Embrujo antillanoAssistant Director
- 1945Los misterios del hampa
- 1944Cruel destinoDirector
- 1940SiboneyGastón de Montero
- 1937Eterna mártirNarrator
- 1937El derecho y el deber
- 1937Honrarás a tus padresJuan de Calvacanti
- 1936El calvario de una esposaPepe Luis
- 1935Beloved MotherDirector
- 1934Venganza supremaJulián Landeros
- 1927El sendero grisCo-Director
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