Juan Orol
Born
4 August 1897 (128)
Place of Birth
Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Also known as
Juan Orol García, Juan Rogelio García
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 (40)
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
2019
Ni modo... así somos
1981
Adriana del Rio, actriz
1979
El tren de la muerte
1979
Mexico De Noche
1975
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1972
Historia de un gángster
1968
Organización criminal
1968
Contrabandistas del Caribe
1966
Antesala de la silla eléctrica
1966
Pasiones infernales
1966
La virgen de la calle
1965
La maldición de mi raza
1964
Sangre en la barranca
1963
Mi Borinquen querido
1963
Under the Cover of Night
1962
La tórtola del Ajusco
1962
Thaimí, la hija del pescador
1960
Plazos traicioneros
1958
Secretaria peligrosa
1958
El farol de la ventana
1958
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
1957
Te odio y te quiero
1957
La mesera del café del puerto
1957
Under the influence of fear
1956
El sindicato del crimen
1954
Sandra, the Woman of Fire
1954
The Goddess of Tahiti
1953
Hombres sin alma
1951
Perdición de mujeres
1951
The Hell of the Poor
1951
Que idiotas son los hombres
1951
Madre querida
1951
Cabaret Shanghai
1950
Wild Love
1950
El charro del arrabal
1949
El Reino de los Gángsters
1948
Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl
1948
El amor de mi bohío
1947
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
1947