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.
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Movies (50)
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
2019
Ni modo... así somos
1981
Adriana del Rio, actriz
1979
El tren de la muerte
Director (Directing)
1979
México de noche
1975
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
as Larry
1972
Historia de un gángster
as Tony Florino
1968
Organización criminal
1968
Contrabandistas del Caribe
1966
Antesala de la silla eléctrica
1966
Pasiones infernales
Director (Directing)
1966
La virgen de la calle
Writer (Writing)
1965
La maldición de mi raza
Writer (Writing)
1964
Sangre en la barranca
Director (Directing)
1963
Mi Borinquen querido
Director (Directing)
1963
Under the Cover of Night
as Jack
1962
La tórtola del Ajusco
Director (Directing)
1962
Thaimí, la hija del pescador
Director (Directing)
1960
Plazos traicioneros
1958
Secretaria peligrosa
1958
El farol de la ventana
Director (Directing)
1958
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
Director (Directing)
1957
Quiéreme con música
Producer (Production)
1957
Te odio y te quiero
Director (Directing)
1957
La mesera del café del puerto
Director (Directing)
1957
Under the influence of fear
1956
El sindicato del crimen
1954
Sandra, the Woman of Fire
Producer (Production)
1954
The Goddess of Tahiti
Director (Directing)
1953
Hombres sin alma
1951
Perdición de mujeres
as Rizo
1951
The Hell of the Poor
1951
Que idiotas son los hombres
Director (Directing)
1951
Madre querida
Director (Directing)
1951
Cabaret Shanghai
as Tony
1950
Wild Love
Director (Directing)
1950
El charro del arrabal
Director (Directing)
1949
El reino de los gángsters
1948
Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl
Producer (Production)
1948
El amor de mi bohío
as Pablo Mendizabal
1947
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
as Johnny Carmenta
1947
Pasiones tormentosas
Writer (Writing)
1946
Una mujer de Oriente
1946
Embrujo antillano
Assistant Director (Directing)
1946
Los misterios del hampa
1945
Cruel destino
Director (Directing)
1944
Siboney
as Gastón de Montero
1940
Eterna mártir
as Narrator
1937
El derecho y el deber
1937
Honrarás a tus padres
as Juan de Calvacanti
1937