Juan Orol
Directing Born Aug 4, 1897 Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain 24 credits
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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- Secretaria peligrosa (1958)
- Venganza suprema (1934) as Julián Landeros
- El sindicato del crimen (1954)
- Organización criminal (1968)
- Cabaret Shanghai (1950) as Tony
- Historia de un gángster (1968) as Tony Florino
- El Reino de los Gángsters (1948)
- Una mujer de Oriente (1946)
- Ni modo... así somos (1981)
- Perdición de mujeres (1951) as Rizo
- Antesala de la silla eléctrica (1966)
- El amor de mi bohío (1947) as Pablo Mendizabal
- Gangsters Versus Cowboys (1947) as Johnny Carmenta
- Adriana del Rio, actriz (1979)
- Olmedo: El rey de la risa (2019)
- Los misterios del hampa (1945)
- Siboney (1940) as Gastón de Montero
- Contrabandistas del Caribe (1966)
- Under the influence of fear (1956) as Tony Carpio
- Mexico De Noche (1975)
- El fantástico mundo de los hippies (1972) as Larry
- Hombres sin alma (1951)
- El calvario de una esposa (1936) as Pepe Luis
- Under the Cover of Night (1962) as Jack