Juan Orol
Directing
August 4, 1897
Died May 26, 1988 (90 years old)
Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
29
Acting Credits
46
Directed
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
Filmography
Olmedo: El rey de la risa
2019
8
Ni modo... así somos
1981
5.3
Adriana del Rio, actriz
1979
6
Mexico De Noche
1975
5.5
El fantástico mundo de los hippies
1972
as Larry
5.6
Historia de un gángster
1968
as Tony Florino
6.7
Organización criminal
1968
5
Antesala de la silla eléctrica
1966
5.7
Contrabandistas del Caribe
1966
6.5
Under the Cover of Night
1962
as Jack
6.2
Secretaria peligrosa
1958
6.3
Plazos traicioneros
1958
6.7
Under the influence of fear
1956
as Tony Carpio
5.6
El sindicato del crimen
1954
6.7
Perdición de mujeres
1951
as Rizo
5.7
Hombres sin alma
1951
6.3
The Hell of the Poor
1951
6.8
Cabaret Shanghai
1950
as Tony
5.8
El Reino de los Gángsters
1948
6.3
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
1947
as Johnny Carmenta
6.3
El amor de mi bohío
1947
as Pablo Mendizabal
5.5
Una mujer de Oriente
1946
6.3
Los misterios del hampa
1945
6.3
Siboney
1940
as Gastón de Montero
5.5
El derecho y el deber
1937
5.8
Honrarás a tus padres
1937
as Juan de Calvacanti
6.3
Eterna mártir
1937
as Narrator
6.3
El calvario de una esposa
1936
as Pepe Luis
6
Venganza suprema
1934
as Julián Landeros
3.8