Juan Orol
Known for
Directing
Born
August 4, 1897
Birthplace
Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
Died
May 26, 1988 (aged 90)
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.
Best known work
Gangsters Versus Cowboys
1947
Under the influence of fear
1956
Zonga, el ángel diabólico
1957
Los misterios del hampa
1945
Perdición de mujeres
1951
The Goddess of Tahiti
1953
El amor de mi bohío
1947
Siboney
1940
Mexico De Noche
1975
El derecho y el deber
1937Filmography
2019
1981
1979
1979
El tren de la muerteDirector
1975
1972
El fantástico mundo de los hippiesas Larry, Director, Writer, Producer
1968
Historia de un gángsteras Tony Florino, Producer, Director, Writer
1968
Organización criminalDirector, Producer, Writer
1966
Contrabandistas del CaribeWriter, Director, Producer
1966
Antesala de la silla eléctricaDirector, Writer, Producer
1966
Pasiones infernalesProducer, Writer, Director
1965
La virgen de la calleDirector, Producer, Writer
1964
La maldición de mi razaDirector, Writer, Producer
1963
Sangre en la barrancaDirector
1963
Mi Borinquen queridoWriter, Director, Producer
1962
Under the Cover of Nightas Jack, Director, Writer
1962
La tórtola del AjuscoWriter, Producer, Director
1960
Thaimí, la hija del pescadorDirector, Writer, Producer
1958
Plazos traicionerosWriter, Producer, Director
1958
Secretaria peligrosaDirector
1958
El farol de la ventanaDirector
1957
Zonga, el ángel diabólicoDirector, Producer, Writer
1957
Quiéreme con músicaProducer
1957
Te odio y te quieroProducer, Director
1957
La mesera del café del puertoDirector, Producer, Writer