Juan Orol
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 4, 1897, Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain
- Died
- May 26, 1988
- Movies
- 78
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 Movies
Filmography
| 2019 | Olmedo: El rey de la risa | |
| 1981 | Ni modo... así somos | |
| 1979 | Adriana del Rio, actriz | |
| 1975 | Mexico De Noche | |
| 1972 | El fantástico mundo de los hippies | Larry |
| 1968 | Historia de un gángster | Tony Florino |
| 1968 | Organización criminal | |
| 1966 | Contrabandistas del Caribe | |
| 1966 | Antesala de la silla eléctrica | |
| 1962 | Under the Cover of Night | Jack |
| 1958 | Plazos traicioneros | |
| 1958 | Secretaria peligrosa | |
| 1956 | Under the influence of fear | Tony Carpio |
| 1954 | El sindicato del crimen | |
| 1951 | Hombres sin alma | |
| 1951 | Perdición de mujeres | Rizo |
| 1951 | The Hell of the Poor | |
| 1950 | Cabaret Shanghai | Tony |
| 1948 | El Reino de los Gángsters | |
| 1947 | El amor de mi bohío | Pablo Mendizabal |
| 1947 | Gangsters Versus Cowboys | Johnny Carmenta |
| 1946 | Una mujer de Oriente | |
| 1945 | Los misterios del hampa | |
| 1940 | Siboney | Gastón de Montero |
| 1937 | Eterna mártir | Narrator |
| 1937 | El derecho y el deber | |
| 1937 | Honrarás a tus padres | Juan de Calvacanti |
| 1936 | El calvario de una esposa | Pepe Luis |
| 1934 | Venganza suprema | Julián Landeros |
Directing, Writing & Producing
| 1979 | El tren de la muerte | Director |
| 1972 | El fantástico mundo de los hippies | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1968 | Organización criminal | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1968 | Historia de un gángster | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1966 | Contrabandistas del Caribe | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1966 | Antesala de la silla eléctrica | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1966 | Pasiones infernales | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 1965 | La virgen de la calle | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1964 | La maldición de mi raza | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1963 | Sangre en la barranca | Director |
| 1963 | Mi Borinquen querido | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1962 | Under the Cover of Night | Director, Writer |
| 1962 | La tórtola del Ajusco | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1960 | Thaimí, la hija del pescador | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1958 | Plazos traicioneros | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1958 | Secretaria peligrosa | Director |
| 1958 | El farol de la ventana | Director |
| 1957 | Zonga, el ángel diabólico | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1957 | Quiéreme con música | Producer |
| 1957 | Te odio y te quiero | Producer, Director |
| 1957 | La mesera del café del puerto | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1956 | Under the influence of fear | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1954 | El sindicato del crimen | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1954 | Sandra, the Woman of Fire | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1953 | The Goddess of Tahiti | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1951 | Hombres sin alma | Writer, Director, Producer |
| 1951 | Perdición de mujeres | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1951 | The Hell of the Poor | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1951 | Que idiotas son los hombres | Director, Producer |
| 1951 | Madre querida | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1950 | Cabaret Shanghai | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1950 | Wild Love | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1949 | El charro del arrabal | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1948 | El Reino de los Gángsters | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1948 | Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 1947 | El amor de mi bohío | Writer, Producer, Director |
| 1947 | Gangsters Versus Cowboys | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1946 | Pasiones tormentosas | Producer, Director, Writer |
| 1946 | Una mujer de Oriente | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1946 | Embrujo antillano | Producer, Writer |
| 1945 | Los misterios del hampa | Director, Producer |
| 1944 | Cruel destino | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1940 | Siboney | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1937 | Eterna mártir | Director, Writer, Producer |
| 1937 | El derecho y el deber | Director |
| 1937 | Honrarás a tus padres | Director, Producer |
| 1936 | El calvario de una esposa | Producer, Writer, Director |
| 1935 | Beloved Mother | Director, Producer, Writer |
| 1934 | Venganza suprema | Producer |
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