Juan Orol
Lalín, Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain

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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

Match
Ni modo... así somos (1981)
Adriana del Rio, actriz (1979)
México de noche (1975)
El fantástico mundo de los hippies (1972)
Larry
Organización criminal (1968)
Historia de un gángster (1968)
Tony Florino
Contrabandistas del Caribe (1966)
Antesala de la silla eléctrica (1966)
Under the Cover of Night (1962)
Jack
Plazos traicioneros (1958)
Secretaria peligrosa (1958)
Under the influence of fear (1956)
El sindicato del crimen (1954)
Hombres sin alma (1951)
Perdición de mujeres (1951)
Rizo
The Hell of the Poor (1951)
Cabaret Shanghai (1950)
Tony
El reino de los gángsters (1948)
El amor de mi bohío (1947)
Pablo Mendizabal
Gangsters Versus Cowboys (1947)
Johnny Carmenta
Una mujer de Oriente (1946)
Los misterios del hampa (1945)
Siboney (1940)
Gastón de Montero
Eterna mártir (1937)
Narrator
El derecho y el deber (1937)
Honrarás a tus padres (1937)
Juan de Calvacanti
El calvario de una esposa (1936)
Pepe Luis
Soulless Women (1934)
Julián Landeros

Crew

El tren de la muerte (1979)
Director
El fantástico mundo de los hippies (1972)
Director | Writer | Producer
Organización criminal (1968)
Director | Writer | Producer
Historia de un gángster (1968)
Director | Writer | Producer
Contrabandistas del Caribe (1966)
Director | Writer | Producer
Antesala de la silla eléctrica (1966)
Director | Writer | Producer
Pasiones infernales (1966)
Director | Writer | Producer
La virgen de la calle (1965)
Director | Writer | Producer
La maldición de mi raza (1964)
Director | Writer | Producer
Sangre en la barranca (1963)
Director
Mi Borinquen querido (1963)
Director | Writer | Producer
Under the Cover of Night (1962)
Director | Writer
La tórtola del Ajusco (1962)
Director | Writer | Producer
Thaimí, la hija del pescador (1960)
Director
Plazos traicioneros (1958)
Director | Writer | Producer
Secretaria peligrosa (1958)
Director
El farol de la ventana (1958)
Director
Zonga, el ángel diabólico (1957)
Director | Writer | Producer
Quiéreme con música (1957)
Producer
Te odio y te quiero (1957)
Director | Producer
La mesera del café del puerto (1957)
Director
Under the influence of fear (1956)
Director
El sindicato del crimen (1954)
Director | Writer | Producer
Sandra, the Woman of Fire (1954)
Director | Writer | Producer
The Goddess of Tahiti (1953)
Director | Writer | Producer
Hombres sin alma (1951)
Director | Writer | Producer
Perdición de mujeres (1951)
Director | Writer | Producer
The Hell of the Poor (1951)
Director | Writer | Producer
Que idiotas son los hombres (1951)
Director | Producer
Madre querida (1951)
Director | Writer | Producer
Cabaret Shanghai (1950)
Director | Writer | Producer
Wild Love (1950)
Director | Writer | Producer
El charro del arrabal (1949)
Director | Writer | Producer
El reino de los gángsters (1948)
Director | Writer | Producer
Tania, the Beautiful Wild Girl (1948)
Director | Writer | Producer
El amor de mi bohío (1947)
Director | Writer | Producer
Gangsters Versus Cowboys (1947)
Director | Writer | Producer
Pasiones tormentosas (1946)
Director | Writer | Producer
Una mujer de Oriente (1946)
Director | Writer | Producer
Embrujo antillano (1946)
Assistant Director | Writer | Producer
Los misterios del hampa (1945)
Director
Cruel destino (1944)
Director
Siboney (1940)
Director | Writer | Producer
Eterna mártir (1937)
Director | Writer | Producer | Editor
El derecho y el deber (1937)
Director
Honrarás a tus padres (1937)
Director | Producer
El calvario de una esposa (1936)
Writer | Director | Producer
Beloved Mother (1935)
Director | Writer | Producer
Soulless Women (1934)
Writer | Producer
El sendero gris (1927)
Co-Director