Juan Rogelio GarcÃa GarcÃa, better known as Juan Orol (August 4,
1897 in LalÃn, Pontevedra, Spain â€" May 26, 1988 in Mexico City,
Mexico) 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.Juan Rogelio GarcÃa GarcÃa was born on
August 4, 1897 in the parish of Santiso, in the town of Lalin in
Pontevedra, Spain. His father was a commander of the Spanish armed
forces. His mother, a woman of peasant origin, was a single mother.
Later, she married a man who didn't want to take care of another man's
son, so she sent Orol to Cuba to live with a friend.In Cuba, Orol
lived in the low neighborhoods, known in Cuba as "solares". There, he
had a lot of contact with people of African origin, who taught him all
his dance techniques. Young Orol had many occupations at the same
time: boxer, mechanic, racing driver, journalist, actor, bullfighter
and police officer. He abandoned boxing when his face was disfigured.
In his racer role, was about to drive in Indianapolis, but he lacked a
few tenths to the mark of 118 miles per hour. In his role as a
bullfighter, he passed through South America under the name of
Espartero or Esparterito. Later, he moved to Mexico, where he was also
part of the secret police. His biography is absolutely bizarre, full
of impossible and unconnected episodes. But despite his poor cultural
training, he survived. His steps in the bullfight arena and the police
order were a great inspiration for subsequent film work. His premature
widowhood put on face with a parental responsibility. He started
working on the radio as artistic director and publicist while he
contacting with the nascent Mexican film industry.Initially Orol
entered the Mexican film industry as another way to make a living, but
eventually he developed a passion for the world of cinema. Orol
debuted in the Cinema of Mexico as a supporting actor in the film
Sagrario (1933), made by the newly created Aspa Films under the
direction of Ramón Peon, also known as the Cuban Griffith. The
following year, Orol risked his own capital and premiered
simultaneously as producer, writer and star in the film Mujeres sin
alma, also directed by Peon. He debuted as director in the film Dear
Mother (1935), the third production of Aspa Films. Orol was a devotee
of American Film noir, and had a great admiration for the famous film
gangsters of the 1930s and 1940s: Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney and
Humphrey Bogart. However, Orol himself recognized José Bohr, one of
the pioneers of talkies in Mexico, as the most influential filmmaker. Juan Orol Biography, Weight & Height, Age, Nationality & Ethnicity
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