Juan de Garchitorena de Carvajal, known in cinema as Juan Torena (1898–1983), was a Spanish-Filipino footballer and actor. After emigrating to Argentina at a young age, he became a footballer who eventually played for the Spanish club FC Barcelona. Later in his life, he went to North America where he acted in Hollywood films, appearing in both English and Spanish-language versions. He was married to the actress Natalie Moorhead.
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| Born | March 24, 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 27, 1983 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Footballer, Actor | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1929-1953 (film) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Selected filmography edit
- Shadows of Glory (1930)
- Road of Hell (1931)
- There Were Thirteen (1931)
- Nothing More Than a Woman (1934)
- La cruz y la espada (1934)
- Storm Over the Andes (1935)
- The Devil on Horseback (1936)
- Captain Calamity (1936)
- Espionage (1937)
- Mis dos amores (1938)
- American Guerrilla in the Philippines (1950)
References edit
Bibliography edit
- Jarvinen, Lisa. The Rise of Spanish-language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939. Rutger's University Press, 2012.
External links edit
- Juan Torena at IMDb
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