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Juan Torena is a Actor Philippin born on 24 march 1898

Juan Torena

Juan Torena
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Nationality Philippines
Birth 24 march 1898
Death 27 june 1983 (at 85 years)

Juan Torena (1898–1983) was a Filipino-born 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.

Biography

Footballeur
Juan de Garchitorena naît à Manille aux Philippines le 24 mars 1898. Il émigre en Amérique du Nord, en Argentine et devient footballeur professionnel. Il rejoint ensuite l'Espagne et le FC Barcelone en 1916. C'est le premier cas d'un joueur avec un faux passeport dans ce qui est connu comme L'affaire Garchitorena. Lors d'un match remporté en championnat de Catalogne par le Barça face à l'Espanyol par 3 à 0, les perdants déposent un protêt car les joueurs étrangers ne pouvaient pas jouer. La Fédération catalane donne raison à l'Espanyol. Garchitorena continue à jouer avec le FC Barcelone mais uniquement des matches amicaux jusqu'à la fin de la saison. Lors de la saison 1918-1919, il joue trois matches en Coupe d'Espagne et de nombreux matches amicaux.


Acteur
À la fin de sa carrière de footballeur, il se rend à Hollywood où il se lance dans le métier d'acteur, avec une nature de séducteur, sous le nom de Juan Torena. Il joue dans 36 films dont Sombras habaneras (1929), Guérillas (1950) avec Tyrone Power et La Plage déserte (1953) avec Barbara Stanwyck. Il est aussi connu pour sa vie sentimentale mouvementée. Il se lie à Myrna Loy et épouse l'actrice Natalie Moorhead.

Il obtient la nationalité américaine en 1954.

Son neveu Luis Garchitorena obtint le prix littéraire en 1978 Zobel aux Philippines.

Juan Torena décède le 27 juin 1983 à Santa Barbara en Californie.

Usually with

Barry Conners
Barry Conners
(3 films)
Rudolph Maté
Rudolph Maté
(1 films)
Crane Wilbur
Crane Wilbur
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Juan Torena (16 films)

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Actor

Jeopardy
Jeopardy (1953)
, 1h9
Directed by John Sturges
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, Ralph Meeker, Lee Aaker, Juan Torena, Sol Gorss
Roles Mexican Police Chief
Rating66% 3.3471053.3471053.3471053.3471053.347105
Doug and Helen Stilwin (Barry Sullivan and Barbara Stanwyck) along with their son Bobby (Lee Aaker) embark on a vacation into desolate Baja California in Mexico to a remote, deserted fishing spot along the coast that her father used to frequent with his old military buddies. At a roadside barricade heading into the Baja outback, they are inspected by police but are not told about an American killer who has escaped from prison and is at large in the area.
My Man and I, 1h39
Directed by William A. Wellman
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Shelley Winters, Ricardo Montalbán, Juan Torena, Wendell Corey, Claire Trevor, Robert Burton
Roles Vincente Aguilar
Rating63% 3.1958453.1958453.1958453.1958453.195845
Chu Chu Ramirez (Ricardo Montalban), a farm laborer from Mexico who works as a grape picker in California, has recently become an American citizen and is determined to better himself. While his cousin Manuel and his friends Celestino and Willie spend their pay on gambling and women, Chu Chu buys new clothes and an encyclopedia. When grape season ends, Chu Chu takes a job clearing land for Ansel Ames (Wendell Corey) on Ames' farm near Sacramento. Ames and his wife (Claire Trevor) are having marital problems and the lonely Mrs. Ames, who initially regards Chu Chu with contempt as a "foreigner", becomes attracted to Chu Chu over time. Chu Chu is friendly and kind to her, but does not return her affections and rejects her attempt to seduce him. Instead, Chu Chu is drawn to Nancy (Shelley Winters), a troubled waitress with a drinking problem whose former husband, a test pilot, was killed in a crash. Chu Chu puts up his prized possession, a letter from President Franklin D. Roosevelt, to get money for Nancy, and asks her to be his girl, although she protests that he shouldn't waste his time on a "wino" like herself.
American Guerrilla in the Philippines, 1h45
Directed by Fritz Lang, Robert D. Webb
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, War
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Tyrone Power, Micheline Presle, Tom Ewell, Tommy Cook, Jack Elam, Robert Barrat
Roles Juan Martinez
Rating58% 2.9493352.9493352.9493352.9493352.949335
In April 1942 in the Philippines, an American motor torpedo boat is destroyed by Japanese planes. The survivors, among them Ensign Chuck Palmer (Tyrone Power), make their way ashore on Cebu. Their commander orders them to split up. Chuck pairs up with Jim Mitchell (Tom Ewell) and reaches Colonel Benson on Leyte, only to be told that he has been ordered by General Douglas MacArthur to surrender his forces soon.
Mexicana
Mexicana (1945)
, 1h23
Directed by Alfred Santell
Origin USA
Genres Musical, Romance
Themes Musical films
Actors Tito Guízar, Constance Moore, Leo Carrillo, Estelita Rodríguez, Howard Freeman, Steven Geray
Roles Master of Ceremonies
Rating58% 2.9310252.9310252.9310252.9310252.931025
Verbena trágica, 1h15
Directed by Charles Lamont
Genres Drama
Actors Fernando Soler, Juan Torena, Luana Alcañiz, Carlos Villarías
Rating61% 3.078343.078343.078343.078343.07834
On the eve of Columbus Day festivities in New York, the boxer Mateo Vargas is released early from a jail term he served after he struck a police officer. He returns home for a surprise reunion with his family, but his wife Blanca faints. Mateo learns from her doctor that she is pregnant. Mateo is shocked, and knows that he cannot be the father. His trainer wants him to return to the boxing ring, but Mateo is too preoccupied with Blanca's infidelity. While he was in jail, Blanca had been seeing Claudio, the fiancé of Mateo's sister Lola. When Lola tells her suspicions to her mother, she slaps Lola. Vargas confronts Blanca about her pregnancy, but she refuses to name the father. Mateo becomes obsessed with finding his wife's lover.
Meet Nero Wolfe, 1h13
Directed by Herbert J. Biberman
Origin USA
Genres Crime
Actors Edward Arnold, Lionel Stander, Rita Hayworth, Nana Bryant, Victor Jory, Dennie Moore
Roles Carlo Maringola
Rating60% 3.0499953.0499953.0499953.0499953.049995
Wolfe: When I swing down to hit the ball so, the end of this homemade gun is pointing just above my waistline.
Captain Calamity, 1h6
Directed by John Reinhardt
Origin USA
Genres Action, Adventure
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors George F. Houston, Marian Nixon, Vince Barnett, Juan Torena, Movita Castaneda, Crane Wilbur
Roles Mike
Rating44% 2.2131752.2131752.2131752.2131752.213175
A penniless ship's captain is taking a passenger ashore after their voyage. The passenger throws a gold coin in the ocean that he says has been bad luck to him as it was a gift from his ex-fiancee. The Captain sends one of his men, an experienced underwater diver, to successfully retrieve it. The passenger explains that is a gold Spanish doubloon and the Captain is more than welcome to it.
A Message to Garcia, 1h17
Directed by George Marshall
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films, Children's films
Actors Wallace Beery, Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, Alan Hale, Herbert Mundin, Mona Barrie
Roles Luís Maderos
Rating58% 2.9471352.9471352.9471352.9471352.947135
The film opens with the Maine Incident of 1898 in which an American warship blew-up in Havana harbor, allegedly following sabotage by Spain, triggering the outbreak of the Spanish–American War. President McKinley, wishing to make contact with General Calixto García, the leader of the Cuban revolt against Spain, summons an American army officer Andrew Summers Rowan to the White House and gives him a message which he is to personally deliver into Garcia's hands.