Juan de Orduña
Director
Biography
Juan de Orduña y Fernández-Shaw (Madrid, December 27, 1900-id., February 3, 1974) was a Spanish film director and actor.
Born into a family of aristocrats, he studied law. His artistic career as an actor began in the twenties, joining Emilio Thuiller's theater company. In the following years he took part in numerous silent plays. He participated as a leading actor in the first sound film of Spanish cinema, El misterio de la Puerta del Sol (1929). After the arrival of sound films, his presence in front of the camera became less frequent, although he would still participate in films of certain renown such as Nobleza baturra (1935), by Florián Rey.
His career as a director stood out especially in the decade following the end of the Spanish Civil War, when he became one of the most prolific filmmakers of the time and also one of the public's favorites.
Filmography
Pilar Guerra
as Luciano 1926
The Mystery of Puerta del Sol
as Pompeyo Pimpollo 1930
Nobleza baturra
as Sebastián 1935
To the Devil, with Love
as Vigilante del faro 1972
La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961)
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage) 2022
The Unruly Girl
as Felipe 1924
Sábado, sabadete
1983
Ya viene el cortejo…
as Self - Narrator (voice) 1939
La casa de la Troya
as Augusto 1925
Zalacaín el aventurero
as (no acreditado) 1955
El cura de aldea
as Diego Núñez 1936
Flora y Mariana
as Gerardo 1942
Fin de curso
as Self (uncredited) 1943
Leyenda rota
as José María 1940
Rocío Dalbaicín
1927
The Girl
1925
An Adventure Worth a Movie
1928