Juan de Orduña

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.

Directed

1. La tonta del bote (1970) — Director
2. Locura de amor (1948) — Director
3. Me has hecho perder el juicio (1973) — Director
4. The Last Couplet (1957) — Director
5. Pequeñeces (1950) — Director
6. Follow the Legion! (1942) — Director
7. Despedida de casada (1968) — Director
8. Rustic Chivalry (1965) — Director
9. Porque te vi llorar (1941) — Director
10. Reeds and Mud (1954) — Director
11. Agustina of Aragon (1950) — Director
12. Deliciosamente tontos (1943) — Director
13. El amor de los amores (1962) — Director
14. Dawn of America (1951) — Director
15. La Leona de Castilla (1951) — Director
16. El Padre Pitillo (1955) — Director
17. Man on the Spying Trapeze (1966) — Director
18. Ella, él y sus millones (1944) — Director
19. Teresa de Jesús (1961) — Director
20. Música de ayer (1958) — Director
21. El frente de los suspiros (1942) — Director
22. Bohemians (1969) — Director
23. Zalacaín el aventurero (1955) — Director
24. La Lola se va a los puertos (1947) — Director
25. La vida empieza a medianoche (1944) — Director
26. White Mission (1946) — Director
27. Bochorno (1963) — Director
28. El caserío (1972) — Director
29. El huesped del sevillano (1970) — Director
30. La Tirana (1958) — Director
31. Serenata española (1947) — Director
32. Un drama nuevo (1946) — Director
33. Tuvo la culpa Adán (1944) — Director
34. Delitto d'amore (1966) — Director
35. La revoltosa (1969) — Director
36. La canción del olvido (1969) — Director
37. Maruxa (1969) — Director
38. Las golondrinas (1968) — Director
39. Autumn Roses (1943) — Director
40. Yo no me caso (1944) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Pilar Guerra (1926) — Luciano
2. The Mystery of Puerta del Sol (1930) — Pompeyo Pimpollo
3. Nobleza baturra (1935) — Sebastián
4. To the Devil, with Love (1972) — Vigilante del faro
5. The Unruly Girl (1924) — Felipe
6. La Antorcha de los Éxitos: Cifesa (1932-1961) (2022) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
7. Sábado, sabadete (1983)
8. Ya viene el cortejo… (1939) — Self - Narrator (voice)
9. La casa de la Troya (1925) — Augusto
10. Zalacaín el aventurero (1955) — (no acreditado)
11. El cura de aldea (1936) — Diego Núñez
12. Flora y Mariana (1942) — Gerardo
13. Fin de curso (1943) — Self (uncredited)
14. Leyenda rota (1940) — José María
15. The Girl (1925)
16. Rocío Dalbaicín (1927)
17. An Adventure Worth a Movie (1928)
18. Students and Seamstresses (1927)
19. Boy (1926) — Le vicomte de Brazza dit Boy
20. La gitanilla — Andresillo / Don Juan de Cárcamo