Juan Torena
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| Born | 24 March 1898 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 27 June 1983 (aged 85) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Footballer and actor | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years active | 1929-1953 (film) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Juan de Garchitorena de Carvajal, also known as Juan Torena (24 March 1898 – 27 June 1983) was a Filipino and Spanish professional footballer and Hollywood actor.
Torena was born in Manila, Philippines in 1898 to a Filipino family of Spanish origin. After moving to Argentina and then to Spain, where he became a professional footballer and he eventually played for the Spanish club FC Barcelona as a forward, winning 2 Catalan Spanish league titles.
Torena was a team-mate of Barcelona's superstar, Paulino Alcántara.
After retiring from football in 1920, Torena and his older brother returned back to the Philippines in 1921 and he went to the United States where he became famous and acted in Hollywood films in the 1930s, appearing in both English and Spanish-language versions.
Torena was married to the American Hollywood actress Natalie Moorhead.
Honours
[edit]FC Barcelona
- Spanish League Catalan football championship: (2) 1916, 1919
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.