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.
Selected filmography
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
Bibliography
Jarvinen, Lisa. The Rise of Spanish-language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929-1939. Rutger's University Press, 2012.