Biography
Roberto O'Quigley was a director, writer, and screenwriter. Born in Spry Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada, he moved to the United States with his family at the age of five and later settled in Los Angeles, California. He began his career in Hollywood under the names Bob or Bobby Quigley, writing screenplays for western films. While working as a magazine journalist, he met Mexican actor Emilio Fernández, who invited him to work in Mexico. There, O'Quigley adapted the screenplay for the 1934 film Janitzio and adopted the name Roberto O'Quigley, which he continued to use throughout his career in Mexican cinema.
Directed 6
1940s
- 1944
Sota, caballo y rey
Director
- 1940
Madre a la fuerza
Director
1930s
- 1939
Luces de barriada
Director
- 1938
Padre de más de cuatro
Director
- 1937
Ave sin rumbo
Director
- 1936
Beautiful Sky
Director
Wrote 21
1980s
- 1984
Last Video and Testament
Writer
1950s
- 1950
Rosauro Castro
Writer
1940s
- 1949
Ángeles de arrabal
Adaptation, Dialogue
- 1948
El cuarto mandamiento
Writer
El muchacho alegre
Screenplay
- 1945
La sombra de Chucho el Roto
Screenplay
- 1944
Sota, caballo y rey
Screenplay
- 1943
Espionaje en el golfo
Story, Adaptation
- 1942
I'm a Real Mexican
Adaptation
- 1940
Madre a la fuerza
Screenplay
1930s
- 1938
Padre de más de cuatro
Screenplay
- 1937
Ave sin rumbo
Story, Adaptation
- 1936
Beautiful Sky
Screenplay
- 1935
- 1933
Gun Justice
Screenplay
Before Midnight
Screenplay
Rusty Rides Alone
Screenplay
Man Of Action
Adaptation
- 1932
Fighting for Justice
Adaptation
- 1931
Near the Trail's End
Story
- 1930
The Land of Missing Men
Writer
