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Juano Hernández

Actor | * 07/19/1896 († 73, 07/17/1970) | San Juan (Puerto Rico)
Juano G. Hernández (July 19, 1896 – July 17, 1970) was a Puerto Rican stage and film actor who was a pioneer in the African American film industry. He made his silent picture debut in The Life of General Villa, and talking picture debut in an Oscar Micheaux film, The Girl from Chicago, which was directed at black audiences. Hernández also performed in a series of dramatic roles in mainstream Hollywood movies. His participation in the film Intruder in the Dust (1949) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for "New Star of the Year." Later in life he returned to Puerto Rico, where he intended to make a film based on the life of Sixto Escobar. ()
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An Afro-Puerto Rican stage and film actor who was a pioneer in the African American film industry.

Most frequent genres for this person: Drama | Crime | Thriller

Known for these Movies & Shows

Rural Mississippi in the 1940s: Lucas Beauchamp, a local black man with a reputation of not kowtowing to whites, is found standing over the body of a dead white man, holding a pistol that has recently ...

Intruder in the Dust

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1949 | 3.8/5 | 1h 27min
Crime, Drama
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A rich man (Glenn Ford) stuns his wife (Donna Reed) and town with a televised threat to his son's kidnapper. ...

Ransom!

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1956 | 3.7/5 | 1h 49min
Crime, Drama, Thriller
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One evening, Hammer gives a ride to Christina, an attractive hitchhiker on a lonely country road, who has escaped from the nearby lunatic asylum. Thugs waylay them and force his car to crash. When Ham ...

Kiss Me Deadly

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1955 | 3.6/5 | 1h 46min
Mystery, Thriller, Crime
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Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so Rick becomes a star musician, but a troubled marriage and the desire to play pure jazz instead of commer ...

Young Man with a Horn

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1950 | 3.1/5 | 1h 53min
Drama, Music, Romance / Love
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Movies with Juano Hernández as Actor(25)

as Mealie Williamson1970 They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Ali Shar1969 The Extraordinary Seaman
as Uncle Possum1969 The Reivers
as Mr. Smith1965 The Pawnbroker
as Bugs1962 Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
as Chief Standing Bear1961 Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Kalanumu1961 The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Chief Rauhuia1961 Two Loves
as Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore1960 Sergeant Rutledge
as Bernardo1958 Machete
as Rev. Charles Handy1958 St. Louis Blues
as Njogu - Oath Giver1957 Something of Value
as Amugu1957 The Mark of the Hawk
as Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse1956 Ransom!
as Judge Theodore Motley1955 Trial
as Eddie Yeager1955 Kiss Me Deadly
as Wesley Park1950 The Breaking Point
as Uncle Famous Prill1950 Stars in My Crown
as Art Hazzard1950 Young Man with a Horn
as Lucas Beauchamp1949 Intruder in the Dust
as John Arthur1940 The Notorious Elinor Lee
as Rev. Bryson1939 Lying Lips
as Cop1932 Harlem Is Heaven
as Gomez1932 The Girl from Chicago
as Revolutionary Soldier (uncredited)1914 The Life of General Villa

TV Shows/Series with Juano Hernández as Actor(1)

as Josh1955 Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Born: Sunday, 07/19 1896 (July) in San Juan (Puerto Rico)
Died: Friday, 07/17 1970 (July) in San Juan (aged: 73)
Zodiac sign: Cancer (Chinese zodiac sign: Monkey)
Languages: English (EN, native language)
Other names for Juano Hernández (nicknames, foreign languages etc.):
"Juan G. Hernández"
"Jauno Hernández"
"Juano Hernández Chávez"
"Juano Hernandez"
Juano Hernández frequently works together with these people:
Harry Tyler (11x, Actor)
Raymond Bailey (10x, Actor)
Patricia Hitchcock (10x, Actress)
Norman Lloyd (9x, Actor)
Russell Collins (9x, Actor)
Oscar Micheaux (9x, Crew)
Ray Teal (8x, Actor)
Robert H. Harris (8x, Actor)
John Williams (8x, Actor)
Robert Horton (7x, Actor)
Arthur Gould-Porter (7x, Actor)
Tyler McVey (7x, Actor)
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WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:1069354, Added: 12/05/2018, Last updated: 03/30/2024