Birthday
1896/07/19
Day of death
1970/07/17 (74 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Also know as
Juan G. Hernández, Jauno Hernández, Juano Hernández Chávez
An Afro-Puerto Rican stage and film actor who was a pioneer in the African American film industry.
(1965) The Pawnbroker
as Mr. Smith
(1950) Young Man with a Horn
as Art Hazzard
(1960) Sergeant Rutledge
as Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
(1950) The Breaking Point
as Wesley Park
(1955) Kiss Me Deadly
as Eddie Yeager
(1957) Something of Value
as Njogu - Oath Giver
(1949) Intruder in the Dust
as Lucas Beauchamp
(1958) Machete
as Bernardo
(1961) The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Kalanumu
(1957) The Mark of the Hawk
as Amugu
(1956) Ransom!
as Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse
(1950) Stars in My Crown
as Uncle Famous Prill
(1962) Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man
as Bugs
(1961) Two Loves
as Chief Rauhuia
(1955) Trial
as Judge Theodore Motley
(1939) Lying Lips
as Rev. Bryson
(1969) The Reivers
as Uncle Possum
(1932) The Girl from Chicago
as Gomez
(1914) The Life of General Villa
as Revolutionary Soldier (uncredited)
(1932) Harlem Is Heaven
as Cop
(1958) St. Louis Blues
as Rev. Charles Handy
(1969) The Extraordinary Seaman
as Ali Shar
(1970) They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Mealie Williamson
(1940) The Notorious Elinor Lee
as John Arthur
(1961) Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Chief Standing Bear
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Josh