1958
Search results
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.
Juano Hernandez. Actor: Kiss Me Deadly. He was the son of a Puerto Rican seaman. He was self-educated and spent much of his childhood in Brazil singing on the streets to raise money for food. He became an actor after having been a circus performer, radio actor, and vaudeville performer.
Juano Hernandez. Actor: Kiss Me Deadly. He was the son of a Puerto Rican seaman. He was self-educated and spent much of his childhood in Brazil singing on the streets to raise money for food. He became an actor after having been a circus performer, radio actor, and vaudeville performer.
Apr 17, 2022 · Juano G. “Juano” Hernández, Hollywood’s first Afro-Latino actor, was a polylingual self-educated Puerto Rican stage and film actor who was born Juan G. Hernández on July 19, 1896, in San Juan, Puerto Rico to a father from San Juan and a mother from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Jan 7, 2020 · Juano Hernández. Actor (1896–1970) Acquaint yourself with Hernández’s unique grace by watching his acclaimed turns in 1949’s Intruder in the Dust and the 1950 smuggler noir The Breaking Point,...
Jun 17, 2020 · Juan G. Hernández, most notably known as Juano Hernández in Hollywood, was an acting pioneer who paved the way for many of today’s actors. The San Juan, Puerto Rico, native passed away in July of...
Feb 5, 2015 · But few may know that one of the most influential and critically acclaimed Puerto Rican actors in the history of Hollywood was actually a black man, Juano Hernández , whose career in the...
Juano G. Hernández 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.
Jan 27, 2020 · Juano Hernández Should Have Been the First Afro–Puerto Rican Screen Legend. I was first introduced to Afro–Puerto Rican actor Juano Hernández in the uneven, treacly 1950 drama Young Man With a Horn.
Biography. Puerto Rican actor born on July 19, 1896 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. His role in Intruder in the Dust (1949) earned him nominations for both Golden Globe and New York City Film Critics awards. He was born to a Puerto Rican father and a Brazilian mother.
