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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 19, 1896
Died
July 17, 1970
Place of Birth
San Juan, Puerto Rico
Also Known As
- Juan G. Hernández
- Jauno Hernández
- Juano Hernández Chávez
Juano Hernández
0.2 Popularity
Biography
An Afro-Puerto Rican stage and film actor who was a pioneer in the African American film industry.
Known For
5.8
Mealie Williamson
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
6.3
Uncle Possum
The Reivers
1969
2.6
Ali Shar
The Extraordinary Seaman
1969
7.1
Mr. Smith
The Pawnbroker
1965
5.2
Bugs
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
1962
🎬
0.0
Chief Standing Bear
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
1961
5.0
Chief Mamora
Alcoa Premiere
1961
5.9
Juan Tomasso
The Defenders
1961
4.9
Chief Rauhuia
Two Loves
1961
6.1
Kalanumu
The Sins of Rachel Cade
1961
Credits
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Mealie Williamson
1970
5.8
The Reivers
as Uncle Possum
1969
6.3
The Extraordinary Seaman
as Ali Shar
1969
2.6
The Pawnbroker
as Mr. Smith
1965
7.1
Hemingway’s Adventures of a Young Man
as Bugs
1962
5.2
🎬
Westinghouse Presents: The Dispossessed
as Chief Standing Bear
1961
0.0
Alcoa Premiere
as Chief Mamora
1961
5.0
The Defenders
as Juan Tomasso
1961
5.9
Two Loves
as Chief Rauhuia
1961
4.9
The Sins of Rachel Cade
as Kalanumu
1961
6.1
Route 66
as King Loomis
1960
6.3
Sergeant Rutledge
as Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
1960
7.1
Play of the Week
as James
1959
0.0
Adventures in Paradise
as Yosef
1959
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Tefatou
1959
5.7
Adventures in Paradise
as Manu
1959
5.7
Johnny Staccato
as Romeo Jefferson
1959
5.0
Machete
as Bernardo
1958
5.9
Naked City
as Oscar Loon
1958
5.5
St. Louis Blues
as Rev. Charles Handy
1958
7.6
The Mark of the Hawk
as Amugu
1957
3.0
Something of Value
as Njogu - Oath Giver
1957
5.4
Ransom!
as Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse
1956
7.2
Trial
as Judge Theodore Motley
1955
6.8
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Josh
1955
7.8
Kiss Me Deadly
as Eddie Yeager
1955
7.2
Medallion Theatre
1953
0.0
You Are There
as Montezuma
1953
5.7
The Breaking Point
as Wesley Park
1950
7.1
Stars in My Crown
as Uncle Famous Prill
1950
6.9
Young Man with a Horn
as Art Hazzard
1950
6.4
Intruder in the Dust
as Lucas Beauchamp
1949
7.3
Studio One
as Dr. Ramirez
1948
5.0
Studio One
as Ricardo Calader
1948
5.0
Cabin in the Sky
as Neighbor (uncredited)
1943
6.5
The Notorious Elinor Lee
as John Arthur
1940
4.0
Lying Lips
as Rev. Bryson
1939
4.7
Harlem Is Heaven
as Cop
1932
6.0
The Girl from Chicago
as Gomez
1932
5.8
The Life of General Villa
as Revolutionary Soldier (uncredited)
1914
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