---
name: "Juan Chacón"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/juan-chacon"
fi1m_id: "juan-chacon"
imdb_id: "nm0149417"
tmdb_id: 2098341
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "7 November 1919"
died: "16 February 1985"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T06:59:27.941767+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Juan Chacón

## Identity

Juan Chacón

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/juan-chacon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** juan-chacon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0149417
- **TMDB ID:** 2098341
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149417/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2098341

Actor. Born 7 November 1919 in Dwyer, Grant County, New Mexico, USA. Died 16 February 1985.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 7 November 1919, Dwyer, Grant County, New Mexico, USA
- **Died:** 16 February 1985
- **Also known as:** Хуан Чакон
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149417/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2098341

## Streaming the US now

- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Salt of the Earth*](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md) (76)

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## Biography

Juan Chacón was an American actor. He played Ramon Quintero in the 1954 film *Salt of the Earth*.

Born on 7 November 1919 in Dwyer, New Mexico, he died on 16 February 1985 in Deming, New Mexico. At the time of the film's production he was president of Local 890 of the United Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers union and worked for the Kennecott Copper Corporation.

Chacón also appeared as himself in the documentaries *A Crime to Fit the Punishment* (1982) and *El tren de la memoria* (2005).

*Sources: imdb.com, catalog.afi.com, flickchart.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Salt of the Earth* (1954), Fi1m 76, as Ramon Quintero — [page](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Salt of the Earth* (1954), as Ramon Quintero — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/salt-of-the-earth.md)

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