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name: "Juano Hernández"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/juano-hernandez"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "19 July 1896"
died: "17 July 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T12:50:58.164617+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."
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# Juano Hernández

Actor. Born 19 July 1896 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Died 17 July 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 19 July 1896, San Juan, Puerto Rico
- **Died:** 17 July 1970
- **Also known as:** Juan G. Hernández, Jauno Hernández, Juano Hernández Chávez

## Biography

Juano Hernández (also credited as Juan G. Hernández and Jauno Hernández) was a Puerto Rican stage and film actor. Born on 19 July 1896 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, he died there on 17 July 1970.

He began his career in circus performance, vaudeville and radio before appearing in the chorus of the 1927 Broadway production of *Show Boat*. His early film roles included work in Oscar Micheaux race films such as *The Girl from Chicago* (1932).

Hernández gained wider recognition for dramatic parts in mainstream Hollywood films, notably as Lucas Beauchamp in *Intruder in the Dust* (1949), for which he received a Golden Globe nomination, and as Eddie Yeager in *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955). Other credits include *Sergeant Rutledge* (1960), *The Pawnbroker* (1965) and *They Call Me Mister Tibbs!* (1970).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, blackpast.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Kiss Me Deadly* (1955), Fi1m 87, as Eddie Yeager — [page](https://film.one/film/kiss-me-deadly.md)

## Also known for

- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), Josh
- *The Pawnbroker* (1965), Mr. Smith
- *Sergeant Rutledge* (1960), Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
- *They Call Me Mister Tibbs!* (1970), Mealie Williamson
- *The Breaking Point* (1950), Wesley Park
- *The Reivers* (1969), Uncle Possum
- *Young Man with a Horn* (1950), Art Hazzard
- *Intruder in the Dust* (1949), Lucas Beauchamp

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