Juano Hernandez(1896-1970)
- Actor
- Additional Crew
- Soundtrack
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. He worked in the chorus of the
1927 stage production of the musical "Show Boat". Black American film
historian Donald Bogle considers Hernandez's early success in films
during the early twentieth century to have been an event that paved the
way for the high visibility and success of Black actor and Academy
Award winner Sidney Poitier.
