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Juano Hernández is a Actor American born on 19 july 1896 at San Juan (USA)
Juano Hernández (July 19, 1896 – July 17, 1970) was an Afro-Puerto Rican stage and film actor who was a pioneer in the African American film industry. He made his silent 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. Hernández also performed in a series of dramatic roles in mainstream Hollywood movies. His participation in the film Intruder in the Dust (1949) earned him a Golden Globe Award nomination for "New Star of the Year." Later in life he returned to Puerto Rico, where he intended to make a film based on the life of Sixto Escobar.
Au cinéma, il participe, entre 1932 et 1970, à des films notamment réalisés par Oscar Micheaux et aux côtés en particulier de Sidney Poitier.
Il apparaît également à la télévision entre 1953 et 1963, dans quelques séries (ainsi, en 1959, un épisode de Alfred Hitchcock presents).
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Juano Hernández
Birth name Juano G. Hernández
Nationality USA
Birth 19 july 1896 at San Juan (USA)
Death 17 july 1970 (at 73 years) at San Juan (USA)
Nationality USA
Birth 19 july 1896 at San Juan (USA)
Death 17 july 1970 (at 73 years) at San Juan (USA)
Biography
Au théâtre, Juano Hernández joue à Broadway entre 1931 et 1948, dans des productions vouées à la confidentialité (en raison de la ségrégation raciale sévissant à l'époque aux États-Unis). Les deux dernières (voir ci-après, section "Théâtre à Broadway") militent d'ailleurs pour la cause des Afro-Américains : Strange Fruit fait référence à une chanson connue (Strange Fruit, évoquant le lynchage) et le titre de la dernière pièce interprétée par Juano Hernández à Broadway, Set my People Free, est suffisamment explicite.Au cinéma, il participe, entre 1932 et 1970, à des films notamment réalisés par Oscar Micheaux et aux côtés en particulier de Sidney Poitier.
Il apparaît également à la télévision entre 1953 et 1963, dans quelques séries (ainsi, en 1959, un épisode de Alfred Hitchcock presents).
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
, 1h48Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime
Actors Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, Anthony Zerbe, Edward Asnere, Jeff Corey
Roles Mealie Williamson
Rating59%
Detective Virgil Tibbs, now a lieutenant with the San Francisco police, is assigned to investigate the murder of a prostitute. A prime suspect is Rev. Logan Sharpe (Martin Landau), a liberal street preacher and political organizer, who insists to Tibbs that he was merely visiting the hooker in a professional capacity, advising her spiritually.
The Reivers (1969)
, 1h52Directed by Mark Rydell
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Action
Themes Films about animals, Sports films, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about horses, Road movies, Horse sports in film
Actors Steve McQueen, Sharon Farrell, Mitch Vogel, Burgess Meredith, Will Geer, Michael Constantine
Roles Uncle Possum
Rating65%
Set in 1905, the film follows the exploits of the likable but raffish Boon Hoggenbeck (Steve McQueen), who takes an interest in a new car, a new 1905 Winton Flyer that is the property of a man named Boss (Will Geer), the patriarch of the McCaslin family, who live in the Mississippi area where Boon lives. When the taking of the car first by Boon and then by Ned (Rupert Crosse) (they show themselves to be reivers, or thieves, in the film's start, hence the title) leads to a public brawl, the local magistrate lets them off by a bond that Boss pays on the condition both men stay out of trouble and further away from the car while he is away with family to tend to a funeral. That is soon changed by Boon, who takes the car again to go up to Memphis to see his woman Corrie (Sharon Farrell) and talks his young friend Lucius (Mitch Vogel) into going for the ride. Ned stows away as well, but Boon grudgingly allows him to come. Other characters include a horse that loves sardines and races for them, a friendly bordello madam and her amiable employees, and a man with a horse who lives near an impassable sinkhole full of mud for which he charges expensive rates to get both carts and cars through.
The Extraordinary Seaman (1969)
, 1h20Directed by John Frankenheimer
Origin USA
Genres War, Fantastic, Comedy, Adventure
Themes Military humor in film, Seafaring films, Transport films, Political films
Actors David Niven, Faye Dunaway, Alan Alda, Juano Hernández, Mickey Rooney, Jack Carter
Roles Ali Shar
Rating34%
A ghostly British naval officer(Niven) persuades four members of the American navy to launch an attack on Japanese positions, hoping to redeem the family honor and his own tattered record from the First World War. He had been condemned to sail the seas forever after falling down drunk before his first battle in the Great War. With his typical luck he actually succeeds in sinking a Japanese naval vessel -- *after* it had officially surrendered to the US Navy. As a result, he is seen again consigned to sailing his ship forever, this time in a children's amusement park lake, to await another chance at redemption.
The Pawnbroker (1965)
, 1h56Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters, Linda Geiser, Jaime Sánchez, Raymond St. Jacques
Roles Mr. Smith
Rating76%
With the rise of Hitler, Sol Nazerman (Steiger), a German-Jewish university professor, was dragged to a concentration camp along with his family. He saw his two children die (one while riding in a cattle car) and his wife raped by Nazi officers in the camp. Now he operates a pawnshop in East Harlem, while living in an anonymous Long Island apartment. Numbed by his experiences, he has worked hard not to experience emotions. Nazerman is bitter and alienated, viewing the people around him as "rejects, scum." He is shown interacting cynically as he bargains with the many desperate characters pawning their goods.
, 2h25Directed by Martin Ritt
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Children's films
Actors Richard Beymer, Ricardo Montalbán, Diane Baker, Paul Newman, Corinne Calvet, Susan Strasberg
Roles Bugs
Rating62%
Nick Adams is a young, restless man who wants a good life and to see the world. Though he is told it is not worth the attempt, he decides to go away from his midwestern home. Along the way, he encounters numerous people and later joins the Italian army to fight the Germans in World War I, where he fall in love.
Two Loves (1961)
, 1h36Directed by Charles Walters
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about education, Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Shirley MacLaine, Laurence Harvey, Jack Hawkins, Nobu McCarthy, Ronald Long, Juano Hernández
Roles Chief Rauhuia
Rating50%
Dans une petite ville de Nouvelle-Zélande, Anna Vorontosov, une institutrice approchant la trentaine et toujours célibataire, se consacre entièrement à ses élèves au détriment de sa vie affective et sexuelle réduite à néant. Bien qu’attirée par Paul Lathrope, l’un de ses collègues, elle demeure dans son ascétisme tandis que Paul se trouve lui-même en proie à d’autres tourments…
The Sins of Rachel Cade (1961)
, 2h4Directed by Gordon Douglas
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Angie Dickinson, Peter Finch, Roger Moore, Woody Strode, Errol John, Mary Wickes
Roles Kalanumu
Rating59%
During World War II, Protestant medical missionary Rachel comes to the village of Dibela in the Belgian Congo. Widowed military administrator Colonel Derode is initially skeptical about her work, but eventually is romantically attracted to Rachel. One of her patients is Paul Wilton, an American doctor with the RAF. She makes love with Paul the night before he is to leave, and becomes pregnant.
Sergeant Rutledge (1960)
, 1h51Directed by John Ford
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Crime, Western
Themes Films about racism
Actors Woody Strode, Jeffrey Hunter, Constance Towers, Billie Burke, Juano Hernández, Willis Bouchey
Roles Sgt. Matthew Luke Skidmore
Rating73%
The film revolves around the court-martial of 1st Sgt. Braxton Rutledge (Strode), a "Buffalo Soldier" of the 9th U.S. Cavalry. His defense is handled by Lt. Tom Cantrell (Hunter), Rutledge's troop officer. The story is told through a series of flashbacks, expanding the testimony of witnesses as they describe the events following the murder of Rutledge's Commanding Officer, Major Dabney, and the rape and murder of Dabney's daughter, for which Rutledge is the accused.
St. Louis Blues (1958)
, 1h45Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Le blues, Jazz films, Musical films
Actors Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, Ruby Dee, Juano Hernández, Billy Preston, Pearl Bailey
Roles Rev. Charles Handy
Rating70%
Will Handy grandit à Memphis avec son père (pasteur) et sa tante Hagar. Son père entend, bien qu'il utilise ses dons musicaux uniquement à des fins religieuses à l'église, mais Will n'arrive pas à se séparer de la musique de rue de son époque. Après avoir écrit une première chanson, Gogo, une chanteuse, arrive à le convaincre de l'accompagner. Will est étranglé par la culture forte de son père et ses chansons de blues. Enfin la famille se réunit quand Gogo les fait venir à New York pour voir Will chanter une de ses chansons au milieu d'un orchestre symphonique.
Machete (1958)
, 1h15Directed by Kurt Neumann
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Actors Mari Blanchard, Albert Dekker, Juano Hernández, Lee Van Cleef, Carlos Rivas
Roles Bernardo
Rating53%
Sugar plantation owner Don Luis Montoya gets married in New York and brings his bride Jean back to Puerto Rico, unaware that she wed him only for his money. Friends at their San Juan honeymoon hotel recognize her as a notorious party girl, so Jean urges her husband to take her home right away, before the marriage has even been consummated.
Something of Value (1957)
, 1h53Directed by Richard Brooks
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War
Themes Films set in Africa
Actors Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier, Wendy Hiller, Juano Hernández, William Horace Marshall
Roles Njogu - Oath Giver
Rating64%
Kikuyu tribal members work on Henry McKenzie's farm in 1940s Kenya. Two young men, Kenyan native Kimani and Henry's son Peter, have grown up together, almost like brothers.
The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about racism
Actors Sidney Poitier, Eartha Kitt, John McIntire, Juano Hernández, Marne Maitland, Patrick Allen
Roles Amugu
Rating52%
Obam (Sidney Poitier), brother of an indigenous resistance leader (Clifton Macklin) in British colonial Africa, returns to his troubled homeland after some years abroad, seeking a political post. However, domestic tensions have divided the country into two hostile camps, with many natives demanding the return of their ancestral lands - now farmed by European settlers. Britain and the local white administration are determined not to release their stranglehold; rather than adopting violence Obam seeks racial equality through peaceful means. His motives are frequently questioned by his own people, but with the assistance of an insightful spouse (Eartha Kitt) and sympathetic missionary Bruce Craig (John McIntire), this unlikely newcomer to African nationalism fights to make a meaningful difference before the situation deteriorates further.
Ransom! (1956)
, 1h49Directed by Alex Segal
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Films about children, Films about families
Actors Glenn Ford, Donna Reed, Leslie Nielsen, Robert Keith, Juano Hernández, Richard Gaines
Roles Jesse Chapman aka Uncle Jesse
Rating68%
Young Andy Stannard (Bobby Clark) is the son of Dave Stannard (Glenn Ford) , a wealthy executive, and his wife Edith (Donna Reed). One day, Edith and Dave feel that each has miscommunicated with the other about the whereabouts of their son. The principal of Andy's school telephones and informs Edith that Andy was picked up by a nurse and taken to Dr. Gorman's office for treatment of a viral infection. However, when Dave phones Dr. Gorman, he finds out that Andy has not been at his office at all that day. Realizing that their son has been kidnapped, the Stannards call the police.
Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
, 1h46Directed by Robert Aldrich
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Noir, Crime
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Ralph Meeker, Maxine Cooper Gomberg, Albert Dekker, Paul Stewart, Juano Hernández, Cloris Leachman
Roles Eddie Yeager
Rating74%
Ralph Meeker plays Mike Hammer, a tough Los Angeles private eye who is almost as brutal and corrupt as the crooks he chases. Mike and his assistant/secretary/lover, Velda (Maxine Cooper), usually work on "penny-ante divorce cases."
Trial (1955)
, 1h45Directed by Mark Robson
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Political films
Actors Glenn Ford, Dorothy McGuire, John Arthur Kennedy, Juano Hernández, Katy Jurado, John Hodiak
Roles Judge Theodore Motley
Rating67%
Angel Chavez (Rafael Campos) is a Mexican American who lives in the small California town of San Juno. During an annual event called Bass Night held at the town beach, he wanders onto the beach, off-limits to Mexican Americans. There he meets a non-Hispanic girl from his high school class. After she suffers a heart attack and dies, Angel is arrested and charged with murder.