Abel Fernandez

Abel Fernandez

Acting

Born: 1930-07-14 · East Los Angeles, California, USA

Died: 2016-05-03

Biography

Tall, handsome, cool, and intimidating, Native Latino American paratrooper, professional boxer, and character actor. Was of Yaqui Native Mexican descent, and possibly more tribes. Was from East Los Angeles, California. Fernandez was born in Los Angeles, California, on July 14, 1930. His mother was a Yaqui Native Mexican woman, and his father was a Native Mexican man. He was the youngest of a large family and lost his mother at birth. He attended Belmont High School in Los Angeles, and at the age

🎬 Movies (18)

Buster's Bedroom

Buster's Bedroom

1991

Quicksilver

Quicksilver

1986

Guyamo

Topaz

Topaz

1969

Cuban Guerrilla Fighter (uncredited)

Madigan

Madigan

1968

Detective Rodriguez

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round

1966

Aztec Airlines Attendant (uncredited)

Apache Uprising

Apache Uprising

1965

Young Apache Chief

Rio Conchos

Rio Conchos

1964

Mexican at Corral (uncredited)

Alcatraz Express

1961

William Youngfellow (archive footage)

Pork Chop Hill

Pork Chop Hill

1959

Kindley

The Scarface Mob

The Scarface Mob

1959

Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown

1957

Pete (uncredited)

The Tijuana Story

The Tijuana Story

1957

The Last Wagon

The Last Wagon

1956

The Harder They Fall

The Harder They Fall

1956

Chief Firebird (uncredited)

Fort Yuma

Fort Yuma

1955

Mangas

Devil Goddess

Devil Goddess

1955

Teinusi (as Abel M. Fernandez)

Many Rivers to Cross

Many Rivers to Cross

1955

Slangoh

Rose Marie

Rose Marie

1954

Indian warrior