George Hernandez
George F. Hernandez was an American silent film actor who played character parts in 67 movies, following a career as a stage actor.
Hernandez was born in Placerville, California, 15 years after the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. He was educated in Oakland.
Career
In 1888, Hernandez made his acting debut on stage at the old California Theatre in San Francisco. In 1893, he joined the J.K. Emmet company which traveled throughout the United States and Canada. He later became part of the resident company at the Francois Theatre in Montreal, and also appeared at the Grand Opera House in New York.
From late 1897 through May 1899, Hernandez was a traveling Shakespearean actor with the Janet Waldorf Company, appearing in As You Like It and Romeo and Juliet.
Hernandez was a member of the William Nicholas Selig stock company, which pioneered filmmaking in Southern California. Later, he supported actress Myrtle Gonzalez in a series of popular outdoor adventures.
His first film, The Sanatarium, was made in 1910, preceding the existence of Hollywood studios.
Hernandez married actress Anna Dodge. He died in Los Angeles in 1922 due to complications after surgery.
Filmography
The Sanitarium The Little Widow The Maid at the Helm A Diamond in the Rough A Spanish Wooing The New Superintendent The Bootlegger Old Billy Captain Brand's Wife Out-Generaled The Rival Stage Lines The Heart of John Barlow Through Fire and Smoke The Regeneration of Apache Kid The Profligate The Craven Heart The White Medicine Man .... Professor A. LeclerqueA Sacrifice to Civilization Told in the Sierras Where There's a Will, There's a Way Stability vs. Nobility Harbor Island .... Winters BanksSammy Orpheus; or, The Pied Piper of the Jungle The Millionaire Vagabonds .... Pike A. LongThe Vintage of Fate When Helen Was Elected Between the Rifle Sights Shanghaied Carmen of the Isles Her Educator Monte Cristo .... NapoleonEuchred How the Cause Was Won The Great Drought The Indelible Stain The Box Car Baby The Polo Substitute His Masterpiece The Old Stagecoach A Child of the Wilderness The Lost Hat Brains and Brawn A Humble Hero The New Woman and the Lion The End of the Romance Tenderfoot Bob's Regeneration A Waif of the Sea The Hobo The 'Epidemic' in Paradise Gulch A Crucial Test The Danites Disillusioned A Broken Spur The Little Stowaway A Night Out The Cowboy's Adopted Child The Probationer .... Scroggins, the BakerAs a Father Spareth His Son Man and His Other Self The Trail of Cards The Beaded Buckskin Bag The Fighting Lieutenant Buck Richard's Bride In the Days of Witchcraft Margarita and the Mission Funds .... Gov. Luira EstradaThe Spanish Parrot Girl .... Pedro HernandezA Black Hand Elopement The Wasp .... John WardThe Making of Bobby Burnit .... David ApplerodWillie The Squatters .... Mr. RalstonThe Fire Jugglers The Midnight Call .... Lawler, Sr.While Wifey Is Away .... Mr. JonesTested by Fire .... Old Man Carroll, MountaineerUnto the Third and Fourth Generation Rosemary .... Capt. CruickshankThe Landing of the Hose Reel The Circular Staircase .... Paul ArmstrongThe Rosary .... BarristerRetribution The Lady of the Cyclamen The Chronicles of Bloom Center The End of the Rainbow .... Elihu BennettA Romance of Billy Goat Hill .... Colonel Bob CarseyHis Mother's Boy From the Rogue's Gallery The Girl of Lost Lake .... Judge WestThe Secret of the Swamp .... Major BurkeIt Happened in Honolulu .... Mr. WylandA Son of the Immortals .... Sergius NesimirThe Purple Maze Unto Those Who Sin .... Jules VillarsThe Making of Crooks Up or Down? .... MikeA Prairie Romeo Broadway Arizona .... Uncle Isaac HornMr. Opp .... Jimmy FallowsThe Show Down .... John BensonThe Greater Law .... Tully WinkleSouthern Justice .... Judge MorganThe Smoldering Spark Mutiny .... Grandfather WhitakerGod's Crucible .... Lorenzo ToddYou Can't Believe Everything .... Henry PettitThe Man Who Woke Up .... Thomas FosterThe Vortex .... Lew HerfordThe Hopper .... Wilbur TalbotBetty Takes a Hand .... James BartlettTin Pan Alley .... Simon BergThe Lost Princess .... Samuel Blevins, Sr.Be a Little Sport .... Dunley FaulknerMary Regan .... Peter LovemanMiss Adventure .... Captain BarthThe Silver Girl .... Chuck WilsonThe Rebellious Bride .... Tobe PlunkettA Taste of Life .... Jonas CollamoreThe Courageous Coward Just Out of College .... Septimus PickeringThe Village Sleuth .... Mr. RichleySeeds of Vengeance .... George HedrickThe House of Toys .... Jonathan RadbourneThe Honey Bee .... Ed JohnsonThe Third Woman .... James RileyThe Daredevil .... Buchanan AtkinsonThe Money Changers .... James HeganFirst Love .... Tad O'DonnellThe Innocent Cheat .... Tim ReillyAfter Your Own Heart .... Luke BramleyThe Lure of Egypt .... Mr. BottsThe Road Demon Tom Mix in Arabia .... Arthur Edward TerhuneFlaming Hearts Man Under Cover .... Daddy MoffatBluebeard, Jr. .... The LawyerBilly Jim .... Dudley Dunforth