Personal Info
Abel Fernandez
Acting
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 of 16, enlisted in the United States Army and became a paratrooper with the 11th Airborne Division.…
Known For
Filmography
Movies
Buster's Bedroom
Quicksilver
as Guyamo
Topaz
as Cuban Guerrilla Fighter (uncredited)
Madigan
as Detective Rodriguez
Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round
as Aztec Airlines Attendant (uncredited)
Apache Uprising
as Young Apache Chief
Rio Conchos
as Mexican at Corral (uncredited)
Alcatraz Express
as William Youngfellow (archive footage)
Pork Chop Hill
as Kindley
The Scarface Mob
TV Shows
Marcus Welby, M.D.
as Angelo Rodrigues · 1 ep.
Batman
as Thug · 1 ep.
The Time Tunnel
as Bowman · 1 ep.
Daniel Boone
as Bear Paw · 1 ep.
The Barbara Stanwyck Show
as Tom Tall Bear · 1 ep.
Bonanza
as Lean Knife · 1 ep.
The Untouchables
as William Youngfellow · 118 ep.
The Troubleshooters
as O'Riley · 1 ep.
77 Sunset Strip
as Officer · 1 ep.
The Texan
as Juan · 1 ep.
