In 1919 he joined the Prado y Chicote company, which performed at the Teatro Cómico in Madrid.
The following year, he formed the varietés trio from Alicante called Los Hernán-Alvarenas, composed by himself, Manuel Álvarez and Josefina Hernández.
He left Spain in the early 30's because he started a tour with a theater company throughout Latin America.
Among the films in which he participated, the following stand out: The Disobedient Son (1944), Amok (1944), El hijo desobediente (1945), Un día con el diablo (1945), Cuando los padres se quedan solos (1949), The Martyr of Calvary (1952), Los Fernández de Peralvillo (1954), Tizoc (1957), and Macario (1960).
That same year he decided to settle permanently in Mexico, where he pursued a film career.