Maurice Bénard
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Birth Name: Mauricio José Morales
Place of Birth: San Francisco, California, United States
Date of Birth: March 1, 1963
Ethnicity:
*Salvadorean (father)
*Nicaraguan (mother)
Maurice Bénard is an American actor. He is known for his roles on the soap operas All My Children and General Hospital, and in the made-for-tv movie Lucy & Desi: Before the Laughter.
He is the son of Martha Mendez and Humberto José Morales. Maurice is a cousin of Nicaraguan-born professional baseball player Marvin Bénard. He is married to Paula Smith, with whom he has four children.
The name Bénard comes from one of his grandmothers.
Source: https://www.soapoperadigest.com
His father was Humberto Morales and his mother Martha Mendez.
One of his grandmothers had the surname Benard, which he chose as his stagename.
https://www.soapoperadigest.com/content/tbt-maurice-benard5/
* Humberto Jose Morales, Sr.
I though he was Italian. silly me