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| # | Fact |
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| 1 | Hechter was raised in Harlem, New York. |
| 2 | One child with wife, Carmen; a daughter, Degan. |
| 3 | Hechter's first movie was The Cross and the Switchblade (1970) which is based on a true story. He was featured as Moonlight, a gang member in the Mau Mau's. He is credited under his birth name, Hector Mercado, for that role. |
| 4 | Had a successful career under his birth name, Hector Mercado, until he discovered that there was another actor with the exact same name. In 1983 he changed his name to Hechter Ubarry. |