Victor Adrian Garcia Roche (born 24 February 1943) is a Puerto Rican television and film actor and comedian.
[4] According to him, he was sent at a very young age to a social worker because he declared that he wanted to be "an actor or entertainer" and during that era, "most Puerto Rican parents said (their) children had to be doctors, fire (or) police (personnel), teachers, carpenters or plumbers".
[4] Since he was young, however, he showed artistic prowess, and he joined a musical group named The Rockers Boys, as a dancer, in 1957 at the age of 14.
[1] It was while in this acting group that Garcia was discovered by Leopoldo Santiago Lavandero and by Francisco Arrivi Alegria, who were two popular theater figures from San Juan.
[3] Santiago Lavandero was a teacher at the University of Puerto Rico's Rio Piedras' branch's drama department, and Garcia soon enrolled at his class.
Garcia at that time during the day participated on plays that were organized by Santiago Lavandero, while taking classes at night.
Garcia's first job at Canal 4 was on a show named "Caras y Caretas de las Mujeres" ("Women's Faces and Disguises").
[3] Garcia then had a chance to act in San Juan's legendary Teatro Tapia; he did so for the first time during 1969, when, aged 26, Garcia acted in a play named "Ay papá, pobre papá, en el Closet te Enganchó Mamá, y Qué Pena me Da" ("Oh Daddy, Poor Daddy, Mommy hanged you in the Closet and I Feel so Sorry for You!
He then returned to Canal 11, where he joined fellow Puerto Rican actor Wilson Torres during 2006, on a show named "Que Suerte!"