The son of Spanish immigrants, he decided to become a magician after seeing a performance of David "Fu Manchu" Bamberg.
[1] As "The Gambling Investigator" he demonstrated and exposed cheating methods at trade shows and to law enforcement organizations throughout the United States and on television shows.
His repertory of card manipulations, sponge-ball magic, cups and balls, and sleight-of-hand was highly regarded by his peers.
[3] Frank was a frequent guest on TV talk shows including The Dick Cavett Show, and David Suskind, sometimes performing magic and sometimes revealing the scams of crooked gamblers such as three card monte players on the streets of New York.
His most notable books are: Frank Garcia died at age 66 from natural causes at his home in Manhattan on July 15, 1993.