Rivera, together with Tommy Muñiz, José Miguel Agrelot and Paquito Cordero was one of the first comedians in Puerto Rican television.
In 1960, he starred alongside Norma Candal (Petunia) in a television comedy called "La Críada Malcríada" (The Rude Maid).
[1] Various media producers arranged for many Puerto Rican performers to tour New York City in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
As fate would have it, one particularly chilly evening Rivera and Bobby Capó were exiting a performance outside the Teatro Puerto Rico and were looking for a place to eat.
After Vigoreaux was murdered early in 1983, Rivera became the show's main host, position in which he performed for several years afterwards.
[1] Since the early 2010s Rivera, who celebrated his 90th birthday on April 9, 2020, was the host and producer of the popular radio talk show Tus Compañeros Del Tapón, a daily afternoon program on 940AM, WIPR (AM).
A successful fundraiser was organized by a local journalist to provide Rivera with a power wheelchair lift.
[2] He died from heart disease at the Hospital del Maestro in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico on November 30, 2023, at the age of 93.