Horacio Olivo

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Horacio Olivo is a well known Puerto Rican actor, comedian, TV and radio personality, as well as a classically trained singer.

Born in Dorado, he got his start in show business in 1949 at long defunct WNEL as a radio soap opera actor. He graduated from the Commercial Institute of Puerto Rico, and studied for 3 years at the Puerto Rico Music Conservatory. He participated in various Festival Casals concerts as a tenor in the chorus section.

Olivo has also acted in various plays during the Puerto Rican and International Theatre Festivals, was the station announcer for all the WIPR stations (AM, FM and TV), and acted in comedy TV shows like Como está la situación, and Esto no tiene nombre.

Horacio Olivo is perhaps better known as the booming voice behind Los Rayos Gamma. One of the Rayos Gamma's better known parodies was Olivo's hugely popular antagonistic ode to the U.S. Navy, based on Ernesto Lecuona's song "Granada". He was reportedly fired from his WIPR post because of his political beliefs (his was the official voice of the Puerto Rico Independence Party's radio spots), and for a while, he owned a fried chicken establishment in his hometown of Dorado. He has since returned to radio advertising and announcer work, and still remains a fundamental part of Los Rayos Gamma.