Adolfo Otero

(1893 - 1958) Actor, fundamentally outstanding in the theater and in the humorous genre, with participation in programs such as La tremendous corte and El Precinto Competitora. It was cataloged by the Cuban press of the time as the Monumental Galician. He was born in 1893 in Spain, from where he moved to Cuba in search of economic improvements at the beginning of the 20th century. After the closure of the Alhambra Theater, the Galician, as he was also known, went to the Garrido y Piñero company (1930-1935), being one of the first comic actors to take advantage of the radio as a means of expanding art. With the help of Castor Vispo's scripts, he was the protagonist of the episodes of the Galician detective Rudy Rod. He is one of the most recorded Cuban artists since 1925, along with Sergio Acebal, Ramón Espígul and Pepe del Campo, with whom he worked for a long time on the radio and later on television. In 1929 he was linked to the radio, doing it first at the CMW station, then at CMK...