Character SketchAlejandro (Alex) Garcia first appeared on GH in the early 1990s as a detective in the Port Charles Police Department. His assignment at that time was tracking down missing children (in particular Stone/Mike, Jagger's brother.) He was soon promoted to being Sean Donely's right hand man. This was back when Garcia was played by George Alvarez. Later Garcia became a little smitten with Sonny Corinthos' wife, Lily. Probably because Lily was the only one who pronounced his first name correctly. When she died he was a little devastated. He left town, but returned later with little to do.In December 1999, Alex Garcia was recast with Eddie Velez in the role. He has been appearing primarily on Port Charles, but also on General Hospital. On PC he's on the spot whenevre a crime is committed, and he's pretty good at making arrests. He's arrested Lucy, Jack, Arianna, Ian, Jamal, Frank, and wanted to arrest more than that. Unfortunately they're usually out on bail or technicalities within twenty-four hours. On GH he's mostly seen in the Police Deparment, doing routine police tasks. He was the first person to find Sonny and Company after the Christmas Eve Massacre. During Port Charles Fate Garcia arrested Lucy for changing the DNA results to make it look like Eve and Ian were dead. Mac let her go. Frankie "Dishpan" Santana first appeared on the A-Team during the fifth season 1986/1987. The nickname had something to do with his profession as a special-effects expert. Frankie was working on one of Hannibal's monster movies. He was also a mole for Hunt Stockwell (He was being blackmailed. Stockwell was withholding disability checks for Frankie's father). Frankie happily gave bad advice on any subject and talked too much at inopportune moments. After the team was captured by Stockwell, Frankie was forced to join the team. Actor - CreditsInitial research was done on the Internet Movie Database. Stage and more acting credits added after Internet search; mostly Google. Titles may be linked to useful pages about those works. Eddie was born Edwin Velez on June 4th 1958 in New York City. We were pleased to see him show up on our Soaps, as we were just becoming familiar with his earlier work on The A-Team. Traffic (2000)(Feature Film) - Agent Johnson
Just Shoot Me (5/16/00)
A Father's Choice(2000)
Port Charles"(1999-present)
General Hospital (1999-present)
S.O.F. Special Ops Force (4/15/99)
Seven Days (2/24/99)
Running Woman(1998)
Urban Justice (a.k.a. Under Oath) (1997)
Most Wanted(1997)
The Parent 'Hood (11/9/97)
Night Man (10/13/97)
Pacific Blue (09/21/97)
Gun (4/12/97)
JAG (2/28/97)
Walker, Texas Ranger (2/24/96)
Walker, Texas Ranger (2/17/96)
Live Shot (1995)
High Tide - (11/6/95)
The Commish (2/9/95) A Passion to Kill (1994) (Feature Film) - Morales
Bitter Vengeance (1994)
Murder, She Wrote (11/20/94)
Hardball (9/4/94)
Body Bags (1993)
From the Files of Joseph Wambaugh: A Jury of One (1992)
Danger Island (1992)
Flying Blind (10/11/92)
Veronica Clare (8/13/91)
Drug Wars: The Camarena Story (1990)
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill (1990)
Romero (1989)
Rooftops (1989)
True Blue (1989)
Shannon's Deal (1989)
Tour of Duty (1/31/89)
Split Decisions (1988)
Trial and Error (1988)
Midnight Caller (1988)
Empty Nest (1988)
The Women's Club (1987)
Hill Street Blues (3/3/87)
Extremities (1986)
C.A.T. Squad (1986)
The A-Team (1986-1987)
Doin' Time (1985)
Children of the Night (1985)
Charlie & Co. (1985)
Double Dare (1985)
Berrengers (1985)
Repo Man (1984)
Summer Fantasy (1984)
For Love and Honor (1983)
Bay City Blues (1983)
Cagney & Lacey (1982)
Capitol (1982) *****
Producer CreditsScattered Dreams: The Kathryn Messenger Story (1993)(Television Movie) - co-producer
LinksEddie Velez Page - Character ActorsEdddie Velez Page - Live Shot Eddie Velez on e-Bay Eddie Velez - Google Search |
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