- Played Sancho Panza in 2245 performances of Man of La Mancha
- His vanity license plate was "PEPINO", his character on "The Real McCoys" TV series.
- Was executive director of the Institute of Motion Pictures, the government film commission in Puerto Rico, in the early 1980s.
- Played five musical instruments.
- Bandleader turned actor
- Formed his own small band in New York in the 1940s: Tony Martinez and His Mambo - USA.
- He was playing at a Hollywood club when he was discovered by the writing and producing team of Irving and Norman Pincus, who were looking for someone to play Pepino.
- Children: David, Renee, Christian, Lessette, Kimra.
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