Héctor Travieso

{{Short description|Cuban actor and comedian (1943–2025)}}

{{Tone|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Héctor Travieso

| image =

| imagesize = 150px

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|12|1}}

| birth_place = San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba

| death_date = {{death date and age|2025|1|6|1943|12|1}}

| death_place = Guaynabo, Puerto Rico

| occupation = Actor, television host

| years_active = 1970–2019

| television =

El Show de Raymond (1998–2005)
SuperXclusivo (2000–2013)
La Comay (2019)

| website =

}}

Héctor Travieso (December 1, 1943 – January 6, 2025) was a Cuban actor, comedian and television host.

Travieso immigrated to Puerto Rico{{cite book | last=Méndez-Méndez | first=S. | last2=Fernandez | first2=R. | title=Puerto Rico Past and Present: An Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition: An Encyclopedia | publisher=ABC-CLIO | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-4408-2832-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9PnnCQAAQBAJ&pg=PA116 | access-date=30 November 2019 | page=116}} and had an extensive career in telenovelas. He hosted SuperXclusivo, and La Comay serving as sidekick to the show's protagonist and puppet, La Comay. Travieso also participated briefly in "Dando Candela" by Telemundo.{{cite web | title=Entre lágrimas, Héctor Travieso renuncia a La Comay | website=Primera Hora | date=29 March 2019 | url=https://www.primerahora.com/entretenimiento/tv/nota/entrelagrimashectortraviesorenunciaalacomay-1334518/ | language=es | access-date=31 August 2019}}{{cite web | title=Héctor Travieso sale de La Comay | website=El Vocero de Puerto Rico | date=29 March 2019 | url=https://www.elvocero.com/escenario/h-ctor-travieso-sale-de-la-comay/article_b12663a4-5288-11e9-8196-7fd671cebcb9.html | language=es | access-date=31 August 2019}} The comedian was part of different programs and movies for United States of America and Puerto Rico,{{Cite web |title=Un vistazo a la trayectoria artística de Héctor Travieso |url=https://www.elnuevodia.com/entretenimiento/farandula/fotogalerias/un-vistazo-a-la-trayectoria-artistica-de-hector-travieso/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=El Nuevo Día |language=es}} like “El Show de Raymond” in WAPA TV. He was part of “La Guagua Aérea” and “Under Suspicion” movies. He was part of the return of "La Comay" in 2019 to Mega TV, but after a couple of months he left the project for personal reasons.

On December 29, 2024, Travieso suffered a heart attack and was admitted into Hospital Pavia, where he died eight days later, on January 6, 2025. He was 81.{{Cite web |last= |first= |date= |title=Muere el actor y presentador Héctor Travieso |url=https://www.telemundopr.com/noticias/puerto-rico/muere-el-actor-y-presentador-hector-travieso/2679006/ |access-date=2025-01-07 |website=Telemundo Puerto Rico |language=es}} The January 7 airing of La Comay served as a tribute show where many clips of his acting career were shown and several of Travieso's friends shared anecdotes about him. He was honoured with one of his trademarks which consisted of La Comay asking Travieso to dance on any recurring theme by saying: {{lang|es|Héctor, hazme el baile del...}} while adding any adjective to describe it and Travieso would come up with dance moves on the spot.