Emerging from the Bronx before relocating to Puerto Rico after his father's death in Laos during the Vietnam conflict, John Vargas built a diverse acting career across film, television and soap operas. He entered the screen with a supporting turn in Neil Simon's Only When I Laugh (1981) and soon appeared as Jedda in Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982). Vargas became one of the first Latino perf…
