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Tall, olive-skinned player of TV series and movies capable of handsome characterizations as well as "average Joes," Gregory Sierra has usually been cast as Latinos, as he was in numerous TV series in the 70s and early 80s. He was Julio Fuentes on "Sanford and Son," Detective Sgt. Chano Amenguale on "Barney Miller," Dr. Tony Menzies on "A.E.S. Hudson Street" and the unnerving "El Puerco" on "SOAP." Sierra began his career with a bit as a gorilla (but so was most everyone else) in "Beneath of the Planet of the Apes" (1970) and as Garcia, in "Getting Straight" with Dustin Hoffman the same year....
Full Bio & Milestones

Filmography

John Carpenter's Vampires - ( Father Giovanni / 1998 / Released / Sony Pictures Releasing International (SPRI) )
Mafia! - ( Bonifacio / 1998 / Released / )
The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit - ( Villanazul / 1998 / Released / )
A Low Down Dirty Shame - ( Captain Nunez / 1994 / Released / )
Hot Shots! Part Deux - ( The Captain / 1993 / Released / )
Deep Cover - ( Felix Barbosa / 1992 / Released / Alliance Releasing )
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid - ( Terence Wheeler / 1992 / Released / )
The Trouble With Spies - ( Captain Sanchez / 1987 / Released / )
Let's Get Harry - ( Alphonso / 1986 / Released / )
The Prisoner of Zenda - ( Gilles--Count / 1979 / Released / )
Mean Dog Blues - ( Jesus Gonzales / 1978 / Released / AIP )
The Castaway Cowboy - ( Marrujo / 1974 / Released / )
The Towering Inferno - ( / 1974 / Released / )
Papillon - ( Antonio / 1973 / Released / )
The Clones - ( / 1973 / Released / Filmmakers International )
The Thief Who Came to Dinner - ( Dymamite / 1973 / Released / )
Pocket Money - ( Chavarin / 1972 / Released / )
The Culpepper Cattle Company - ( One-Eyed Thief / 1972 / Released / )
The Wrath of God - ( One-Eyed Rebel / 1972 / Released / MGM/UA Entertainment Company )
Red Sky at Morning - ( Chamaco / 1971 / Released / )
Beneath the Planet of the Apes - ( Verger / 1970 / Released / )
Getting Straight - ( Garcia / 1970 / Released / )
TV Credits
Blood Money ( 1999 / Released ): Actor
The X-Files ( 1997 / Released ): Actor
Common Law ( 1996 / Released ): Actor
First Time Out ( 1995 / Released ): Actor
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
Thea ( 1993 / Released ): Actor
The Golden Palace ( 1992 / Released ): Actor
Donor ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Unspeakable Acts ( 1990 / Released ): Actor
Desperado: Badlands Justice ( 1989 / Released ): Actor
Something Is Out There ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Something Is Out There ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Where the Hell's That Gold?! ( 1988 / Released ): Actor
Her Secret Life ( 1987 / Released ): Actor
Command 5 ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Stingray ( 1985 / Released ): Actor
Miami Vice ( 1984 / Released ): Actor
Kenny Rogers As the Gambler -- The Adventure Continues ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
The Night the Bridge Fell Down ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Uncommon Valor ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Zorro and Son ( 1983 / Released ): Actor
Farrell For the People ( 1982 / Released ): Actor
Three Hundred Miles For Stephanie ( 1981 / Released ): Actor
A.E.S. Hudson Street ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Evening in Byzantium ( 1978 / Released ): Actor
Soap ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
The Night They Took Miss Beautiful ( 1977 / Released ): Actor
Barney Miller ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
Where's the Fire? ( 1975 / Released ): Actor
Honky Tonk ( 1974 / Released ): Actor
Antonio and the Mayor ( 1973 / Released ): Actor
Sanford and Son ( 1972 / Released ): Actor
McCloud: Who Killed Miss U.S.A.? ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
Weekend of Terror ( 1970 / Released ): Actor
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman ( Released ): Actor
Ellen ( Released ): Actor
Kirk ( Released ): Actor
Murder, She Wrote ( Released ): Actor
Nurses ( Released ): Actor
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air ( Released ): Actor
Walker, Texas Ranger ( Released ): Actor
Full Biography (Back to top)

Tall, olive-skinned player of TV series and movies capable of handsome characterizations as well as "average Joes," Gregory Sierra has usually been cast as Latinos, as he was in numerous TV series in the 70s and early 80s. He was Julio Fuentes on "Sanford and Son," Detective Sgt. Chano Amenguale on "Barney Miller," Dr. Tony Menzies on "A.E.S. Hudson Street" and the unnerving "El Puerco" on "SOAP." Sierra began his career with a bit as a gorilla (but so was most everyone else) in "Beneath of the Planet of the Apes" (1970) and as Garcia, in "Getting Straight" with Dustin Hoffman the same year. In 1973, he was Carlos the bartender, being sucked to his death by the flood from the broken water tower in "The Towering Inferno." But by then his work was chiefly in the TV series, which also gave him a presence in TV movies, such as "Evening in Byzantium" and "Three Hundred Miles for Stephanie." Sierra's work in the late 80s and into the 90s was mostly in TV movies and features, including the miniseries "Something Is Out There" and the TV movie "Donor," as well as the features "Deep Cover," "Honey I Blew Up the Kid," "Hot Shots! Part Deux" and "A Low Down Dirty Shame."

Profession(s):
Actor
Sometimes Credited As:
Milestones (Back to top)
1996 Returned to series TV as co-star in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Common Law"
1994 Co-starred, "A Low Down Dirty Shame"
1993 In "Hot Shots! Part Deux"
1992 Co-starred, "Deep Cover"
1990 Co-starred, "Donor" TV movie
1988 Starred, "Something is Out There" miniseries
1978 Starred in "A.E.S. Hudson Street" series
1974 Doomed bartender, "The Towering Inferno"
1973 Antonio, "Papillon"
1972 - 1975 Julio Fuentes, "Sanford and Son"
1970 Film debut as gorilla sergeant, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"; TV movie debut, police sergeant, "Weekend of Terror" (ABC)
Chano Ameungale, "Barney Miller"
Carloes Valdez, "SOAP"

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