Gregory Sierra
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Biography
Biography
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."
Filmography
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Life Events
1970
Film debut as gorilla sergeant, "Beneath the Planet of the Apes"; TV movie debut, police sergeant, "Weekend of Terror" (ABC)
1972
Julio Fuentes, "Sanford and Son"
1973
Antonio, "Papillon"
1974
Doomed bartender, "The Towering Inferno"
1978
Starred in "A.E.S. Hudson Street" series
1988
Starred, "Something is Out There" miniseries
1990
Co-starred, "Donor" TV movie
1992
Co-starred, "Deep Cover"
1993
In "Hot Shots! Part Deux"
1994
Co-starred, "A Low Down Dirty Shame"
1996
Returned to series TV as co-star in the short-lived ABC sitcom "Common Law"
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