Gregory Sierra

Gregory Sierra (born January 25, 1937) is an American actor known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Chano Amenguale on Barney Miller and as Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor of Fred G. Sanford on Sanford and Son (portrayed by Redd Foxx).[1]

Other roles
Sierra's film credits include The Flying Nun (1969), Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Papillon (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974), The Prisoner of Zenda(1979) and The Trouble with Spies (1987). He also guest starred on many television series, including Mod Squad, Kung Fu, Alias Smith and Jones, Mission: Impossible, Hawaii Five-O, Gunsmoke, The Greatest American Hero, Soap, Midnight Caller, Miami Vice, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, The X-Files, Murder, She Wrote and Hill Street Blues.

Sierra also guest-starred as a Jewish radical in an unusually dramatic episode of All in the Family, working with the Hebrew Defense Association, an organization whose goal it was to stop antisemitism in the neighborhood. In the plot, he volunteers in helping to chase away neo-Nazi thugs presiding in the neighborhood who spray-painted a swastika on the Bunkers' front door. He is later killed by a car bomb planted by the neo-Nazis. The actor later went on to star as Dr. Tony Menzies on the unsuccessful sitcom A.E.S. Hudson Street.

Sierra was cast as South American anti-Communist revolutionary "El Puerco" — whose friends simply call him "El" — on the serial spoof Soap, figuring prominently in the series' unresolved final episode in 1981. In 1984, he became a main cast member of the then-new TV drama Miami Vice where he played Lieutenant Lou Rodriguez; he asked to be written out of the series after just four episodes. More recently he had regular roles on the TV shows Zorro and Son, Something is Out There, and Common Law.

In 1992, Sierra played drug dealer Felix Barbossa in the Bill Duke-directed Deep Cover, which also starred Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum, and appeared in the comedy sequel Honey I Blew Up the Kid. The following year he played an Iraqi patrol boat captain in the comedy ''Hot Shots! Part Deux''. He also played a man named Villanazul in the low-budget 1998 movie The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit. He also appeared as Corbin Entek in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nineepisode "Second Skin".

Sierra has performed with the National Shakespeare Conservatory in the New York Shakespeare Festival.

Personal
Sierra is of Puerto Rican descent.[2] He lives in Laguna Woods, California.[2]

Filmography

 * Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970) - Verger
 * Getting Straight (1970) - Garcia
 * Weekend of Terror (1970) - Police Sergeant
 * Red Sky at Morning (1971) - Chamaco
 * Machismo: 40 Graves for 40 Guns (1971) - Lopez
 * Pocket Money (1972) - Chavarin
 * The Culpepper Cattle Co. (1972) - One-Eyed Horsethief
 * The Wrath of God (1972) - Jurado
 * The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973) - Dynamite
 * The Clones (1973) - Nemo
 * Papillon (1973) - Antonio
 * The Laughing Policeman (1973) - Vickery
 * Goodnight Jackie (1974) - Paul
 * The Castaway Cowboy (1974) - Marruja (Bryson's henchman)
 * The Towering Inferno (1974) - Carlos
 * The Night They Took Miss Beautiful (1977) - Omar Welk
 * Mean Dog Blues (1978) - Jesus Gonzales
 * Evening in Byzantium (1978) - Fabricio
 * The Prisoner of Zenda (1979) - The Count
 * The Night the Bridge Fell Down (1983) - Diego Ramirez
 * Let's Get Harry (1986) - Alphonso
 * The Trouble with Spies (1987) - Capt. Sanchez
 * Deep Cover (1992) - Barbosa
 * Honey I Blew Up the Kid (1992) - Terence Wheeler
 * Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993) - Iraqi Patrol Boat Captain (uncredited)
 * A Low Down Dirty Shame (1994) - Captain Nunez
 * The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit (1998) - Villanazul
 * Vampires (1998) - Father Giovanni
 * Jane Austen's Mafia! (1998) - Bonifacio
 * The Other Side of the Wind (2018) - Jack Simon

Television

 * It Takes a Thief - episode - Rock-Bye, Bye, Baby - Fletcher (1969)
 * Mission: Impossible - episode - Phantoms - Gomal (1970)
 * McCloud - episode - Portrait of a Dead Girl - 1st Deputy (1970)
 * Mission: Impossible - episode - Chico - Prado's butler (1970)
 * Mod Squad - episode - A Town Called Sincere - Zamaron (1970)
 * Alias Smith and Jones - episode - Journey from San Juan - Juan (1971)
 * Mission: Impossible - episode - Cocaine - Fernando Laroca (1972)
 * Sanford and Son - 12 episodes - Julio Fuentes (1972–1975)
 * Kung Fu - episode - The Stone - Solly (1973)
 * The Waltons - episode - The Gypsies - Volta (1973)
 * Hawaii Five-O - episode - Tricks Are Not Treats - Lolo (1973)
 * Banacek - episode - The Two Million Clams of Cap'n Jack - Norman Esposito (1973)
 * Gunsmoke - 3 episodes - Blue Jacket / Osuna (1973–1975)
 * McCloud - episode- This Must Be the Alamo - Patrolman Rico Cross (1974)
 * Columbo - episode - Publish or Perish - Lou D'Allessandro (1974)
 * Barney Miller - 35 episodes - Det. Sgt. Chano Amenguale (1975–1976)
 * Hunter - episode - The K Group: Parts 1 & 2 (1977)
 * A.E.S. Hudson Street-5 episodes- Dr. Tony Menzies (1978)
 * The Greatest American Hero - episode - Hog Wild - Sheriff Mark Vargas (1981)
 * Hart to Hart - episode - A Couple of Harts - Eduardo (1981)
 * Quincy M.E. - episode - Baby Rattlesnakes - Rick Durado (1982)
 * Zorro and Son - Commandante Paco Pico (1983)
 * Kenny Rogers as The Gambler: The Adventure Continues - TV Movie - Silvera (1983)
 * Simon & Simon - episode - The Club Murder Vacation - Gregory Cable (1983)
 * Miami Vice - 4 episodes - Lt. Lou Rodriguez (1984)
 * The Paper Chase - episode - Burden of Proof - Public Defender (1984)
 * Blue Thunder - episode - The Long Flight - Luis Creighton Acuna (1984)
 * Hart to Hart - episode - Max's Waltz - Howard Castle (1984)
 * Cagney & Lacey - episode - Violation - Eddie 'Cleanhead' Stutz (1985)
 * Simon & Simon - episode - The Enchilada Express - Raul Gutierrez (1985)
 * Airwolf - episode - Wildfire - Frank Ochoa (1986)
 * MacGyver - episode - The Gauntlet - General Antonio Vasquez (1985)
 * Murder, She Wrote - episode - Broadway Malady - NYPD Det. Sgt. Moreno (1985)
 * MacGyver - episode - Jack of Lies - Colonel Antunnez (1986)
 * Hunter - episode - Flashpoint - Councilman Elandro (1987)
 * Magnum, P.I. - episode - Pleasure Principle - Miguel Torres (1987)
 * Cagney & Lacey - episode - Ahead of the Game - Coach Kellino (1987)
 * The Munsters Today - episode - Farewell Grandpa - Don Steinburg (1988)
 * Super Password - Himself (Celebrity Contestant) (1988)
 * Murder, She Wrote - episode - Murder Through the Looking Glass - Sanchez (1988)
 * Growing Pains - episodes - The New Deal: Parts 1 & 2 - Dr. Paul Ramirez (1989)
 * MacGyver - episode - The Treasure of Manco - Captain Diaz (1990)
 * The Golden Palace - episode - Ebbtide for the Defense - Rubin (1992)
 * Murder, She Wrote - episode - Day of the Dead - Ramon (1992)
 * The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air - episode - Will Gets Committed - Hector (1992)
 * The X-Files - episode - Jersey Devil - Dr. Diamond (1993)
 * Murder, She Wrote - episodes - The Petrified Florist, A Nest of Vipers, & Film Flam - Lieutenant Gabriel Caceras (1993–1995)
 * Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman - episodes - The Washington Affair: Parts 1 & 2 - General Ely Samuel Parker (1994)
 * Star Trek: Deep Space Nine - episode - Second Skin - Entek (1994)
 * Walker, Texas Ranger - episode - Standoff - Col. Rafael Mendoza (1995)