1. Gregory Joseph Sierra was an American actor known for his roles as Detective Sergeant Chano Amengual on Barney Miller; Julio Fuentes, the Puerto Rican neighbor of Fred G Sanford on Sanford and Son; and as Marruja in The Castaway Cowboy.
15 Facts About Gregory Sierra
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Gregory Joseph Sierra was born on January 25,1937, in Manhattan.
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Gregory Sierra was raised in Spanish Harlem by an aunt as his parents did not take charge of his care.
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Gregory Sierra was only there to support his friend, but after performing some improvisation he was admitted instead of his friend.
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Gregory Sierra began his career on the stage, touring with the National Shakespeare Company, and in 1967, appeared as the Duke of Austria in King John at the New York Shakespeare Festival.
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Gregory Sierra moved to Los Angeles in the late 1960s to work in film and television.
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In 1973, Gregory Sierra guest-starred in an unusually dramatic episode of All in the Family in the role of Paul Benjamin, who was a Jewish activist with the "Hebrew Defense Association" fighting antisemitism in the neighborhood.
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Gregory Sierra is killed by a car bomb planted by the neo-Nazis.
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Gregory Sierra was replaced by Edward James Olmos as Lieutenant Martin Castillo.
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Gregory Sierra had regular roles on the TV shows Zorro and Son and Something Is Out There.
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In 1992, Gregory Sierra played drug dealer Felix Barbossa in the film Deep Cover, directed by Bill Duke and starring Laurence Fishburne and Jeff Goldblum.
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Gregory Sierra appeared in the comedy sequel Honey, I Blew Up the Kid.
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Gregory Sierra played a man named Villanazul in the low-budget 1998 movie The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit.
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Gregory Sierra appeared as Corbin Entek in the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Second Skin".
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Gregory Sierra married Eileen Defelitta in 1969, and they were divorced in 1972.