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name: "Gregory Sierra"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gregory-sierra"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "25 January 1937"
died: "4 January 2021"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T16:21:12.468704+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Gregory Sierra

Actor. Born 25 January 1937 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 4 January 2021.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 25 January 1937, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 4 January 2021
- **Also known as:** Gregg Sierra, Dirk Peno, Gregory Joseph Sierra, Greg Sierra

## Biography

Gregory Sierra was an American actor. Born in New York City, he began his career on stage with the National Shakespeare Company and at the New York Shakespeare Festival before moving to Los Angeles in the late 1960s.

He appeared in numerous television series and films. His credits include a guest role as Lou D'Allessandro in the Columbo episode 'Publish or Perish' (1974), as well as recurring roles as Julio Fuentes on Sanford and Son and Detective Sergeant Chano Amengual on Barney Miller. Other notable television work includes appearances on Miami Vice, The X-Files, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. Film roles include Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), Papillon (1973), The Towering Inferno (1974) and Hot Shots! Part Deux (1993).

Sierra died in Laguna Woods, California, in 2021.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Columbo* (1971), Fi1m 86, as Lou D'Allessandro — [page](https://film.one/tv/columbo.md)

## Also known for

- *The X-Files* (1993), Dr. Diamond — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md)
- *The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air* (1990), Hector
- *Papillon* (1973), Antonio — [page](https://film.one/film/papillon.md)
- *Hot Shots! Part Deux* (1993), The Captain
- *Beneath the Planet of the Apes* (1970), Verger
- *Vampires* (1998), Father Giovanni
- *Honey, I Blew Up the Kid* (1992), Terence Wheeler
- *The Towering Inferno* (1974), Carlos

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