Puerto Rican actor Gregory Sierra dies

Angels. Latin actor Gregory Sierra, known for the series “Barney Miller” and “Sanford and Son”, died at the age of 83 due to cancer, the Hollywood Reporter magazine reported on Friday.

The Puerto Rican-born New York singer died in Laguna Woods, California, on January 4, he detailed Rick Voll, spokesman for the Sierra family.

Born in 1937, Sierra shone especially on the small screen in the 1970s.

In those years he played Chano Amenguale in the series “Barney Miller” (1975-1982), which was probably his most popular role.

He also appeared in another series such as “Sanford and Son” (1972-1977), where he played the character of Julio Fuentes.

His television career also included sporadic roles in other well-known series such as “Hill Street Blues” (1981-1987), “Miami Vice” (1984-1989) and “MacGyver” (1985-1992).

Sierra also had a long career in film with more or less secondary roles in “Beneath the Planet of the Apes” (1970), “Papillon” (1973), “The Towering Inferno” (1974), “Honey , I Blew Up the Kid ”(1992) or“ Vampires ”(1998).

He also worked with Orson Welles in the movie “The other side of the wind”, which, after a very complicated pregnancy, was released in 2018 about four decades after it was filmed.

Before moving to Los Angeles in her youth, looking for a job in film and television, Sierra tried her hand at theater, participated in off-Broadway plays, and worked with the National Shakespeare Company and the Shakespeare Festival in NY.