Bernie Hamilton
- Acting
- June 12, 1928 · East Los Angeles, California, USA
- December 30, 2008
Biography
Solid character actor that for various reasons never became a star. He is perhaps best known for his role as the tough police captain in the hit 1970s television series, "Starsky and Hutch." Other notable credits include Luis Buñuel's English-language film, "The Young One" (1960) where he plays a jazz musician who flees a lynch mob, and "One Potato, Two Potato" (1964), where he got a chance to show a softer side as a man fighting to obtain parental rights of his stepdaughter.
Known for
Filmography
- Full Moon High · Hijacker #2
- Galactica 1980 · Police Chief
- Starsky & Hutch · Harold Dobey
- Bucktown · Harley
- That's My Mama
- The Six Million Dollar Man · Lt. Dobbs
- Scream Blacula Scream · Ragman
- Police Story
- Hammer · Davis
- Sanford and Son
- The Organization · Lt. Jessop
- Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones · Shambu
- All in the Family · Walter
- The Bold Ones: The Senator · Dr. Benjamin Edwards
- Walk the Walk · Mike
- The Losers · Capt. Jackson
- A Clear and Present Danger · House
- The Lost Man · Reggie Page
- The Name of the Game · Doc Cullen, Jason
- The Swimmer · Chauffeur
- Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army · Chaka
- Stranger on the Run · Dickory
- Judd, for the Defense
- Sullivan's Empire · Amando
- Ironside
- Run, Buddy, Run
- Tarzan
- Run for Your Life · J.C.
- Synanon · Pete
- One Potato, Two Potato · Frank Richards
- The Great Adventure · Wilbur Jones
- The Greatest Show on Earth
- Captain Sindbad · Quinius
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour · Convict #2
- The Virginian · Ransome Kiley
- 13 West Street · Negro
- The Devil at 4 O'Clock · Charlie
- The Dick Van Dyke Show · Nelson
- Ben Casey
- 87th Precinct · Officer Kendal
- Cain's Hundred · Willie Carter
- Underworld U.S.A. · Investigator
- Let No Man Write My Epitaph · Goodbye George
- The Young One · Traver
- Take a Giant Step · Bar Sharpie
- The Twilight Zone · Coley
- Cry Tough
- Up Periscope · Seaman Weary
- The Girl He Left Behind · Corporal West
- Congo Crossing · Pompala
- Kismet · Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents · Dawson
- Jungle Jim
- Carmen Jones · Reporter
- Jungle Man-Eaters · Zuwaba
- General Electric Theater · Christy
- Mysterious Island · Neb
- Bright Victory · Soldier (uncredited)
- The Harlem Globetrotters · Higgins
- The Jackie Robinson Story · Ernie