Bernie Hamilton
June 12, 1928 (96 years old) in East Los Angeles, California, USA
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
Credits
- 1981 · Full Moon High as Hijacker #2
- 1980 · Galactica 1980 as Police Chief
- 1975 · Starsky & Hutch as Harold Dobey
- 1975 · Bucktown as Harley
- 1974 · That's My Mama as
- 1974 · The Six Million Dollar Man as Lt. Dobbs
- 1973 · Scream Blacula Scream as Ragman
- 1973 · Police Story as
- 1972 · Hammer as Davis
- 1972 · Sanford and Son as
- 1971 · The Organization as Lt. Jessop
- 1971 · Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones as Shambu
- 1971 · All in the Family as Walter
- 1970 · Walk the Walk as Mike
- 1970 · The Losers as Capt. Jackson
- 1970 · The Bold Ones: The Senator as Dr. Benjamin Edwards
- 1970 · A Clear and Present Danger as House
- 1969 · The Lost Man as Reggie Page
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Doc Cullen
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Jason
- 1968 · The Swimmer as Chauffeur
- 1968 · Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army as Chaka
- 1967 · Stranger on the Run as Dickory
- 1967 · Judd for the Defense as
- 1967 · Sullivan's Empire as Amando
- 1967 · Ironside as
- 1966 · Run, Buddy, Run as
- 1966 · Tarzan as
- 1965 · Run for Your Life as J.C.
- 1965 · Synanon as Pete
- 1964 · One Potato, Two Potato as Frank Richards
- 1963 · The Great Adventure as Wilbur Jones
- 1963 · The Greatest Show on Earth as
- 1963 · Captain Sindbad as Quinius
- 1962 · The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Convict #2
- 1962 · The Virginian as Ransome Kiley
- 1962 · 13 West Street as Negro
- 1961 · The Devil at 4 O'Clock as Charlie
- 1961 · The Dick Van Dyke Show as Nelson
- 1961 · Ben Casey as
- 1961 · 87th Precinct as Officer Kendal
- 1961 · Cain's Hundred as Willie Carter
- 1961 · Underworld U.S.A. as Investigator
- 1960 · Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Goodbye George
- 1960 · The Young One as Traver
- 1959 · Take a Giant Step as Bar Sharpie
- 1959 · The Twilight Zone as Coley
- 1959 · Cry Tough as
- 1959 · Up Periscope as Seaman Weary
- 1956 · The Girl He Left Behind as Corporal West
- 1956 · Congo Crossing as Pompala
- 1955 · Kismet as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
- 1955 · Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dawson
- 1955 · Jungle Jim as
- 1954 · Carmen Jones as Reporter
- 1954 · Jungle Man-Eaters as Zuwaba
- 1953 · General Electric Theater as Christy
- 1951 · Mysterious Island as Neb
- 1951 · Bright Victory as Soldier (uncredited)
- 1951 · The Harlem Globetrotters as Higgins
- 1950 · The Jackie Robinson Story as Ernie