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Bernie Hamilton

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Bernie Hamilton

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

Jun 12, 1928 (98 years old)

Place of Birth

East Los Angeles, California, USA

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

Acting
1981Full Moon HighHijacker #2
1980Galactica 1980Police Chief
1975BucktownHarley
1975Starsky & HutchHarold Dobey
1974That's My Mama
1974The Six Million Dollar ManLt. Dobbs
1973Scream Blacula ScreamRagman
1973Police Story
1972HammerDavis
1972Sanford and Son
1971The OrganizationLt. Jessop
1971Tarzan and the Perils of Charity JonesShambu
1971All in the FamilyWalter
1970The LosersCapt. Jackson
1970Walk the WalkMike
1970A Clear and Present DangerHouse
1970The Bold Ones: The SenatorDr. Benjamin Edwards
1969The Lost ManReggie Page
1968The SwimmerChauffeur
1968Tarzan and the Four O'Clock ArmyChaka
1968The Name of the GameDoc Cullen
1968The Name of the GameJason
1967Stranger on the RunDickory
1967Sullivan's EmpireAmando
1967Ironside
1967Judd for the Defense
1966Run, Buddy, Run
1966Tarzan
1965SynanonPete
1965Run for Your LifeJ.C.
1964One Potato, Two PotatoFrank Richards
1963Captain SindbadQuinius
1963The Great AdventureWilbur Jones
1963The Greatest Show on Earth
196213 West StreetNegro
1962The VirginianRansome Kiley
1962The Alfred Hitchcock HourConvict #2
1961Underworld U.S.A.Investigator
1961The Devil at 4 O'ClockCharlie
1961Cain's HundredWillie Carter
1961The Dick Van Dyke ShowNelson
1961Ben Casey
196187th PrecinctOfficer Kendal
1960The Young OneTraver
1960Let No Man Write My EpitaphGoodbye George
1959Up PeriscopeSeaman Weary
1959Take a Giant StepBar Sharpie
1959Cry Tough
1959The Twilight ZoneColey
1956The Girl He Left BehindCorporal West
1956Congo CrossingPompala
1955KismetPearl Merchant (uncredited)
1955Alfred Hitchcock PresentsDawson
1955Jungle Jim
1954Jungle Man-EatersZuwaba
1954Carmen JonesReporter
1953General Electric TheaterChristy
1951The Harlem GlobetrottersHiggins
1951Bright VictorySoldier (uncredited)
1951Mysterious IslandNeb
1950The Jackie Robinson StoryErnie