Bernie Hamilton
Born: 1928-06-12 in East Los Angeles, California, USA
Died: 2008-12-30
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1981
- Full Moon High as Hijacker #2
1980
- Galactica 1980 as Police Chief
1975
- Starsky & Hutch as Harold Dobey
- Bucktown as Harley
1974
- The Six Million Dollar Man as Lt. Dobbs
- That's My Mama
1973
- Police Story
- Scream Blacula Scream as Ragman
1972
- Sanford and Son
- Hammer as Davis
1971
- All in the Family as Walter
- The Organization as Lt. Jessop
- Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones as Shambu
1970
- The Losers as Capt. Jackson
- Walk the Walk as Mike
- A Clear and Present Danger as House
- The Bold Ones: The Senator as Dr. Benjamin Edwards
1969
- The Lost Man as Reggie Page
1968
- The Name of the Game as Doc Cullen
- Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army as Chaka
- The Swimmer as Chauffeur
1967
- Ironside
- Judd for the Defense
- Stranger on the Run as Dickory
- Sullivan's Empire as Amando
1966
1965
- Run for Your Life as J.C.
- Synanon as Pete
1964
- One Potato, Two Potato as Frank Richards
1963
- The Great Adventure as Wilbur Jones
- Captain Sindbad as Quinius
- The Greatest Show on Earth
1962
- The Alfred Hitchcock Hour as Convict #2
- The Virginian as Ransome Kiley
- 13 West Street as Negro
1961
- The Dick Van Dyke Show as Nelson
- Ben Casey
- Cain's Hundred as Willie Carter
- 87th Precinct as Officer Kendal
- The Devil at 4 O'Clock as Charlie
- Underworld U.S.A. as Investigator
1960
- The Young One as Traver
- Let No Man Write My Epitaph as Goodbye George
1959
- The Twilight Zone as Coley
- Up Periscope as Seaman Weary
- Cry Tough
- Take a Giant Step as Bar Sharpie
1956
- Congo Crossing as Pompala
- The Girl He Left Behind as Corporal West
1955
- Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Dawson
- Jungle Jim
- Kismet as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
1954
- Carmen Jones as Reporter
- Jungle Man-Eaters as Zuwaba
1953
- General Electric Theater as Christy
1951
- Bright Victory as Soldier (uncredited)
- Mysterious Island as Neb
- The Harlem Globetrotters as Higgins
1950
- The Jackie Robinson Story as Ernie