Bernie Hamilton

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Born

1928-06-12

Place of Birth

East Los Angeles, California, USA

Bernie Hamilton

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.

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Acting History

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
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man as Lt. Dobbs
1973
Scream Blacula Scream as Ragman
1973
Police Story
1972
Hammer as Davis
1972
Sanford and Son
1971
The Organization as Lt. Jessop
1971
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones as Shambu
1971
All in the Family as Walter
1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator as Dr. Benjamin Edwards
1970
Walk the Walk as Mike
1970
The Losers as Capt. Jackson
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
1967
Sullivan's Empire as Amando
1967
Ironside
1966
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
Tarzan
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
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
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
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
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