Actor
· Acting
Bernie Hamilton
Born 1928-06-12
Died 2008-12-30
📍 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.
Filmography 60
Full Moon High
as Hijacker #2
1981
Galactica 1980
as Police Chief
1980
Starsky & Hutch
as Harold Dobey
1975
Bucktown
as Harley
1975
That's My Mama
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Lt. Dobbs
1974
Scream Blacula Scream
as Ragman
1973
Police Story
1973
Hammer
as Davis
1972
Sanford and Son
1972
The Organization
as Lt. Jessop
1971
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Shambu
1971
All in the Family
as Walter
1971
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
1970
The Lost Man
as Reggie Page
1969
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
1968
Stranger on the Run
as Dickory
1967
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Sullivan's Empire
as Amando
1967
Ironside
1967
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
Tarzan
1966
Run for Your Life
as J.C.
1965
Synanon
as Pete
1965
One Potato, Two Potato
as Frank Richards
1964
The Great Adventure
as Wilbur Jones
1963
Captain Sindbad
as Quinius
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Convict #2
1962
The Virginian
as Ransome Kiley
1962
13 West Street
as Negro
1962
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
1961
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Goodbye George
1960
The Young One
as Traver
1960
Take a Giant Step
as Bar Sharpie
1959
The Twilight Zone
as Coley
1959
Cry Tough
1959
Up Periscope
as Seaman Weary
1959
The Girl He Left Behind
as Corporal West
1956
Congo Crossing
as Pompala
1956
Kismet
as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
1955
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dawson
1955
Jungle Jim
1955
Carmen Jones
as Reporter
1954
Jungle Man-Eaters
as Zuwaba
1954
General Electric Theater
as Christy
1953
Mysterious Island
as Neb
1951
Bright Victory
as Soldier (uncredited)
1951
The Harlem Globetrotters
as Higgins
1951
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Ernie
1950