
Bernie Hamilton
Acting • Born 1928-06-12 – Died 2008-12-30
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
61 credits
The Young One
Movie • 1960
Traver

Scream Blacula Scream
Movie • 1973
Ragman

Hammer
Movie • 1972
Davis

The Organization
Movie • 1971
Lt. Jessop

Bucktown
Movie • 1975
Harley

The Losers
Movie • 1970
Capt. Jackson

One Potato, Two Potato
Movie • 1964
Frank Richards

13 West Street
Movie • 1962
Negro

Jungle Man-Eaters
Movie • 1954
Zuwaba

The Lost Man
Movie • 1969
Reggie Page

The Girl He Left Behind
Movie • 1956
Corporal West

The Harlem Globetrotters
Movie • 1951
Higgins

Kismet
Movie • 1955
Pearl Merchant (uncredited)

Carmen Jones
Movie • 1954
Reporter

Underworld U.S.A.
Movie • 1961
Investigator

Up Periscope
Movie • 1959
Seaman Weary

Take a Giant Step
Movie • 1959
Bar Sharpie

Stranger on the Run
Movie • 1967
Dickory

Walk the Walk
Movie • 1970
Mike

Cry Tough
Movie • 1959

Congo Crossing
Movie • 1956
Pompala

Bright Victory
Movie • 1951
Soldier (uncredited)

Full Moon High
Movie • 1981
Hijacker #2

The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Movie • 1961
Charlie

Captain Sindbad
Movie • 1963
Quinius

Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Movie • 1971
Shambu

Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Movie • 1960
Goodbye George

The Swimmer
Movie • 1968
Chauffeur

Mysterious Island
Movie • 1951
Neb

Sullivan's Empire
Movie • 1967
Amando

The Jackie Robinson Story
Movie • 1950
Ernie

Synanon
Movie • 1965
Pete

A Clear and Present Danger
Movie • 1970
House

Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
Movie • 1968
Chaka

The Great Adventure
TV • 1963
Wilbur Jones

Cain's Hundred
TV • 1961
Willie Carter

Starsky & Hutch
TV • 1975
Harold Dobey

The Dick Van Dyke Show
TV • 1961
Nelson

All in the Family
TV • 1971
Walter

Sanford and Son
TV • 1972

General Electric Theater
TV • 1953
Christy

The Twilight Zone
TV • 1959
Coley

Ironside
TV • 1967

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1955
Dawson

Run, Buddy, Run
TV • 1966

The Greatest Show on Earth
TV • 1963

That's My Mama
TV • 1974

Run for Your Life
TV • 1965
J.C.

Police Story
TV • 1973

The Virginian
TV • 1962
Ransome Kiley

Galactica 1980
TV • 1980
Police Chief

Judd for the Defense
TV • 1967

Tarzan
TV • 1966

Ben Casey
TV • 1961

Jungle Jim
TV • 1955

87th Precinct
TV • 1961
Officer Kendal

The Six Million Dollar Man
TV • 1974
Lt. Dobbs

The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Doc Cullen

The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Jason

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
TV • 1962
Convict #2

The Bold Ones: The Senator
TV • 1970
Dr. Benjamin Edwards