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