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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
The Young One
as Traver
1960
Scream Blacula Scream
as Ragman
1973
Hammer
as Davis
1972
The Organization
as Lt. Jessop
1971
Bucktown
as Harley
1975
The Losers
as Capt. Jackson
1970
One Potato, Two Potato
as Frank Richards
1964
13 West Street
as Negro
1962
Jungle Man-Eaters
as Zuwaba
1954
The Lost Man
as Reggie Page
1969
The Girl He Left Behind
as Corporal West
1956
Carmen Jones
as Reporter
1954
Kismet
as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
1955
The Harlem Globetrotters
as Higgins
1951
Underworld U.S.A.
as Investigator
1961
Up Periscope
as Seaman Weary
1959
Take a Giant Step
as Bar Sharpie
1959
Stranger on the Run
as Dickory
1967
Cry Tough
1959
Walk the Walk
as Mike
1970
TV Appearances
The Great Adventure
as Wilbur Jones
1963
Cain's Hundred
as Willie Carter
1961
Starsky & Hutch
as Harold Dobey
1975
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Nelson
1961
All in the Family
as Walter
1971
Sanford and Son
1972
General Electric Theater
as Christy
1953
The Twilight Zone
as Coley
1959
Ironside
1967
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dawson
1955
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963