Actor
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. ...

Known For
Acting
1981 -- Full Moon High | Hijacker #2
1975 -- Bucktown | Harley
1973 -- Scream Blacula Scream | Ragman
1972 -- Hammer | Davis
1971 -- The Organization | Lt. Jessop
1971 -- Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones | Shambu
1970 -- Walk the Walk | Mike
1970 -- The Losers | Capt. Jackson
1970 -- A Clear and Present Danger | House
1969 -- The Lost Man | Reggie Page
1968 -- The Swimmer | Chauffeur
1968 -- Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army | Chaka
1967 -- Stranger on the Run | Dickory
1967 -- Sullivan's Empire | Amando
1965 -- Synanon | Pete
1964 -- One Potato, Two Potato | Frank Richards
1963 -- Captain Sindbad | Quinius
1962 -- 13 West Street | Negro
1961 -- The Devil at 4 O'Clock | Charlie
1961 -- Underworld U.S.A. | Investigator
1960 -- Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Goodbye George
1960 -- The Young One | Traver
1959 -- Take a Giant Step | Bar Sharpie
1959 -- Cry Tough |
1959 -- Up Periscope | Seaman Weary
1956 -- The Girl He Left Behind | Corporal West
1956 -- Congo Crossing | Pompala
1955 -- Kismet | Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
1954 -- Carmen Jones | Reporter
1954 -- Jungle Man-Eaters | Zuwaba
1951 -- Mysterious Island | Neb
1951 -- Bright Victory | Soldier (uncredited)
1951 -- The Harlem Globetrotters | Higgins
1950 -- The Jackie Robinson Story | Ernie
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