Bernie Hamilton
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.
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Movies (34)
Full Moon High
1981 · Hijacker #2
Bucktown
1975 · Harley
Scream Blacula Scream
1973 · Ragman
Hammer
1972 · Davis
The Organization
1971 · Lt. Jessop
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
1971 · Shambu
Walk the Walk
1970 · Mike
The Losers
1970 · Capt. Jackson
A Clear and Present Danger
1970 · House
The Lost Man
1969 · Reggie Page
The Swimmer
1968 · Chauffeur
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
1968 · Chaka
Stranger on the Run
1967 · Dickory
Sullivan's Empire
1967 · Amando
Synanon
1965 · Pete
One Potato, Two Potato
1964 · Frank Richards
Captain Sindbad
1963 · Quinius
13 West Street
1962 · Negro
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961 · Charlie
Underworld U.S.A.
1961 · Investigator
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960 · Goodbye George
The Young One
1960 · Traver
Take a Giant Step
1959 · Bar Sharpie
Cry Tough
1959
Up Periscope
1959 · Seaman Weary
The Girl He Left Behind
1956 · Corporal West
Congo Crossing
1956 · Pompala
Kismet
1955 · Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
Carmen Jones
1954 · Reporter
Jungle Man-Eaters
1954 · Zuwaba
Mysterious Island
1951 · Neb
Bright Victory
1951 · Soldier (uncredited)
The Harlem Globetrotters
1951 · Higgins
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950 · Ernie
TV shows (26)
Galactica 1980
1980 · Police Chief
Starsky & Hutch
1975 · Harold Dobey
That's My Mama
1974
The Six Million Dollar Man
1974 · Lt. Dobbs
Police Story
1973
Sanford and Son
1972
All in the Family
1971 · Walter
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970 · Dr. Benjamin Edwards
The Name of the Game
1968 · Doc Cullen, Jason
Judd, for the Defense
1967
Ironside
1967
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
Tarzan
1966
Run for Your Life
1965 · J.C.
The Great Adventure
1963 · Wilbur Jones
The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1962 · Convict #2
The Virginian
1962 · Ransome Kiley
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1961 · Nelson
Ben Casey
1961
87th Precinct
1961 · Officer Kendal
Cain's Hundred
1961 · Willie Carter
The Twilight Zone
1959 · Coley
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · Dawson
Jungle Jim
1955
General Electric Theater
1953 · Christy