Bernie Hamilton
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1928-06-12
Day of Death
2008-12-30 (80 years old)
Place of Birth
East Los Angeles, California, USA
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
as Hijacker #2
(1975)
Bucktown
as Harley
(1973)
Scream Blacula Scream
as Ragman
(1972)
Hammer
as Davis
(1971)
The Organization
as Lt. Jessop
(1971)
(1970)
A Clear and Present Danger
as House
(1970)
The Losers
as Capt. Jackson
(1970)
Walk the Walk
as Mike
(1969)
The Lost Man
as Reggie Page
(1968)
The Swimmer
as Chauffeur
(1968)
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
as Chaka
(1967)
Stranger on the Run
as Dickory
(1967)
Sullivan's Empire
as Amando
(1965)
Synanon
as Pete
(1964)
One Potato, Two Potato
as Frank Richards
(1963)
Captain Sindbad
as Quinius
(1962)
13 West Street
as Negro
(1961)
Underworld U.S.A.
as Investigator
(1961)
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as Charlie
(1960)
The Young One
as Traver
(1960)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Goodbye George
(1959)
Up Periscope
as Seaman Weary
(1959)
(1959)
Take a Giant Step
as Bar Sharpie
(1956)
Congo Crossing
as Pompala
(1956)
The Girl He Left Behind
as Corporal West
(1955)
Kismet
as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
(1954)
Carmen Jones
as Reporter
(1954)
Jungle Man-Eaters
as Zuwaba
(1951)
Mysterious Island
as Neb
(1951)
Bright Victory
as Soldier (uncredited)
(1951)
The Harlem Globetrotters
as Higgins
(1950)
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Ernie