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.

Known For: Acting

Born: East Los Angeles, California, USA, 1928-06-12

Died: 2008-12-30

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1950	The Jackie Robinson Story	Ernie	64
2	1951	The Harlem Globetrotters	Higgins	50
3	1951	Bright Victory	Soldier (uncredited)	69
4	1951	Mysterious Island	Neb	53
5	1954	Jungle Man-Eaters	Zuwaba	47
6	1954	Carmen Jones	Reporter	60
7	1955	Kismet	Pearl Merchant (uncredited)	50
8	1956	Congo Crossing	Pompala	52
9	1956	The Girl He Left Behind	Corporal West	40
10	1959	Up Periscope	Seaman Weary	63
11	1959	Cry Tough		58
12	1959	Take a Giant Step	Bar Sharpie	52
13	1960	The Young One	Traver	68
14	1960	Let No Man Write My Epitaph	Goodbye George	61
15	1961	Underworld U.S.A.	Investigator	69
16	1961	The Devil at 4 O'Clock	Charlie	64
17	1962	13 West Street	Negro	55
18	1963	Captain Sindbad	Quinius	50
19	1964	One Potato, Two Potato	Frank Richards	68
20	1965	Synanon	Pete	60
21	1967	Sullivan's Empire	Amando	60
22	1967	Stranger on the Run	Dickory	54
23	1968	Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army	Chaka	0
24	1968	The Swimmer	Chauffeur	73
25	1969	The Lost Man	Reggie Page	40
26	1970	A Clear and Present Danger	House	0
27	1970	The Losers	Capt. Jackson	49
28	1970	Walk the Walk	Mike	41
29	1971	Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones	Shambu	0
30	1971	The Organization	Lt. Jessop	60
31	1972	Hammer	Davis	55
32	1973	Scream Blacula Scream	Ragman	59
33	1975	Bucktown	Harley	57
34	1981	Full Moon High	Hijacker #2	44

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1953	General Electric Theater	Christy	60
2	1955	Jungle Jim		50
3	1955	Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Dawson	77
4	1959	The Twilight Zone	Coley	84
5	1961	Cain's Hundred	Willie Carter	47
6	1961	87th Precinct	Officer Kendal	75
7	1961	Ben Casey		57
8	1961	The Dick Van Dyke Show	Nelson	74
9	1962	The Virginian	Ransome Kiley	64
10	1962	The Alfred Hitchcock Hour	Convict #2	78
11	1963	The Greatest Show on Earth		50
12	1963	The Great Adventure	Wilbur Jones	0
13	1965	Run for Your Life	J.C.	72
14	1966	Tarzan		67
15	1966	Run, Buddy, Run		0
16	1967	Ironside		69
17	1967	Judd for the Defense		75
18	1968	The Name of the Game	Doc Cullen	68
19	1968	The Name of the Game	Jason	68
20	1970	The Bold Ones: The Senator	Dr. Benjamin Edwards	30
21	1971	All in the Family	Walter	78
22	1972	Sanford and Son		75
23	1973	Police Story		71
24	1974	The Six Million Dollar Man	Lt. Dobbs	73
25	1974	That's My Mama		70
26	1975	Starsky & Hutch	Harold Dobey	72
27	1980	Galactica 1980	Police Chief	61