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