Portrait of Bernie Hamilton

Bernie Hamilton

Acting

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.

Born: June 12, 1928

Place of Birth: East Los Angeles, California, USA

Filmography

1981
Full Moon High

as Hijacker #2

1980
Galactica 1980

as Police Chief

1975
Starsky & Hutch

as Harold Dobey

1975
Bucktown

as Harley

1972
Hammer

as Davis

1971
The Organization

as Lt. Jessop

1971
1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator

as Dr. Benjamin Edwards

1970
1970
The Losers

as Capt. Jackson

1969
The Lost Man

as Reggie Page

1968
1968
The Swimmer

as Chauffeur

1967
1967
1966
1965
Synanon

as Pete

1964
One Potato, Two Potato

as Frank Richards

1963
The Great Adventure

as Wilbur Jones

1963
Captain Sindbad

as Quinius

1962
1962
The Virginian

as Ransome Kiley

1962
1961
87th Precinct

as Officer Kendal

1961
Cain's Hundred

as Willie Carter

1961
Underworld U.S.A.

as Investigator

1960
1960
The Young One

as Traver

1959
Take a Giant Step

as Bar Sharpie

1959
1959
Up Periscope

as Seaman Weary

1956
The Girl He Left Behind

as Corporal West

1956
Congo Crossing

as Pompala

1955
Kismet

as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)

1954
Carmen Jones

as Reporter

1954
1951
Bright Victory

as Soldier (uncredited)