Bernie Hamilton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1928-06-12 (80 years old)

Deathday

2008-12-30

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.

Acting

1960

The Young One

as Traver

1972

Hammer

as Davis

1971

The Organization

as Lt. Jessop

1975

Bucktown

as Harley

1970

The Losers

as Capt. Jackson

1964

One Potato, Two Potato

as Frank Richards

1962

1954

1969

The Lost Man

as Reggie Page

1954

Carmen Jones

as Reporter

1955

Kismet

as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)

1956

The Girl He Left Behind

as Corporal West

1961

Underworld U.S.A.

as Investigator

1959

Up Periscope

as Seaman Weary

1959

Take a Giant Step

as Bar Sharpie

1967

1970

1956

Congo Crossing

as Pompala

1951

Bright Victory

as Soldier (uncredited)

1981

Full Moon High

as Hijacker #2

1963

Captain Sindbad

as Quinius

1960

1968

The Swimmer

as Chauffeur

1967

1965

Synanon

as Pete

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