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.
Notable Works
Prominent titles featuring Bernie Hamilton
The Swimmer
1968
Filmography
Acting (34)
1981
Full Moon Highas Hijacker #2
4.4
1975
Bucktownas Harley
5.8
1973
Scream Blacula Screamas Ragman
5.9
1972
Hammeras Davis
5.4
1971
The Organizationas Lt. Jessop
6.3
1971
9.0
1970
Walk the Walkas Mike
4.5
1970
The Losersas Capt. Jackson
4.8
1970
A Clear and Present Dangeras House
7.0
1969
The Lost Manas Reggie Page
4.3
1968
The Swimmeras Chauffeur
7.3
1968
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Armyas Chaka
7.0
1967
Stranger on the Runas Dickory
5.7
1967
Sullivan's Empireas Amando
7.0
1965
Synanonas Pete
7.3
1964
One Potato, Two Potatoas Frank Richards
6.9
1963
Captain Sindbadas Quinius
4.9
1962
13 West Streetas Negro
6.1
1961
The Devil at 4 O'Clockas Charlie
6.3
1961
Underworld U.S.A.as Investigator
7.1
1960
Let No Man Write My Epitaphas Goodbye George
5.9
1960
The Young Oneas Traver
7.0
1959
Take a Giant Stepas Bar Sharpie
5.2
1959
6.1
1959
Up Periscopeas Seaman Weary
6.2
1956
The Girl He Left Behindas Corporal West
4.5
1956
Congo Crossingas Pompala
5.5
1955
Kismetas Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
5.6
1954
Carmen Jonesas Reporter
6.2
1954
Jungle Man-Eatersas Zuwaba
5.3
1951
Mysterious Islandas Neb
6.6
1951
Bright Victoryas Soldier (uncredited)
7.1
1951
The Harlem Globetrottersas Higgins
5.5
1950
The Jackie Robinson Storyas Ernie
6.3