Bernie Hamilton
ActingSolid 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
Filmography — Acting
The Swimmer
Chauffeur
Kismet
Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
Full Moon High
Hijacker #2
The Young One
Traver
Carmen Jones
Reporter
Hammer
Davis
Synanon
Pete
Scream Blacula Scream
Ragman
Up Periscope
Seaman Weary
Captain Sindbad
Quinius
The Organization
Lt. Jessop
Stranger on the Run
Dickory
The Jackie Robinson Story
Ernie
Bucktown
Harley
Underworld U.S.A.
Investigator
Bright Victory
Soldier (uncredited)
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Goodbye George
The Losers
Capt. Jackson
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
Charlie
Take a Giant Step
Bar Sharpie
The Girl He Left Behind
Corporal West
13 West Street
Negro
The Lost Man
Reggie Page
Mysterious Island
Neb
A Clear and Present Danger
House
Cry Tough
Congo Crossing
Pompala
One Potato, Two Potato
Frank Richards
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
Shambu
Sullivan's Empire
Amando
The Harlem Globetrotters
Higgins
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
Chaka
Jungle Man-Eaters
Zuwaba
Walk the Walk
Mike