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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 12, 1928
Died
December 30, 2008
Place of Birth
East Los Angeles, California, USA
Also Known As
- Берни Хэмилтон
- Берни Гамильтон
Bernie Hamilton
0.2 Popularity
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.
Known For
Credits
Full Moon High
as Hijacker #2
1981
4.3
Galactica 1980
as Police Chief
1980
6.1
Starsky & Hutch
as Harold Dobey
1975
7.2
Bucktown
as Harley
1975
5.6
That's My Mama
1974
7.0
The Six Million Dollar Man
as Lt. Dobbs
1974
7.2
Scream Blacula Scream
as Ragman
1973
5.9
Police Story
1973
6.9
Hammer
as Davis
1972
5.4
Sanford and Son
1972
7.4
The Organization
as Lt. Jessop
1971
5.9
Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones
as Shambu
1971
0.0
All in the Family
as Walter
1971
7.9
The Bold Ones: The Senator
as Dr. Benjamin Edwards
1970
3.0
Walk the Walk
as Mike
1970
4.1
The Losers
as Capt. Jackson
1970
4.9
A Clear and Present Danger
as House
1970
0.0
The Lost Man
as Reggie Page
1969
4.0
The Name of the Game
as Doc Cullen
1968
6.8
The Name of the Game
as Jason
1968
6.8
The Swimmer
as Chauffeur
1968
7.3
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army
as Chaka
1968
0.0
Stranger on the Run
as Dickory
1967
5.4
Judd for the Defense
1967
7.5
Sullivan's Empire
as Amando
1967
6.0
Ironside
1967
6.8
Run, Buddy, Run
1966
0.0
Tarzan
1966
6.7
Run for Your Life
as J.C.
1965
7.2
Synanon
as Pete
1965
6.0
One Potato, Two Potato
as Frank Richards
1964
6.8
The Great Adventure
as Wilbur Jones
1963
0.0
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The Greatest Show on Earth
1963
5.0
Captain Sindbad
as Quinius
1963
5.0
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
as Convict #2
1962
7.8
The Virginian
as Ransome Kiley
1962
6.5
13 West Street
as Negro
1962
5.5
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
as Charlie
1961
6.3
The Dick Van Dyke Show
as Nelson
1961
7.4
Ben Casey
1961
5.6
87th Precinct
as Officer Kendal
1961
7.5
Cain's Hundred
as Willie Carter
1961
4.7
Underworld U.S.A.
as Investigator
1961
7.0
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
as Goodbye George
1960
6.1
The Young One
as Traver
1960
6.8
Take a Giant Step
as Bar Sharpie
1959
5.2
The Twilight Zone
as Coley
1959
8.4
Cry Tough
1959
5.8
Up Periscope
as Seaman Weary
1959
6.3
The Girl He Left Behind
as Corporal West
1956
4.0
Congo Crossing
as Pompala
1956
5.2
Kismet
as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
1955
5.0
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Dawson
1955
7.7
Jungle Jim
1955
5.0
Carmen Jones
as Reporter
1954
6.0
Jungle Man-Eaters
as Zuwaba
1954
4.7
General Electric Theater
as Christy
1953
6.3
Mysterious Island
as Neb
1951
5.3
Bright Victory
as Soldier (uncredited)
1951
6.9
The Harlem Globetrotters
as Higgins
1951
5.0
The Jackie Robinson Story
as Ernie
1950
6.4