
Bernie Hamilton
Born
1928-06-12
Place of birth
East Los Angeles, California, USA
Died
2008-12-30
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

The Twilight Zone
Coley

The Six Million Dollar Man
Lt. Dobbs

The Swimmer
Chauffeur

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Dawson

Starsky & Hutch
Harold Dobey

All in the Family
Walter

The Dick Van Dyke Show
Nelson

Sanford and Son
TV Series

Carmen Jones
Reporter

Galactica 1980
Police Chief

Underworld U.S.A.
Investigator

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Convict #2

Scream Blacula Scream
Ragman

Ironside
TV Series

The Young One
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