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.

Known For

Run for Your Life

Ironside

The Dick Van Dyke Show

The Virginian

The Six Million Dollar Man

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

The Twilight Zone

Starsky & Hutch

All Movies (34)

• Full Moon High1981 · as Hijacker #2
• Bucktown1975 · as Harley
• Scream Blacula Scream1973 · as Ragman
• Hammer1972 · as Davis
• The Organization1971 · as Lt. Jessop
• Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones1971 · as Shambu
• Walk the Walk1970 · as Mike
• The Losers1970 · as Capt. Jackson
• A Clear and Present Danger1970 · as House
• The Lost Man1969 · as Reggie Page
• The Swimmer1968 · as Chauffeur
• Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army1968 · as Chaka
• Stranger on the Run1967 · as Dickory
• Sullivan's Empire1967 · as Amando
• Synanon1965 · as Pete
• One Potato, Two Potato1964 · as Frank Richards
• Captain Sindbad1963 · as Quinius
• 13 West Street1962 · as Negro
• The Devil at 4 O'Clock1961 · as Charlie
• Underworld U.S.A.1961 · as Investigator
• Let No Man Write My Epitaph1960 · as Goodbye George
• The Young One1960 · as Traver
• Take a Giant Step1959 · as Bar Sharpie
• Cry Tough1959
• Up Periscope1959 · as Seaman Weary
• The Girl He Left Behind1956 · as Corporal West
• Congo Crossing1956 · as Pompala
• Kismet1955 · as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
• Carmen Jones1954 · as Reporter
• Jungle Man-Eaters1954 · as Zuwaba
• Mysterious Island1951 · as Neb
• Bright Victory1951 · as Soldier (uncredited)
• The Harlem Globetrotters1951 · as Higgins
• The Jackie Robinson Story1950 · as Ernie

All TV Shows (27)

• Galactica 19801980 · as Police Chief
• Starsky & Hutch1975 · as Harold Dobey
• That's My Mama1974
• The Six Million Dollar Man1974 · as Lt. Dobbs
• Police Story1973
• Sanford and Son1972
• All in the Family1971 · as Walter
• The Bold Ones: The Senator1970 · as Dr. Benjamin Edwards
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Doc Cullen
• The Name of the Game1968 · as Jason
• Judd, for the Defense1967
• Ironside1967
• Run, Buddy, Run1966
• Tarzan1966
• Run for Your Life1965 · as J.C.
• The Great Adventure1963 · as Wilbur Jones
• The Greatest Show on Earth1963
• The Alfred Hitchcock Hour1962 · as Convict #2
• The Virginian1962 · as Ransome Kiley
• The Dick Van Dyke Show1961 · as Nelson
• Ben Casey1961
• 87th Precinct1961 · as Officer Kendal
• Cain's Hundred1961 · as Willie Carter
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Coley
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Dawson
• Jungle Jim1955
• General Electric Theater1953 · as Christy