Bernie Hamilton

from East Los Angeles, California, USA

Artwork for Carmen JonesImage of 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.

Timeline

1981Aged 53

  • Poster for Full Moon High

    Hijacker #2

1975Aged 47

  • Poster for Bucktown

    Harley

1973Aged 45

  • Poster for Scream Blacula Scream

    Ragman

1972Aged 44

  • Poster for Hammer

    Davis

1971Aged 43

  • Poster for Tarzan and the Perils of Charity Jones

    Shambu

  • Poster for The Organization

    Lt. Jessop

1970Aged 42

  • Poster for A Clear and Present Danger

    House

  • Poster for The Losers

    Capt. Jackson

  • Poster for Walk the Walk

    Mike

1969Aged 41

  • Poster for The Lost Man

    Reggie Page

1968Aged 40

  • Poster for Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army

    Chaka

  • Poster for The Swimmer

    Chauffeur

1967Aged 39

  • Poster for Sullivan's Empire

    Amando

  • Poster for Stranger on the Run

    Dickory

1965Aged 37

  • Poster for Synanon

    Pete

1964Aged 36

  • Poster for One Potato, Two Potato

    Frank Richards

1963Aged 35

  • Poster for Captain Sindbad

    Quinius

1962Aged 34

  • Poster for 13 West Street

    Negro

1961Aged 33

  • Poster for Underworld U.S.A.

    Investigator

  • Poster for The Devil at 4 O'Clock

    Charlie

1960Aged 32

  • Poster for The Young One

    Traver

  • Poster for Let No Man Write My Epitaph

    Goodbye George

1959Aged 31

  • Poster for Up Periscope

    Seaman Weary

  • Poster for Cry Tough

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Take a Giant Step

    Bar Sharpie

1956Aged 28

  • Poster for Congo Crossing

    Pompala

  • Poster for The Girl He Left Behind

    Corporal West

1955Aged 27

  • Poster for Kismet

    Pearl Merchant (uncredited)

1954Aged 26

  • Poster for Jungle Man-Eaters

    Zuwaba

  • Poster for Carmen Jones

    Reporter

1951Aged 23

  • Poster for The Harlem Globetrotters

    Higgins

  • Poster for Bright Victory

    Soldier (uncredited)

  • Poster for Mysterious Island

    Neb

1950Aged 22

  • Poster for The Jackie Robinson Story

    Ernie