Bernie Hamilton

Also known as Bernard Hamilton

American actor (1928–2008)

Film & TV

East Los Angeles, California, USA

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…

Known for

Full Moon High — Hijacker #21981
Galactica 1980 — Police Chief1980
Bucktown — Harley1975
Starsky & Hutch — Harold Dobey1975
That's My Mama1974
The Six Million Dollar Man — Lt. Dobbs1974
Scream Blacula Scream — Ragman1973
Police Story1973
Hammer — Davis1972
Sanford and Son1972

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Hamilton
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Los Angeles
Place of death: Los Angeles
Sibling: Chico Freeman
Occupation: television actor
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: English language
Field of work: acting
Image: Bernie Hamilton "Ironside" (1967 NBC press photo).jpg

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place of burial: Inglewood Park Cemetery
start of work period: 1950-00-00
date of birth: 1928-06-12
date of death: 2008-12-30
cause of death: heart failure
writing language: English language
Commons category: Bernie Hamilton
manner of death: natural causes

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