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.

Bernie Hamilton

Acting Born June 12, 1928 – Died December 30, 2008 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 show a softer side as a man fighting to obtain parental rights of his stepdaughter.

Known For

Ironside

The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

Convict #2

The Virginian

Ransome Kiley

The Twilight Zone

Coley

The Six Million Dollar Man

Lt. Dobbs

The Dick Van Dyke Show

Nelson

Ben Casey

Starsky & Hutch

Harold Dobey

All in the Family

Walter

The Name of the Game

Doc Cullen

The Name of the Game

Jason

Run for Your Life

J.C.