Bernie Hamilton

Born: 1928-06-12

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.


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The Swimmer

as Chauffeur
Released: 1968-08-09

Well-off ad man Ned Merrill is visiting a friend when he notices the abundance of backyard pools...

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The Devil at 4 O'Clock

as Charlie
Released: 1961-10-18

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's...

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Carmen Jones

as Reporter
Released: 1954-10-28

The tale of the cigarette-maker Carmen and the Spanish cavalry soldier Don Jose is translated...

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The Organization

as Lt. Jessop
Released: 1971-10-20

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal...

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Up Periscope

as Seaman Weary
Released: 1959-03-04

Lieutenant Braden discovers that Sally, the woman he's been falling in love with, has actually...

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Bucktown

as Harley
Released: 1975-07-02

Duke Johnson visits a small Southern town, intent on burying his brother. After the funeral, he...

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Scream Blacula Scream

as Ragman
Released: 1973-06-27

After an aging voodoo priestess dies, her arrogant son Willis Daniel's believes he is next in...

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Kismet

as Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
Released: 1955-10-08

A roguish poet is given the run of the scheming Wazir's harem while pretending to help him usurp...

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Underworld U.S.A.

as Investigator
Released: 1961-02-22

A bitter young man sets out to get back at the gangsters who murdered his father.

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13 West Street

as Negro
Released: 1962-02-23

Walt Sherill is attacked and beat down by a group of juvenile delinquents on his way home from...

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Full Moon High

as Hijacker #2
Released: 1981-08-04

High-school quarterback Tony Walker is bitten by a werewolf and transforms into a growling beast...

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The Jackie Robinson Story

as Ernie
Released: 1950-05-16

Biography of Jackie Robinson, the first black major league baseball player in the 20th century....

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Let No Man Write My Epitaph

as Goodbye George
Released: 1960-11-10

Nick Romano lives in a poor tenement building on the south side of Chicago with his well-meaning...

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Captain Sindbad

as Quinius
Released: 1963-04-12

After completing his voyages Sindbad the Sailor and his hearty crew have come home to find a...

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Bright Victory

as Soldier (uncredited)
Released: 1951-08-01

A soldier blinded in war returns home and attempts to adjust to civilian life.

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The Losers

as Capt. Jackson
Released: 1970-06-08

Some bikers are hired by the CIA during the Vietnam War to rescue a captured agent from the...

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Mysterious Island

as Neb
Released: 1951-09-13

It is 1865 and Union prisoners use a military balloon to escape a Southern prison camp near the...

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Synanon

as Pete
Released: 1965-05-05

A dramatization of the goings on at a drug rehabilitation home. Filmed at the original Synanon...

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The Young One

as Traver
Released: 1960-09-05

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game...

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Stranger on the Run

as Dickory
Released: 1967-10-31

A drifter finds himself wrongly accused of murder by a power-crazed sheriff. The sheriff gives...

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Cry Tough

as uncredited
Released: 1959-08-01

After getting out of prison, a Latino criminal tries to go straight.

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The Girl He Left Behind

as Corporal West
Released: 1956-10-26

A young man is drafted and goes through the rigors of basic training, ultimately discovering the...

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The Lost Man

as Reggie Page
Released: 1969-07-11

A gang of black militants plots to rob a factory to finance their "revolutionary struggle."

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Jungle Man-Eaters

as Zuwaba
Released: 1954-06-01

Jungle Jim does battle with a would-be diamond smuggler and a renegade tribe.

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One Potato, Two Potato

as Frank Richards
Released: 1964-07-29

Study of interracial marriage in the 1960s. A white divorcée falls in love with and marries an...

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Sullivan's Empire

as Amando
Released: 1967-08-04

Three grown brothers journey to Brazil to rescue their plane-wrecked father who has been...

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Congo Crossing

as Pompala
Released: 1956-07-01

Congotanga, West Africa, has no extradition laws; the government is controlled by foreign...

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A Clear and Present Danger

as House
Released: 1970-03-21

The son of a U.S. Senator takes on the cause of clean air when a friend dies of emphysema.

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Hammer

as Davis
Released: 1972-07-04

Hotheaded laborer B.J. Hammer can't go long without ending up in a fight, and, after he comes...

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The Harlem Globetrotters

as Higgins
Released: 1951-05-30

All-American basketball player, Billy signs up with the world-famous "Harlem Globetrotters", an...

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Walk the Walk

as Mike
Released: 1970-07-01

A young black theological student battles against his heroin addiction and alcoholism.

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Take a Giant Step

as Bar Sharpie
Released: 1959-12-01

This pioneering film in the history of African-American cinema, released two years before "A...

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Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army

as Chaka
Released: 1968-03-01

Tarzan has to deal with slave traders who are making raids into African villages to get slaves.

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Ironside

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-03-28

When an assassin's bullet confines him to a wheelchair for life ending his career as Chief of...

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The Twilight Zone

as Coley
First aired: 1959-10-02

A series of unrelated stories containing drama, psychological thriller, fantasy, science...

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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour

as Convict #2
First aired: 1962-09-20

A continuation of the anthology series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents”, hosted by the master of...

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The Six Million Dollar Man

as Lt. Dobbs
First aired: 1974-01-18

Follow the adventures of Steve Austin, cybernetically enhanced astronaut turned secret agent,...

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Starsky & Hutch

as Harold Dobey
First aired: 1975-09-10

Streetwise Detective David Starsky partners up with a more intellectual partner, Kenneth 'Hutch'...

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The Name of the Game

as Doc Cullen
First aired: 1968-09-20

The Name of the Game is an American television series starring Tony Franciosa, Gene Barry, and...

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Sanford and Son

as uncredited
First aired: 1972-01-14

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

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The Dick Van Dyke Show

as Nelson
First aired: 1961-10-03

The Dick Van Dyke Show centers around the work and home life of television comedy writer Rob...

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All in the Family

as Walter
First aired: 1971-01-12

Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important...

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Run for Your Life

as J.C.
First aired: 1965-09-13

Run for Your Life is an American television drama series starring Ben Gazzara as a man with only...

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Judd for the Defense

as uncredited
First aired: 1967-09-08

High-priced Houston lawyer Clinton Judd and his assistant Ben Caldwell take difficult cases...

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Cain's Hundred

as Willie Carter
First aired: 1961-09-19

A former underworld lawyer goes to work for the Federal Government, determined to bring 100 top...

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Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as Dawson
First aired: 1955-10-02

A television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.

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The Great Adventure

as Wilbur Jones
First aired: 1963-09-27

The Great Adventure is a historical anthology series that appeared on CBS for the 1963-1964...

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The Virginian

as Ransome Kiley
First aired: 1962-09-19

The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth,...

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That's My Mama

as uncredited
First aired: 1974-09-04

Clifton Curtis has got it made—he runs a successful business he inherited from his late father...

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Galactica 1980

as Police Chief
First aired: 1980-01-27

30 years after the original Battlestar Galactica series. Upon reaching Earth, the inhabitants of...

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Ben Casey

as uncredited
First aired: 1961-10-02

Ben Casey is an American medical drama series which ran on ABC from 1961 to 1966. The show was...

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Tarzan

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-08

Tarzan is a series that aired on NBC from 1966 – 1968. The series portrayed Tarzan as a...

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Run, Buddy, Run

as uncredited
First aired: 1966-09-12

Run, Buddy, Run is an American situation comedy starring Jack Sheldon, which ran on CBS from...

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87th Precinct

as Officer Kendal
First aired: 1961-09-25

87th Precinct is an American crime drama starring Robert Lansing, Gena Rowlands, and Ron Harper,...

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Police Story

as uncredited
First aired: 1973-03-20

Police Story is an anthology television crime drama. The show was the brainchild of author and...

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General Electric Theater

as Christy
First aired: 1953-02-01

General Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was...

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Jungle Jim

as uncredited
First aired: 1955-09-26

Jungle Jim is a 26-episode syndicated adventure television series which aired from 1955 till...

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