Bernie Hamilton
Bernie Hamilton | |
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![]() Bernie Hamilton inThe Organization1971 | |
Born | Bernard Hamilton June 12, 1928 East Los Angeles,California, U.S. |
Died | December 30, 2008 | (aged 80)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1950–1985 |
Bernard Hamilton(June 12, 1928 – December 30, 2008) was an Americanactor.[1]He is best known as Captain Dobey inStarsky & Hutch(1975–1979).
Biography[edit]
Hamilton was born inEast Los Angeles;his brother was jazz drummerChico Hamilton.He attendedOakland Technical High School,where he first became interested in acting.[2]In films from 1950, he labored in bit roles for years before getting noticed in the filmOne Potato, Two Potato(1964), the story of aninterracial marriage.He is best remembered for his role as the brusque, no-nonsense Captain Dobey in theUnited States1970s police seriesStarsky and Hutch.
After Starsky and Hutch, Hamilton by and large quit acting, playing in only four roles, his last role being aThe Love Boatepisode in 1985. Instead, he went into music business, producing R&B and gospel records.[1]
Hamilton was also an impresario; starting in the late 1960s he ran a nightclub/art gallery called Citadel d’Haiti onSunset Boulevard.Hamilton also producedrhythm and bluesandgospel musicrecordings on his own record label called Chocolate Snowman. One of his releases featured himself; it was entitledCaptain Dobey Sings the Blues.[2]
Hamilton married Maxine King on December 7, 1950, they divorced in 1968 after having two children, son Raoul and daughter Candy.[1]
Hamilton died on December 30, 2008, of cardiac arrest at the age of 80.[1]A US Army veteran in the Korean War, he was buried atRiverside National CemeteryinRiverside, California.
Selected filmography[edit]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1950 | The Jackie Robinson Story | Ernie | |
1951 | Bright Victory | Soldier | Uncredited |
1951 | The Harlem Globetrotters | Higgins | Uncredited |
1951 | Mysterious Island | Neb | |
1954 | Jungle Man-Eaters | Zuwaba | |
1954 | Carmen Jones | Reporter | Uncredited |
1955 | Kismet | Pearl Merchant | Uncredited |
1956 | Congo Crossing | Pompala | |
1956 | The Girl He Left Behind | Corporal West | Uncredited |
1959 | Up Periscope | Weary | Uncredited |
1959 | Cry Tough | Policeman | Uncredited |
1959 | Take a Giant Step | Sharpie in Bar | Uncredited |
1960 | Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Dawson | Season 6 Episode 1: "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" |
1960 | The Young One | Traver | Directed byLuis Buñuel |
1960 | Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Goodbye George | |
1961 | Underworld U.S.A. | Investigator | Uncredited |
1961 | The Devil at 4 O'Clock | Charlie | |
1961 | The Law and Mr Jones | Bob Mills | "Lethal Weapons" |
1962 | 13 West Street | Negro | |
1963 | Captain Sindbad | Quinius | |
1964 | The Alfred Hitchcock Hour | Second Convict | Season 2 Episode 18: "Final Escape" |
1964 | One Potato, Two Potato | Frank Richards | |
1965 | Synanon | Pete | |
1967 | Stranger on the Run | Dickory | |
1968 | The Swimmer | Chauffeur | |
1969 | The Lost Man | Reggie Page | |
1970 | Nam's Angels | Captain Jackson | |
1970 | Walk the Walk | Mike | |
1971 | The Organization | Lieutenant Jessop | |
1972 | Hammer | Davis | |
1973 | Scream Blacula Scream | Ragman | |
1975 | Bucktown | Harley |
References[edit]
- ^abcd"Actor Bernie Hamilton, Capt. Dobey on 'Starsky and Hutch,' dies at 80".Los Angeles Times.2009-01-01.Retrieved2009-01-02.
- ^abLawson, Dominic (2009-01-02)."Bernie Hamilton: played Captain Dobey in Starsky and Hutch".The Times.London.Retrieved2009-01-02.
External links[edit]
- 1928 births
- 2008 deaths
- American male film actors
- Burials at Inglewood Park Cemetery
- African-American male actors
- American male television actors
- 20th-century American male actors
- Burials at Riverside National Cemetery
- 20th-century African-American people
- 21st-century African-American people
- Oakland Technical High School alumni