Bernard Hamilton Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Bernie Hamilton (June 12, 1928 – December 30, 2008) was an American actor.Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles and attended Oakland Technical High School, where he first became interested in acting. In films from 1950, he laboured in bit roles for years before getting noticed in the film One Potato, Two Potato (1964), the story of an inter-racial marriage. He is best remembered for his role as the brusque, no-nonsense Captain Dobey in the United States 1970s police series Starsky and Hutch. Hamilton was the brother of jazz drummer Chico Hamilton. Hamilton was also an impresario; since the late 1960s he had run a nightclub/art gallery called Citadel d’Haiti on Sunset Boulevard. Hamilton also produced Rhythm and blues and gospel music recordings on his own record label called Chocolate Snowman. One of his releases featured himself; it was entitled Captain Dobey Sings the Blues.Hamilton died of cardiac arrest on December 30, 2008, aged 80.
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TV Shows
Starsky & Hutch
Star Sign
Gemini
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Los Angeles, California, USA [November 2000]
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He attended Oakland Technical High School where he played football and studied acting in Oakland, California.
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After Starsky and Hutch (1975) ended, Hamilton spent twenty years producing R&B and Gospel records for the Chocolate Snowman label.
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Music producer for twenty years, working on R&B and soul albums.
Had five brothers and one sister and was raised in East Los Angeles. Two brothers survived him, Chico and Don.
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Ran away from home as a teenager but eventually attended Oakland Technical High School where he played football and developed an interest in acting.
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Operated the Citadel d'Haiti, a nightclub-art gallery on Sunset Boulevard in Los Angeles during the late '60s and early '70s.
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Produced and sang on the album "Capt. Dobey Sings the Blues". Captain Dobey was the gruff police captain he played for four seasons on Starsky and Hutch (1975).
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Founded the record label Chocolate Snowman.
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Initially a white actor was cast to play Captain Harold Dobey on Starsky and Hutch (1975). Aaron Spelling and Leonard Goldberg, however, remembered Bernie, who had already played a police captain in a previous Spelling-Goldberg TV show, and thought he'd provided the right chemistry and balance. Since they already had film on him, Bernie didn't need a screen test and secured the part.
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A collector of antiques, his favorite sport was deep sea fishing.
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Brother of jazz drummer Chico Hamilton. Originally cast as "Roop" in the film, Claudine (1974), but was dropped when Diana Sands, originally cast in the title role, had to withdraw because of illness. Diana suggested that the role go to her friend Diahann Carroll. When Carroll auditioned and got the part, James Earl Jones was cast in the role of "Roop".
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Managed to avoid stereotyping for the most part in his early films years, his debut was as a baseball player in The Jackie Robinson Story (1950). His most important role was in the frank, groundbreaking drama One Potato, Two Potato (1964) as the black husband of a white woman (Barbara Barrie).
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Divorced father of two children - daughter Candy and son Raoul.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Insight
1971
TV Series
Aubrey
Walk the Walk
1970
The Bold Ones: The Senator
1970
TV Series
Dr. Benjamin Edwards
The Name of the Game
1969-1970
TV Series
Jason / Doc Cullen
Me and Benjie
1970
TV Movie
Nam's Angels
1970
Capt. Jackson
A Clear and Present Danger
1970
TV Movie
House
The Lost Man
1969
Reggie Page
The Virginian
1966-1969
TV Series
Corporal Harvey / Ransome Kiley
Judd for the Defense
1968
TV Series
Jody Crews
The Swimmer
1968
Chauffeur
Tarzan
1967-1968
TV Series
Chaka / Shambu / Mwanza de Ludanzi
Cimarron Strip
1968
TV Series
Ollie Whippet
Ironside
1967
TV Series
Lt. Bill Adams
Stranger on the Run
1967
TV Movie
Dickory
Sullivan's Empire
1967
TV Movie
Amando
Me and Benjy
1967
TV Movie
Joe
Run Buddy Run
1966
TV Series
'Dynamite' Williams
Run for Your Life
1965
TV Series
J.C.
Synanon
1965
Pete
One Potato, Two Potato
1964
Frank Richards
The Great Adventure
1964
TV Series
Wilbur Jones
The Greatest Show on Earth
1964
TV Series
J.J.
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
1964
TV Series
The 2nd Convict
Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1963-1964
TV Series
Joe Workman / Joe
The Dick Van Dyke Show
1963
TV Series
Patrolman Nelson
Captain Sindbad
1963
Quinius
Ben Casey
1963
TV Series
Harry Demarest
87th Precinct
1962
TV Series
Officer Kendal
13 West Street
1962
Negro
Cain's Hundred
1961
TV Series
Willie Carter
The Devil at 4 O'Clock
1961
Charlie
The Twilight Zone
1961
TV Series
Coley
Underworld U.S.A.
1961
Investigator (uncredited)
The Law and Mr. Jones
1961
TV Series
Bob Mills
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
1960
Goodbye George
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1960
TV Series
Dawson
The Young One
1960
Traver
Take a Giant Step
1959
Sharpie in Bar (uncredited)
The DuPont Show of the Month
1959
TV Series
Cry Tough
1959
Policeman (uncredited)
Up Periscope
1959
Weary (uncredited)
Climax!
1958
TV Series
Sullivan
The Girl He Left Behind
1956
Corporal West (uncredited)
Congo Crossing
1956
Pompala
Jungle Jim
1955
TV Series
Moko
Kismet
1955
Pearl Merchant (uncredited)
Cavalcade of America
1955
TV Series
Tom
General Electric Theater
1955
TV Series
Christy
Carmen Jones
1954
Reporter (uncredited)
Jungle Man-Eaters
1954
Zuwaba
Ramar of the Jungle
1953
TV Series
Cholie
Mysterious Island
1951
Neb (as Bernard Hamilton)
The Harlem Globetrotters
1951
Higgins (uncredited)
Bright Victory
1951
Soldier (uncredited)
The Jackie Robinson Story
1950
Ernie
The Love Boat
1985
TV Series
Martin Waller
Galactica 1980
1980
TV Series
Police Chief
The Misadventures of Sheriff Lobo
1980
TV Series
Captain McGraw
Starsky and Hutch
1975-1979
TV Series
Capt. Harold Dobey
That's My Mama
1975
TV Series
Jake
Bucktown
1975
Harley
The Six Million Dollar Man
1975
TV Series
Lt. Dobbs
Stone
1973
TV Movie
Police Story
1973
TV Series
Bo Tate
Sanford and Son
1973
TV Series
Officer Jones
Scream Blacula Scream
1973
Ragman
Hec Ramsey
1973
TV Series
Obie Watson
All in the Family
1973
TV Series
Black Alumni
Hammer
1972
Davis
The Organization
1971
Lt. Jessop
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Starsky & Hutch Documentary: The Word on the Street