Bernie Hamilton

Bernie Hamilton

June 12, 1928 · 98 years old

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 ja…

Known For

13 titles
1
The Swimmer

The Swimmer

1968 · 1h 35m · Movie

A man spends a summer day swimming home via all the pools in his quiet suburban neighborhood.

7.6
2
Carmen Jones

Carmen Jones

1954 · 1h 45m · Movie

Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

6.7
3
Scream Blacula Scream

Scream Blacula Scream

1973 · 1h 36m · Movie

The vampire Mamuwalde (a.k.a. Blacula) is resurrected by voodoo and forced to kill again.

5.6
4
The Young One

The Young One

1960 · 1h 36m · Movie

A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.

7.4
5
The Devil at 4 O'Clock

The Devil at 4 O'Clock

1961 · 2h 6m · Movie

A crusty, eccentric priest recruits three reluctant convicts to help him rescue a children's leper colony from a Pacific island menaced by a smoldering volcano.

6.4
6
The Organization

The Organization

1971 · 1h 46m · Movie

In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.

6.0
7
Bucktown

Bucktown

1975 · 1h 34m · Movie

After being hassled by The Man in a southern town, a cool operator asks some violent friends for help. After all, if you can't trust another brother, who can you trust?

6.2
8
One Potato, Two Potato

One Potato, Two Potato

1964 · 1h 32m · Movie

In his wanderlust, Joe Cullen moves from the US to South America to work in a mining camp, he leaving behind his wife Julie and their infant daughter, Ellen Mary. After Joe stops writing and sending money, Julie, not expecting Joe...

7.2
9
Stranger on the Run

Stranger on the Run

1967 · 1h 37m · Movie

Former inmate and drunkard Ben Chamberlain arrives in a railroad town looking for a woman, causing the railroad police deputies to manhunt for Ben.

6.2
10
The Losers

The Losers

1970 · 1h 35m · Movie

A quintet of CIA-trained Hells Angels take their specially armored hogs to Cambodia and head across southeast Asia to rescue a captured presidential advisor.

5.3
11
Get Off My Back

Get Off My Back

1965 · 1h 45m · Movie

Chuck Dederich, a recovering alcoholic, founds Synanon House, a rehabilitation center for people with all kinds of addictions.

5.9
12
The Lost Man

The Lost Man

1969 · 2h 2m · Movie

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

6.0
13
Walk the Walk

Walk the Walk

1970 · 1h 35m · Movie

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

4.3