Bernie Hamilton

Bernard Bernie Hamilton 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 , the story of an interracial marriage. He is best remembered for his role as the brusque, nononsense 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 nightclubart gallery called Citadel dHaiti 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.

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