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- Birth nameBernard Hamilton
- Height5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- Bernie Hamilton was born on June 12, 1928 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He was an actor, known for Bucktown (1975), The Young One (1960) and Starsky and Hutch (1975). He was married to Maxine King. He died on December 30, 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- SpouseMaxine King(December 7, 1950 - 1968) (divorced, 2 children)
- ChildrenRaoul HamiltonCandy Hamilton
- RelativesChico Hamilton(Sibling)Don Hamilton(Sibling)
- 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.
- Music producer for twenty years, working on R&B and soul albums.
- 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).
- 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).
- Founded the record label Chocolate Snowman.
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