Bernard Hamilton (June 12, 1928 – December 30, 2008) was an American actor. Best known as Captain Dobey in Starsky & Hutch (1975-1979). Biography Hamilton was born in East Los Angeles; his brother was jazz drummer Chico Hamilton. He attended Oakland Technical High School, where he first became interested in acting. In films from 1950, he labored in bit roles for years before getting noticed in the film One Potato, Two Potato (1964), the story of an interracial 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 also an impresario; starting in the late 1960s he ran 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. A US Army veteran in the Korean War, he was buried at Riverside National Cemetery in Riverside, California. Selected filmography The Jackie Robinson Story (1950) – Ernie Bright Victory (1951) – Soldier (uncredited) The Harlem Globetrotters (1951) – Higgins (uncredited) Mysterious Island (1951) – Neb Jungle Man-Eaters (1954) – Zuwaba Carmen Jones (1954) – Reporter (uncredited) Kismet (1955) – Pearl Merchant (uncredited) Congo Crossing (1956) – Pompala The Girl He Left Behind (1956) – Corporal West (uncredited) Up Periscope (1959) – Weary (uncredited) Cry Tough (1959) – Policeman (uncredited) Take a Giant Step (1959) – Sharpie in Bar (uncredited) The Young One (1960, directed by Luis Buñuel) – Traver Let No Man Write My Epitaph (1960) – Goodbye George Underworld U.S.A. (1961) – Investigator (uncredited) The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) – Charlie 13 West Street (1962) – Negro Captain Sindbad (1963) – Quinius One Potato, Two Potato (1964) – Frank Richards Synanon (1965) – Pete Stranger on the Run (1967) – Dickory The Swimmer (1968) – Chauffeur The Lost Man (1969) – Reggie Page Nam's Angels (1970) – Capt. Jackson Walk the Walk (1970) The Organization (1971) – Lt. Jessop Hammer (1972) – Davis Scream Blacula Scream (1973) – Ragman Bucktown (1975) – Harley References External links 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