1928-06-12 East Los Angeles, California, USA
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 jazz musician who flees a lynch mob, and "One Potato, Two Potato" (1964), where he got a chance to show a softer side as a man fighting to obtain parental rights of his stepdaughter.
Full Moon High | Hijacker #2 | 1981-08-04 | |
Bucktown | Harley | 1975-07-02 | |
Scream Blacula Scream | Ragman | 1973-06-27 | |
Hammer | Davis | 1972-07-04 | |
The Organization | Lt. Jessop | 1971-10-20 | |
Walk the Walk | Mike | 1970-07-01 | |
A Clear and Present Danger | House | 1970-03-21 | |
The Losers | Capt. Jackson | 1970-06-08 | |
The Lost Man | Reggie Page | 1969-07-11 | |
Tarzan and the Four O'Clock Army | Chaka | 1968-03-01 | |
The Swimmer | Chauffeur | 1968-08-09 | |
Stranger on the Run | Dickory | 1967-10-31 | |
Sullivan's Empire | Amando | 1967-08-04 | |
Synanon | Pete | 1965-05-05 | |
One Potato, Two Potato | Frank Richards | 1964-07-29 | |
Captain Sindbad | Quinius | 1963-04-12 | |
13 West Street | Negro | 1962-02-23 | |
The Devil at 4 O'Clock | Charlie | 1961-10-18 | |
Underworld U.S.A. | Investigator | 1961-02-22 | |
The Young One | Traver | 1960-09-05 | |
Let No Man Write My Epitaph | Goodbye George | 1960-11-10 | |
Up Periscope | Seaman Weary | 1959-03-04 | |
Cry Tough | 1959-08-01 | ||
Take a Giant Step | Bar Sharpie | 1959-12-01 | |
The Girl He Left Behind | Corporal West | 1956-10-26 | |
Congo Crossing | Pompala | 1956-07-01 | |
Kismet | Pearl Merchant (uncredited) | 1955-10-08 | |
Carmen Jones | Reporter | 1954-10-28 | |
Jungle Man-Eaters | Zuwaba | 1954-06-01 | |
Bright Victory | Soldier (uncredited) | 1951-08-01 | |
The Harlem Globetrotters | Higgins | 1951-05-30 | |
Mysterious Island | Neb | 1951-09-13 | |
The Jackie Robinson Story | Ernie | 1950-05-16 |