Captain Dobey, You’re Dead
Or
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Bernie Hamilton, archetype for the gruff, but beloved black police captain, has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 80. Best remembered for threatening to assign goofball detectives Dave Starsky and Ken ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson to meter maid duty as Capt. Harold Dobey, Hamilton’s career started in The Jackie Robinson Story in 1950. Other films included a cutting edge 1964 drama One Potato, Two Potato, about a white woman who loses custody of her child for marrying Hamilton, and Scream Blacula Scream, about a black vampire. He largely gave up acting after S&H, focusing on his record label, Chocolate Snowman, which produced R&B and gospel records, including his own album Capt. Dobey Sings the Blues.
Let No Man Write My Epitaph
Bernie Hamilton, archetype for the gruff, but beloved black police captain, has died of cardiac arrest at the age of 80. Best remembered for threatening to assign goofball detectives Dave Starsky and Ken ‘Hutch’ Hutchinson to meter maid duty as Capt. Harold Dobey, Hamilton’s career started in The Jackie Robinson Story in 1950. Other films included a cutting edge 1964 drama One Potato, Two Potato, about a white woman who loses custody of her child for marrying Hamilton, and Scream Blacula Scream, about a black vampire. He largely gave up acting after S&H, focusing on his record label, Chocolate Snowman, which produced R&B and gospel records, including his own album Capt. Dobey Sings the Blues.
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