A familiar face on British television in the 1970s, Hamilton played the harassed police chief to maverick cops Starsky & Hutch (1975-79). Captain Dobie was his highest profile role, with others coming in movies such as Carmen Jones (1954), The Young One (1960), The Swimmer (1968) and The Organisation (1971).
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