Antonio Fargas
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Antonio Fargas (born August 14, 1946) is an American actor known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation and comedy movies, as well as his portrayal as Huggy Bear in the 1970s TV series Starsky & Hutch.
Infobox
Born
(1946-08-14) August 14, 1946 (age 79)New York City, New York, U.S.
Occupation
Actor
Years active
1963–present
Known for
Huggy Bear – Starsky & Hutch
Spouses
mw- Taylor Hastie (m. 1979; div. 1988) Sandra Reed (m. 1989)
Children
4, including Justin Fargas
Website
www.AntonioFargas.com
Tables
Key · Filmography
| † | Denotes projects that have not yet been released |
· Filmography › Film
1974
Role(s)
Stephen
Role(s)
Quickfellow
Role(s)
Link Brown
Role(s)
Pimp
1976
Role(s)
Bernstein Chandler
Adventurizing with the Chopper
Role(s)
Leonard Jones
Notes
TV film
Role(s)
Lindy
1980
Escape
Role(s)
Jamie Valdez
Notes
TV film
Role(s)
Coach
1982
The Ambush Murders
Role(s)
Vaness
Notes
TV film
Notes
TV film
Role(s)
Mr. Henri
1984
A Good Sport
Role(s)
Clifford
Notes
TV film
Role(s)
Taxi Driver
P.O.P.
Role(s)
Frank Wilkey
Notes
TV film
1988
Role(s)
Paco
Role(s)
Nicky 'N.C.' Carr
Role(s)
Flyguy
1991
Role(s)
Julius
Role(s)
Rasta
1995
Soul Survivors
Role(s)
Leroy James
Notes
TV film
1998
Milo
Role(s)
Kelso
2000
Role(s)
Uncle Jim Douglas
The Riff
Role(s)
Shoop Summers
2006
Honey and Sting
Role(s)
The Beekeeper
Notes
Short film
Vengeance
Role(s)
Bert
Sucka Punch
Role(s)
Uncle G
Notes
Short film
2007
The Caper
Role(s)
Lydell
Role(s)
Father Riley
Sister Sonya's Prayer Group
Role(s)
Bishop Titus Kingston
Notes
Direct-to-Video
2008
2009
X Returns
Role(s)
Agent Adams
Notes
Short film
Role(s)
Diamond Specialist
The Adventures of Umbweki
Role(s)
Umbweki's Father
2013
Silver Bells
Role(s)
Major Melvin Lowell
Notes
Direct-to-Video
2014
SnakeHead Swamp
Role(s)
William Boudreaux
Notes
TV film
Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West
Role(s)
Lightfoot Legrand
2021
Mister Mayfair: Shooting Paul
Role(s)
Charlie
Mister Mayfair: Serena's Game
Role(s)
Charlie
2022
Until We Meet Again
Role(s)
Louie
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1963 | The Cool World | Uncredited | |
| 1967 | Ironside | Harris | TV film |
| 1969 | Putney Swope | The Arab | |
| Stiletto | Man in jazz club | Uncredited | |
| 1970 | Pound | Greyhound | |
| 1971 | Shaft | Bunky | |
| Cisco Pike | Brother Buffalo | ||
| Believe in Me | Boy | ||
| 1972 | Across 110th Street | Henry J. Jackson | |
| 1973 | Cleopatra Jones | Doodlebug | |
| 1974 | Busting | Stephen | |
| Conrack | Quickfellow | ||
| Foxy Brown | Link Brown | ||
| The Gambler | Pimp | ||
| 1975 | Huckleberry Finn | Jim | TV film |
| Cornbread, Earl and Me | One-Eye | ||
| 1976 | Next Stop, Greenwich Village | Bernstein Chandler | |
| Adventurizing with the Chopper | Leonard Jones | TV film | |
| Car Wash | Lindy | ||
| 1978 | Pretty Baby | The Professor | |
| 1979 | Milo Milo (de) | Doc | |
| 1980 | Escape | Jamie Valdez | TV film |
| Nurse | Marshall Gripps | TV film | |
| Up the Academy | Coach | ||
| 1982 | The Ambush Murders | Vaness | TV film |
| A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion | TV film | ||
| Paper Dolls | Oliver | TV film | |
| Model Behaviour | Mr. Henri | ||
| 1984 | A Good Sport | Clifford | TV film |
| Firestarter | Taxi Driver | ||
| P.O.P. | Frank Wilkey | TV film | |
| 1985 | Crimewave | Blind Man | |
| Streetwalkin' | Finesse | ||
| 1986 | Florida Straits | El Gato Negro | TV film |
| 1988 | Night of the Sharks | Paco | |
| Shakedown | Nicky 'N.C.' Carr | ||
| I'm Gonna Git You Sucka | Flyguy | ||
| 1991 | Howling VI: The Freaks | Bellamey | Direct-to-Video |
| The Borrower | Julius | ||
| Whore | Rasta | ||
| 1992 | Maid for Each Other | Eddie Kemper | TV film |
| 1993 | Percy & Thunder | Spider | TV film |
| 1995 | Soul Survivors | Leroy James | TV film |
| 1996 | Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood | Old School | |
| 1997 | Levitation | Otis Hill | |
| Gator King | Santos Lobilita | ||
| 1998 | Milo | Kelso | |
| 1999 | The Suburbans | Magee | |
| Unconditional Love | Bobby Chiclets |
· Filmography › Television
1973
1974
Notes
Episode: "Indictment"
1975–1979
Role(s)
Starsky & Hutch
Notes
Huggy Bear
1978
Role(s)
Lee Graham
Notes
Episode: "Pacific Princess Overtures/Gopher, the Rebel/Cabin Fever"
Notes
Episode: "Which Side Are You On?"
1979
Notes
Episode: "Cowboy, Linda and Angie, Mark"
1981
1982–1987
Role(s)
All My Children
Notes
Les Baxter
1996
Role(s)
Dolomoth
Notes
Episode: "Super Bad Foxy Lady Killer or Ty and Morris Get the Shaft"
1999
2003
2006
2006-2009
Role(s)
Everybody Hates Chris
Notes
Doc
2009
2016
Dark Memories
Role(s)
Isum
Notes
Episode: "Death at Sunrise"
2018
Role(s)
David Poe
Notes
Episode: "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light"
2024
Role(s)
Doc Harris (voice role)
Notes
Episode: "Everybody Still Hates the GED"
| Year | Series | Role | Notes |
| 1971 | The Bill Cosby Show | J.J. | Episode: "The Barber Shop" |
| 1973 | Police Story | Harpie | Episode: "The Ho Chi Minh Trail" |
| Ironside | Harris | Episode: "Downhill All the Way" | |
| 1974 | Sanford and Son | Sonny Cochran | Episode: "Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle" |
| Toma | Episode: "Indictment" | ||
| Police Woman | Rex | Episode: "The Beautiful Die Young" | |
| Kolchak: The Night Stalker | Sweetstick Weldon | Episode: "The Zombie" | |
| Kojak | Benny | Episode: "Loser Takes All" | |
| 1975–1979 | Starsky & Hutch | Huggy Bear | Series regular, 92 episodes |
| 1978 | The Love Boat | Lee Graham | Episode: "Pacific Princess Overtures/Gopher, the Rebel/Cabin Fever" |
| Vega$ | 'Fast' Freddie Tibbs | Episode: "Mother Mishkin" | |
| Kaz | Episode: "Which Side Are You On?" | ||
| 1979 | Sweepstakes | Episode: "Cowboy, Linda and Angie, Mark" | |
| CHiPs | Self | Episode: "Roller Disco: Part 2" | |
| 1980 | Charlie's Angels | Blackie | Episode: "Angels of the Deep" |
| 1981 | Nurse | Marshall Gripps | Episode: "Long Days Journey Into Morning" |
| 1982–1987 | All My Children | Les Baxter | Recurring role |
| 1983 | Hardcastle and McCormick | Jerry Blackmore | Episode: "Once Again with Vigorish" |
| 1988 | Miami Vice | Alejandro Gutierrez | Episode: "Mirror Image" |
| 1990 | La belle Anglaise | Caldwell | Episode: "Weekend Surprise" |
| 1991 | MacGyver | Colonel Devraux | Episode: "Walking Dead" |
| 1994 | The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air | Lamont Kelly | Episode: "Soooooooul Train" |
| 1995 | Martin | Antonio Fargas aka Huggy Bear | Episode: "All the Players Came" |
| 1996 | The Parent 'Hood | The Criminal | Episode: "We Don't Need Another Hero" |
| The Wayans Bros. | Uncle Nate | Episode: "Family Business" | |
| Homeboys in Outer Space | Dolomoth | Episode: "Super Bad Foxy Lady Killer or Ty and Morris Get the Shaft" | |
| 1997 | Living Single | Otis Jones | 2 episodes |
| 1998 | Damon | Sammy | Episode: "A Bury Special Episode" |
| 1999 | The Steve Harvey Show | Smitty Rollins | Episode: "All That Jazz" |
| Heat | Jeremy Lauren | Episode: "Obsession" | |
| 2000 | G vs E | Dutch Simms | Episode: "Renunciation" |
| 2002 | Fastlane | Jimmy Lipps | Episode: "Girls Own Juice" |
| 2003 | Holby City | Victor Garrison | Episode: "Seasons in the Sun" |
| Grease Monkeys | Tony | Episode: "The Drugs Don't Work" | |
| The District | J.T. | Episode: "In God We Trust" | |
| 2004 | Eve | Uncle Jerry | Episode: "Pimps Up, DivaStyle Down" |
| 2005 | Everybody Hates Chris | Sweet Tooth | Episode: "Everybody Hates Halloween" |
| 2006 | The Simpsons | Huggy Bear (Voice) | Episode: "Bart Has Two Mommies" |
| 2006-2009 | Everybody Hates Chris | Doc | Recurring role, 23 episodes |
| 2008 | Numb3rs | Jeffrey Knight | Episode: "Thirty-Six Hours" |
| 2009 | Lie to Me | Mr. Mitchell | Episode: "Unchained" |
| Brothers | Maurice | Episode: "Snoop Returns" | |
| 2014 | House of Lies | Mr. Zhang | Episode: "Zhang" |
| 2016 | Dark Memories | Isum | Episode: "Death at Sunrise" |
| 2017 | Mann & Wife | Lieutenant Lou | Episode: "Mann, Shut Yo Mouth" |
| 2018 | Cherif | Huggy Bear | Episode: "Quand Cherif rencontre Huggy" |
| Black Lightning | David Poe | Episode: "And Then the Devil Brought the Plague: The Book of Green Light" | |
| Code Black | Harold | Episode: "Home Stays Home" | |
| 2024 | Everybody Still Hates Chris | Doc Harris (voice role) | Episode: "Everybody Still Hates the GED" |
References
- "officialantoniofargas"https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3CqWQFQUY/?igsh=MW15d3I0NzZ5c3ZhMg==
- "officialantoniofargas"https://www.instagram.com/p/CD3CqWQFQUY/?igsh=MW15d3I0NzZ5c3ZhMg==
- Memorable TVhttps://web.archive.org/web/20080721022549/http://www.memorabletv.com/onthebox/interviews/antoniofargas.htm
- Hispanics in Hollywood: A Celebration of 100 Years in Film and Television
- The Advocatehttp://theadvocate.com/sports/lsu/10192440-171/lsus-nikki-caldwell-makes-it