Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

1946-08-14 New York City, New York, USA 73 Credits

Biography

Antonio Juan Fargas (born August 14, 1946) is an American actor famous for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies, as well as his portrayal of Huggy Bear in the 1970s TV series Starsky and Hutch. Description above from the Wikipedia article Antonio Fargas, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Murder City

Murder City

2023

as Graham

5.4
Acting

A disgraced former cop finds himself working for a ruthless female kingpin to pay off his estranged father’s debt and protect his family.

One Year Off

One Year Off

2023

as Charlie Brooks

4.6
Acting

Claire and her pals are invited to the West Indies by their friend Ben, who just inherited an island getaway. To pass the long days, they start a busi...

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Is That Black Enough for You?!?

2022

as Self

7.4
Acting

A look at the Black revolution in 1970s cinema, from genre films to social realism, from the making of new superstars to the craft of rising auteurs.

Until We Meet Again

Until We Meet Again

2022

as Louie

4.9
Acting

A woman finds her new house is haunted by the ghost of a young pianist.

Beyond Skyline

Beyond Skyline

2017

as Sarge

5.3
Acting

Detective Mark Corley storms his way onto an alien spaceship to rescue his estranged son. When the ship crashes in Southeast Asia, he forges an allian...

Snakehead Swamp

Snakehead Swamp

2014

as William Boudreaux

4.8
Acting

A horrifying hybrid of genetic science and nature has taken over the Louisiana bayou, leaving terror in its wake! In the heat of the summer, what bega...

Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West

Popovich and the Voice of the Fabled American West

2014

as Lightfoot Legrand

8.3
Acting

Popovich is an ex circus legend struggling as a street performer in the wild west streets of Las Vegas. When his junkyard home full of stray animals g...

Silver Bells

Silver Bells

2013

as Major Melvin Lowell

5.3
Acting

An overly win-driven sportscaster goes too far and must perform community service during December as a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army.

Stealing Las Vegas

Stealing Las Vegas

2012

as Mo

5.1
Acting

After a greedy Las Vegas casino owner steals his employee's pension funds, the staff teams up to pull off a heist with a twist.

Once Fallen

Once Fallen

2010

as Jay

5.2
Acting

When Chance (Brian Presley) returns home after five years in jail, he is determined to escape his past, start a new life and make peace with his fathe...

Murphy's Law

Murphy's Law

2009

as Diamond expert

5.4
Acting

After four years in jail, Elias is doing his rehabilitation in an hospital as stretcher bearer. In five hours, his parole will be completed. He will m...

X Returns

X Returns

2009

as Agent Adams

7.5
Acting

After nearly 40 years of false imprisonment, cruel scientific testing and denial by the US government, Agent X is finally a free man again.

Bad Guys

Bad Guys

2008

as Flappy

3.7
Acting

Would-be drug dealers are caught between the police and the Mafia.

Fist of the Warrior

Fist of the Warrior

2007

as Father Riley

4.4
Acting

First-class assassin Lee Choe has spent years working for the mob. When his handler turns on him by killing his girlfriend and framing him for the mur...

The Caper

The Caper

2007

as Lydell

Acting

A street-hardened bank robber just released from prison sets out to reunite with his father and rob The Bank of Hollywood. Enlisting the aide of a fem...

Jack's Law

Jack's Law

2006

as Bert

2.0
Acting

Jack Santos is a retired undercover vice cop whose world is suddenly torn apart by the murder of his wife and daughter. After serving a prison term fo...

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

Macked, Hammered, Slaughtered and Shafted

2004

as Self

Acting

Written, directed, and produced by David Walker, MACKED, HAMMERED, SLAUGHTERED, & SHAFTED is an insightful examination of the blaxploitation film move...

He's Starsky, I'm Hutch

He's Starsky, I'm Hutch

2004

as Self

Acting

The forty-five minute documentary explores the trials and tribulations of Starsky and Hutch star David Soul while giving accounts by actors and produc...

Extreme Honor

Extreme Honor

2001

as Willy

4.0
Acting

A highly decorated Navy Seal is forced out of retirement in order to save his son's life and bring justice to the man who destroyed his career.

Ali: An American Hero

Ali: An American Hero

2000

as Elijah Muhammad

4.8
Acting

Ali: An American Hero is an American television movie which aired on August 31, 2000 on FOX. It chronicles portions of the career of heavyweight boxer...

American Pimp

American Pimp

2000

as Link Brown

5.8
Acting

Street pimps, all of them African-American, discuss their lives and work: getting started, being flamboyant, pimping in various U.S. cities, bringing ...

3 Strikes

3 Strikes

2000

as Uncle Jim Douglas

5.6
Acting

Brian Hooks plays a character who is just released from jail. And the state adopts a "3 strikes" rule for felons that involves serious penalties. Hook...

The Suburbans

The Suburbans

1999

as Magee

3.8
Acting

The Suburbans, a one-hit-wonder new wave band from the '80s, reunite at their bassist's wedding, where a promising young record executive sees the ens...

Milo

Milo

1998

as Kelso

4.3
Acting

Four young grade-school girls witness the murder of one of their classmates during what they thought was just an innocent game. The killer is a strang...

Levitation

Levitation

1997

as Otis Hill

6.0
Acting

Sarah Paulson stars as a pregnant teenager who searches for her biological mother, with the help of a guardian angel.

Gator King

Gator King

1997

as Santos Lobilita

2.0
Acting

An environmental activist attempts to stop a dastardly villain who imports alligators from China in order to slaughter them for their meat in the US.

The Celluloid Closet

The Celluloid Closet

1996

as Self

7.2
Acting

What "That's Entertainment" did for movie musicals, "The Celluloid Closet" does for Hollywood homosexuality, as this exuberant, eye-opening movie serv...

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

1996

as Old School

7.0
Acting

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and s...

Soul Survivors

Soul Survivors

1995

as Leroy James

Acting

Otis Cooke is a DJ with a late-night American soul music programme in Liverpool. His favorite band, The Tallahassees, disbanded years ago, but their b...

Afros, Macks & Zodiacs

1995

as (archive footage)

Acting

A compilation of some of the best Black Action films of the 70s! Hosted by Mr. Dolemite himself... RUDY RAY MOORE!

La Classe américaine

La Classe américaine

1993

as 'Good Advices' Huggy (archive footage)

7.6
Acting

George Abitbol, the classiest man in the world, dies tragically during a cruise. The director of an American newspaper, wondering about the meaning of...

Percy & Thunder

Percy & Thunder

1993

as Spider

Acting

A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

Maid for Each Other

Maid for Each Other

1992

as Eddie Kemper

5.0
Acting

In this hilarious crime caper, a rich woman (Nell Carter) and her maid (Dinah Manoff) happened to be at the wrong place at the wrong time -- and now, ...

The Borrower

The Borrower

1991

as Julius

4.9
Acting

Aliens punish one of their own by sending him to earth. The alien is very violent, and when the body he occupies is damaged, he is forced to find anot...

Whore

Whore

1991

as Rasta

5.3
Acting

This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style.

Howling VI: The Freaks

Howling VI: The Freaks

1991

as Bellamey

4.4
Acting

A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits.

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka

1988

as Flyguy

6.4
Acting

Jack Spade returns from the army in his old ghetto neighbourhood when his brother, June Bug, dies. Jack declares war on Mr. Big, powerful local crimel...

Shakedown

Shakedown

1988

as Nicky 'N.C.' Carr

5.8
Acting

When a local drug dealer shoots a dishonest cop in self-defense, lawyer and renegade undercover cop join forces to clear him. But when their investiga...

The Night of the Sharks

The Night of the Sharks

1988

as Paco

2.9
Acting

David must fight for his life against the gangsters who killed his brother for a CD filled with proof of their illegal activities. When David gets pos...

Florida Straits

Florida Straits

1986

as El Gato Negro

5.0
Acting

A man who spent 20 years in Cuban prison after the failure of the Bay of Pigs invasion and a boat captain and his crew go covertly to Cuba to find a c...

Streetwalkin'

Streetwalkin'

1985

as Finesse

4.5
Acting

Cookie is a teen runaway who escapes her abusive stepfather and heads for the Big Apple with her younger brother. When she arrives at the Port Authori...

Crimewave

Crimewave

1985

as Blind Man

5.5
Acting

Fed up of his business partner, Ernest Trend hires the services of two exterminators. When things go drastically wrong and they murder the wrong man, ...

Firestarter

Firestarter

1984

as Taxi Driver

6.3
Acting

Charlene "Charlie" McGee has the amazing ability to start fires with just a glance. Can her psychic power and the love of her father save her from the...

A Good Sport

A Good Sport

1984

as Clifford

Acting

The stylish editor of a fashion magazine and a rumpled sports reporter endeavor to keep their somewhat offbeat romance on a purely platonic level.

Paper Dolls

Paper Dolls

1982

as Oliver

3.7
Acting

Pilot for the TV series introduces the mothers of teenage fashion models who market their daughters for a powerful agent.

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

1982

as Gullah Jack

6.0
Acting

Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this fa...

The Ambush Murders

The Ambush Murders

1982

as Vaness

9.0
Acting

An African-American political activist is wrongfully imprisoned for killing two white policemen; he is unwary of yet another white lawyer who claims t...

Model Behavior

Model Behavior

1982

as Mr. Henri

4.2
Acting

There is a fine line between fantasy and reality, few of us dare to cross. Tonight Dino and Richie will take that gambit. Two flash-in-the-pan entrepr...

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

All Commercials... A Steve Martin Special

1980

as Self

6.0
Acting

Steve Martin's third NBC special serves as a salute to 1970s television commercials. Taking shots at everything from "Suzy Chapstick" to Palmolive to ...

Up the Academy

Up the Academy

1980

as Coach

4.6
Acting

Four boys are sent, for different reasons, to a Military Academy. The life of discipline asks a lot of the four geeks. Of course these boys know how t...

Nurse

Nurse

1980

as Marshall Gripps

Acting

Michael Learned plays Mary Benjamin, a recently widowed woman who, confronted with her son's departure for college, decides to resume her career as a ...

Escape

Escape

1980

as Jamie Valdez

5.0
Acting

The true story of Dwight Worker, an American who was caught smuggling drugs in Mexico, and sentenced to fortress-like Lecumberri Prison where he endur...

Milo-Milo

Milo-Milo

1979

as Doc

3.7
Acting

Set in the greek island Milos, this action comedy follows a group of people searching for the actual Venus de Milo

Pretty Baby

Pretty Baby

1978

as Professor

7.0
Acting

Hattie, a New Orleans prostitute, meets a photographer named Bellocq at her brothel one night and, after he photographs her, he befriends her 12-year-...

Car Wash

Car Wash

1976

as Lindy

6.0
Acting

This day-in-the-life cult comedy focuses on a group of friends working at Sully Boyar's Car Wash in the Los Angeles ghetto. The team meets dozens of e...

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

Next Stop, Greenwich Village

1976

as Bernstein Chandler

6.4
Acting

An aspiring Jewish actor moves out of his parents' Brooklyn apartment to seek his fortune in the bohemian life of Greenwich Village in 1953.

Cornbread, Earl and Me

Cornbread, Earl and Me

1975

as One-Eye

6.7
Acting

The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adapta...

Starsky & Hutch

Starsky & Hutch

1975

as Huggy Bear

6.7
Acting

A young couple in a car exactly like Starsky's is killed by hitmen and word is out on the street that there's a contract out on Starsky and Hutch. Thi...

Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

1975

as Jim

6.0
Acting

Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by ...

The Gambler

The Gambler

1974

as Pimp

6.7
Acting

New York City English professor Axel Freed outwardly seems like an upstanding citizen. But privately Freed is in the clutches of a severe gambling add...

Foxy Brown

Foxy Brown

1974

as Link Brown

6.2
Acting

A voluptuous black woman takes a job as a high-class prostitute in order to get revenge on the mobsters who murdered her boyfriend.

Conrack

Conrack

1974

as Quickfellow

6.8
Acting

A young, white school teacher is assigned to Yamacraw Island, an isolated fishing community off the coast of South Carolina, populated mostly by poor ...

Busting

Busting

1974

as Stephen

6.3
Acting

Defying orders to lay-off the case, two Los Angeles vice-squad cops go after a local mobster and use unorthodox methods to achieve results.

Cleopatra Jones

Cleopatra Jones

1973

as Doodlebug

5.8
Acting

After federal agent Cleopatra Jones orders the burning of a Turkish poppy field, the notorious drug lord Mommy vows to destroy her.

Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street

1972

as Henry J. Jackson

6.7
Acting

In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are tw...

Believe in Me

Believe in Me

1971

as Boy

5.2
Acting

Remy is a medical student who has a flair for making his patients comfortable. His genuine concern for the patients in his charge marks him as a hot p...

Cisco Pike

Cisco Pike

1971

as Buffalo

5.7
Acting

A down on his luck former drug dealer is forced by a corrupt LAPD policeman to sell 100 kilos of confiscated marijuana in one weekend.

Shaft

Shaft

1971

as Bunky

6.4
Acting

Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Pound

Pound

1970

as Greyhound

3.8
Acting

In a pound, 18 dogs wait to be adopted.

Stiletto

Stiletto

1969

as Man in Jazz Club (uncredited)

5.2
Acting

A rich, jet-setting playboy has a secret life: he's also a professional Mafia hitman. When he decides it's time to retire from that life, he finds tha...

Putney Swope

Putney Swope

1969

as The Arab

6.4
Acting

Swope—the only black man on the executive board of an advertising firm—is accidentally put in charge after the death of the chairman.

Ironside

Ironside

1967

as T.D. Harris (uncredited)

5.0
Acting

Citizens of San Francisco are stunned by the news that Robert Ironside, the city's hard-nosed, tough-talking chief of detectives, has been shot and le...

The Cool World

The Cool World

1963

as (uncredited)

5.3
Acting

A fifteen-year-old boy wants to buy a gun from an adult racketeer named Priest, in order to become president of the gang to which he belongs, and to r...