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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Complete Filmography

Murder City
2023
as Graham
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
2023
as Charlie Brooks
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?!?
2022
as Self
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
2022
as Louie
A woman finds her new house is haunted by the ghost of a young pianist.

Beyond Skyline
2017
as Sarge
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
2014
as William Boudreaux
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
2014
as Lightfoot Legrand
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
2013
as Major Melvin Lowell
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
2012
as Mo
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
2010
as Jay
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
2009
as Diamond expert
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
2009
as Agent Adams
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
2008
as Flappy
Would-be drug dealers are caught between the police and the Mafia.

Fist of the Warrior
2007
as Father Riley
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
2007
as Lydell
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
2006
as Bert
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
2004
as Self
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
2004
as Self
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
2001
as Willy
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
2000
as Elijah Muhammad
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
2000
as Link Brown
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
2000
as Uncle Jim Douglas
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
1999
as Magee
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
1998
as Kelso
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
1997
as Otis Hill
Sarah Paulson stars as a pregnant teenager who searches for her biological mother, with the help of a guardian angel.

Gator King
1997
as Santos Lobilita
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
1996
as Self
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
1996
as Old School
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
1995
as Leroy James
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)
A compilation of some of the best Black Action films of the 70s! Hosted by Mr. Dolemite himself... RUDY RAY MOORE!

La Classe américaine
1993
as 'Good Advices' Huggy (archive footage)
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
1993
as Spider
A veteran trainer takes a promising fighter under his wing and lives his dreams through his protégé.

Maid for Each Other
1992
as Eddie Kemper
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
1991
as Julius
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
1991
as Rasta
This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style.

Howling VI: The Freaks
1991
as Bellamey
A villainous carnival owner traps a young werewolf to include in his growing menagerie of inhuman exhibits.

I'm Gonna Git You Sucka
1988
as Flyguy
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
1988
as Nicky 'N.C.' Carr
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
1988
as Paco
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
1986
as El Gato Negro
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'
1985
as Finesse
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
1985
as Blind Man
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
1984
as Taxi Driver
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
1984
as Clifford
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
1982
as Oliver
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
1982
as Gullah Jack
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
1982
as Vaness
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
1982
as Mr. Henri
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
1980
as Self
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
1980
as Coach
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
1980
as Marshall Gripps
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
1980
as Jamie Valdez
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
1979
as Doc
Set in the greek island Milos, this action comedy follows a group of people searching for the actual Venus de Milo

Pretty Baby
1978
as Professor
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
1976
as Lindy
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
1976
as Bernstein Chandler
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
1975
as One-Eye
The unintentional shooting by police of a star basketball player has profound personal, political and community repercussions in this acclaimed adapta...

Starsky & Hutch
1975
as Huggy Bear
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
1975
as Jim
Huckleberry Finn, a rambuctious boy adventurer chafing under the bonds of civilization, escapes his humdrum world and his selfish, plotting father by ...

The Gambler
1974
as Pimp
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
1974
as Link Brown
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
1974
as Quickfellow
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
1974
as Stephen
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
1973
as Doodlebug
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
1972
as Henry J. Jackson
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
1971
as Boy
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
1971
as Buffalo
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
1971
as Bunky
Cool Black private eye John Shaft is hired by a crime lord to find and retrieve his kidnapped daughter.

Pound
1970
as Greyhound
In a pound, 18 dogs wait to be adopted.

Stiletto
1969
as Man in Jazz Club (uncredited)
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
1969
as The Arab
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
1967
as T.D. Harris (uncredited)
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
1963
as (uncredited)
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...