Antonio Fargas

Antonio Fargas

Huggy Bear

Born August 14, 1946· New York City, New York, USA

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Born and raised in Spanish Harlem to a Puerto Rican father and a Trinidadian mother, he finished high school at Fashion Industries in 1965 before entering acting. A comedic turn in Putney Swope (1969) opened doors to early-1970s blaxploitation films such as Across 110th Street and Foxy Brown, and later secured his most recognizable role as street informant Huggy Bear on Starsky & Hutch; he also po…

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources

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