Antonio Juan Fargas (born August 14, 1946) is an American actor, best known for his role as Huggy Bear on Starsky & Hutch and for the films Foxy Brown, Firestarter, and Shaft.
He was married to Sandy Fargas and Taylor Hastie and has five children, four with Fargas.
Filmography
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Film Roles
- The Cool World
- Three
- Putney Swope as The Arab
- Pound as Greyhound
- Shaft as Bunky
- Cisco Pike as Buffalo
- Believe In Me as Boy
- Across Hundred Tenth Street as Henry J. Jackson
- Cleopatra Jones as Doodlebug Simkins
- Bustring as Stephen
- Conrack as Quickfellow
- Foxy Brown as Link Brown
- The Gambler 1974 as Pimp
- Cornbread Earl And Me as One-Eye
- Next Stop, Greenwich Village as Bernstein Chandler
- Car Wash as Lindy
- Pretty Baby as Professor
- Milo Milo as Doc
- Up the Academy as Coach
- Paper Dolls as Oliver (TV Movie)
- Model Behavior 1982 as Mr. Henry
- Firestarter as Taxi Driver
- Crimewave as Blind Man
- Streetwalkin as Finesse
- Night Of The Sharks as Paco
- Shakedown as Nicky 'N.C.' Carr
- I'm Gonna Git You Sucka as Flyguy
- Howling VI: The Freaks as Bellamey
- The Borrower as Julius
- Whore as Rasta
- Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood as Old School
- Levitation as Otis Hill
- Gator King as Santos Lobilita
- Milo as Kelso
- The Suburbans as Magee
- Unconditional Love as Bobby Chiclets
- Three Strikes as Uncle Jim Douglas
- The Riff as Shoop Summers
- Osmosis Jones as Chill
- Extreme Honor as Willy
- Vengeance 2006 as Bert
- The Caper as Lydell
- Fist Of The Warrior as Father Riley
- Sister Sonyas Prayer Group as Bishop Titus Kingston
- Bad Guys as Flappy
- Sucker Punch 2008 as Baz
- The Abduction Of Jesse Bookman as Frank Bookman
- Murphys Law as Expert on diamants
- Once Fallen as Jay
- Changing Hands as Carjack victim
- Stealing Las Vegas as Mo
- Silver Bells as Major Melvin Lowell
- Beyond Skyline as Sarge
- Until We Meet Again as Louie
Television Roles
- The Bill Cosby Show as J.J. (1 episode)
- Police Story (1973) as Harpie (1 episode)
- Ironside (1967) as T.D. Harris (1 episode)
- Sanford and Son as Sonny Cochran (1 episode)
- Toma (1 episode)
- Kolchak: The Night Stalker as Bernard 'Sweetstick' Weldon (1 episode)
- Police Woman as Rex (1 episode)
- Kojak as Benny (1 episode)
- The Love Boat as Lee Graham (1 episode)
- Vega$ (1978) as 'Fast' Freddie Tibbs (1 episode)
- Kaz (1 episode)
- Starsky & Hutch as Huggy Bear
- CHiPs as Antonio Fargas (1 episode)
- Charlie's Angels as Blackie (1 episode)
- Nurse as Marshall Gripps (1 episode)
- Hardcastle and McCormick as Jerry Blackmore (1 episode)
- All My Children as Les Baxter (3 episodes)
- Miami Vice as Alejandro Gutierrez (1 episode)
- MacGyver (1985) as Col. Devraux (1 episode)
- The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Lamont Kelly (1 episode)
- The Parent 'Hood as The Criminal (1 episode)
- The Wayans Bros. as Uncle Nate (1 episode)
- Homeboys in Outer Space as Dolomoth (1 episode)
- Living Single as Otis Jones (2 episodes)
- Damon as Sammy (1 episode)
- The Steve Harvey Show as Smitty Rollins (1 episode)
- LA Heat as Jeremy Lauren (1 episode)
- Good Vs Evil as Dutch Simms (1 episode)
- Fastlane as Jimmy Lipps (1 episode)
- Holby City as Victor Garrison (1 episode)
- Grease Monkeys as Tony (1 episode)
- The District as J.T. (1 episode)
- Eve as Uncle Jerry (1 episode)
- The Simpsons as Huggy Bear (1 episode)
- Heroes as Ezekiel (1 episode)
- NUMB3RS as Jeffrey Knight (1 episode)
- Lie to Me as Mr. Mitchell (1 episode)
- Everybody Hates Chris as Doc/Mr. Harris/Sweet Tooth (27 episodes)
- Brothers as Maurice (1 episode)
- Hou$e of Lie$ as Mr. Zhang (1 episode)
- Dark Memories as Isum (1 episode)
- Mann And Wife as Lt. Lou (1 episode)
- Captain Sharif as Huggy Bear (1 episode)
- Black Lightning (2018) as David Poe (1 episode)
- The Grindhouse Radio as Antonio Fargas (1 episode)
- Code Black as Harold (1 episode)
Video Game Roles
- Driver 2 as Det. Tobias Jones
- Starsky And Hutch as Huggy Bear