Antonio Fargas

For me, Antonio Fargas will forever be Huggy Bear, that fast-talking, sharp-dressed informant who somehow stole every scene in Starsky & Hutch. What I admire most is how he turned a supporting archetype of 1970s blaxploitation and comedy into something with real personality and warmth. He never needed top billing to be unforgettable. A New York kid with effortless cool, Fargas embodies an entire era of American screen energy, and the fact that he kept working for decades tells me everything about his craft. Character actors like him are the quiet backbone of cinema, and I think he deserves far more credit.

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Name (English)

Antonio Fargas

Name (Japanese)

アントニオ・ファーガス

Reading

あんとにお・ふぁーがす

Born

August 14, 1946 (age 80)

Origin

New York City, New York, United States

Occupation

actor / television actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Leo / Dog

High school

High School of Fashion Industries

• Official sitehttps://www.AntonioFargas.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Fargas
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%83%8B%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BB%E3%83%95%E3%82%A1%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B9
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601922

Tags

• New York
• actor
• television actor
• film actor

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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