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| One of 'Sucker Punch's' greatest
coups was to secure the services of the iconic Antonio 'Huggy Bear'
Fargas to play a cameo as Baz, a wealthy gambler who has been stung
by Ray' Hartley' Davidson (Danny John Jules) in the past. |
| Fargas, now legendary for his
role as 'Huggy Bear' in the ground breaking series 'Starsky and Hutch'
has been appearing on stage and screen for nearly forty years, his
first screen appearance in Shirley Clarke's 'The Cool World' in 1964.
He then made his mark in the prolific "blaxploitation" market
of the early 1970s including private eye box office blockbuster 'Shaft',
1971 and the influential mafia flick, 'Across 110th Street', 1972). |
| It was at this time television execs
were looking to fill the the role of golden hearted, street informant
"Huggy Bear" on 'Starsky and Hutch' a role that he will
forever be associated with although his career continued to flourish
after Starsky & Hutch wrapped up after four years, and he has
appeared in over 50 movies to date, many TV shows and numerous stage
productions including playing a 90 year old witch doctor in "The
Great White Hope", Melvin van Peeble's "Ain't Supposed to
Die a Natural Death", and productions of "The Rainmaker",
"The Emperor Jones" & "Dream on Monkey Mountain".
A strong advocate of the cultural strength & diversity of African
American culture, Fargas holds positions on the boards of the Rhode
Island's Langton Hughes Center for the Arts, and The Martin Luther
King Center of Newport. |
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