Antonio Fargas Biography (1946-)

Born August 14, 1946, in New York, NY; son of Manuel and Mildred (maiden name, Bailey) Fargas; married first wife (divorced); married Taylor Hustie (a fashion designer), July 13, 1979 (divorced, 1988); children: (second marriage) Matthew, Justin. Addresses: Agent: The Artists Group, 10100 Santa Monica Blvd., Suite 2490, Los Angeles, CA 90067.

Nationality: American
Gender: Male
Occupation: Actor
Birth Details: August 14, 1946; New York, New York, United States

Famous Works

CREDITS
Stage Appearances
(Stage debut) George Davis, The Toilet, St. Mark's Playhouse,New York City, 1963
(London debut) David, The Amen Corner, Saville Theatre, 1965
Scipio, The Great White Hope, Arena Stage, Washington, DC, 1967 ,then Alvin Theatre, New York City, 1968
Sampson, Romeo and Juliet, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, New York City, 1968
Ceremonies in Dark Old Men, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark'sPlayhouse, 1969
Who's Got His Own, Center Stage, Baltimore, MD, 1969
Moustique, The Dream on Monkey Mountain, Negro Ensemble Company, St. Mark's Playhouse, 1971
B.B. Gunn, The Roast, Winter Garden Theatre, New York City, 1980
Isle Is Full of Noises, Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT, 1982
Ain't Supposed to Die a Natural Death, Theatre of Universal Images, 1983
Starbuck, The Rainmaker, Stagewest Theatre, West Springfield, MA,1984
Abhorson, Measure for Measure, New York Shakespeare Festival, Delacorte Theatre, 1985
The Amen Corner, Philadelphia Drama Guild, Philadelphia, PA, 1986
Major Tours
The Amen Corner, international cities, 1965
Also toured in The Dream on Monkey Mountain.
Film Appearances
(Film debut) Coolie, The Cool World, Cinema V, 1963
The Arab, Putney Swope, Cinema V, 1969
Three, 1969
Greyhound, Pound, United Artists, 1970
Boy, Believe in Me, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
Buffalo (dealer friend), Cisco Pike, Columbia, 1971
Bunky, Shaft, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1971
Henry Jackson, Across 110th Street, United Artists, 1972
Doodlebug, Cleopatra Jones, Warner Bros., 1973
Stephen, Busting, United Artists, 1973
Quickfellow, Conrack, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974
Link Brown, Foxy Brown, American International, 1974
Pimp, The Gambler, Paramount, 1974
One Eye, Cornbread, Earl, and Me (also known as Hit the Open Man), American International, 1975
Lindy, Car Wash, Universal, 1976
Bernstein, Next Stop, Greenwich Village, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1976
Professor (piano player), Pretty Baby, Paramount, 1978
Doc, Milo Milo (also known as Idou i Milos, idou kai to pidima), Filmverlag der Autoren, 1979
Coach, Up the Academy (also known as Mad Magazine's Up theAcademy, Mad Magazine Presents Up the Academy, and The Brave Young Men of Weinberg), Warner Bros., 1980
Taxi driver, Firestarter, United International, 1984
Monsieur Henri, Model Behavior, Inter-Ocean Film Sales, 1984
Blind man, Crimewave (also known as Broken Hearts and Noses, Broken Hearts and Bloody Noses, and The XYZ Murders), Embassy, 1985

Finesse, Streetwalkin' (also known as City Streets andCookie), Concorde, 1985
The Night of the Sharks (also known as La Notte degli squali, Bermuda: Cave of Sharks, and Cave of Sharks), VIP International, 1987
Nicky Carr, Shakedown (also known as Blue Jean Cop), Universal, 1988
Flyguy, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/United Artists, 1988
Rasta, Whore (also known as If You Can't Say It ... Just See It), 1991
Julius Caesar Roosevelt, The Borrower, 1991
Bellamey, Howling VI: The Freaks, 1991
Interviewee, The Celluloid Closet (also known as Celluloid Closet and Gefangen in der Traumfabrik), 1995
Old School, Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking YourJuice in the Hood (also known as Don't Be a Menace), Miramax,1996
Otis Hill, Levitation, 1997
Kelso, Milo, 1998
Magee, The Suburbans, Columbia TriStar, 1999
Bobby Chiclets, Unconditional Love, Home Entertainment, Inc., 1999
Uncle Jim, Three Strikes, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Distributing Corp.,2000
Television Appearances
Series
Huggy Bear, Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975-79
Les Baxter, All My Children, ABC, 1982-83 , 1987
Movies
Jim Watson, Huckleberry Finn, ABC, 1975
Jaime Valdez, Escape, CBS, 1980
Vanessa, The Ambush Murders, CBS, 1982
Clifford, A Good Sport, CBS, 1984
El Gato Negro, Florida Straits, HBO, 1986
Eddie Kemper, Maid for Each Other, NBC, 1992
Spider, Percy & Thunder, TNT, 1993
Leroy James, Soul Survivors, 1995
Elijah Muhammad, Ali: An American Hero, Fox, 2000
Pilots
Rick, Hereafter, NBC, 1975
Huggy Bear, Starsky and Hutch, ABC, 1975
Leonard Jones, Adventuring with the Chopper, NBC, 1976
Marshall Gripps, Nurse, CBS, 1980
Oliver, Paper Dolls, ABC, 1983
Frank Wilkey, P.O.P., NBC, 1984
Specials
All Commercials--A Steve Martin Special, NBC, 1980
Steve Martin's The Winds of Whoopie, NBC, 1983
Episodic
"The Barber Shop," The Bill Cosby Show, 1971
"The Ho Chi Minh Trail," Police Story, 1973
Sonny Cochran, "Fred Sanford, Legal Eagle," Sanford and Son, 1974
Sweetstick Weldon, "The Zombie," Kolchak: The Night Stalker, 1974
Benny Marshall, "Loser Takes All," Kojak, 1974
Himself, "Roller Disco: Part 2," CHiPs, 1979
Blackie, "Angels of the Deep," Charlie's Angels, 1980
Alessandro Gutierrez, "Mirror Image," Miami Vice, NBC, 1988
"Week-end surprise," La Belle Angalaise, 1990
Colonel Devraux, "Walking Dead," MacGyver, 1991
Lamont Kelly, "Sooooool Train," The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air, NBC,1991
Himself, "All the Players Came," Martin, Fox, 1995
Slick, "We Don't Need Another Hero," The Parent 'Hood, TheWB, 1996
Uncle Nate, "Family Business," The Wayans Bros., The WB, 1996
Dolomoth, Homeboys in Outer Space, UPN, 1996
Otis Jones, "One Degree of Separation," Living Single, Fox, 1997
Otis Jones, "Never Can Say Goodbye," Living Single, Fox, 1997
Sammy, Damon, Fox, 1998
Smitty, "All That Jazz," The Steve Harvey Show, The WB, 1999
"Reunification," G vs E (also known as Good vs. Evil), USA,2000
Also appeared in The Love Boat.

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

The Guardian, December 12, 1987, p. T13.

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