Antonio Juan Fargas (born August 14, 1946) appeared as Nate Williams, the younger brother of Pops Williams in the episode titled "Family Business" in season 3. Well known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies, Antonio is best known his portrayal of Huggy Bear in the 1974-78 ABC-TV crime/action/drama series Starsky and Hutch.
Biography[]
Fargas, one of eleven children, was born in New York City to Mildred (née Bailey) and Manuel Fargas.[1][2] His father worked for the city of New York. His son Justin Fargas, is a NFL running back drafted in 2003.
After starring in a string of blaxploitation movies in the early '70s, such as his role as Link Brown in the movie Foxy Brown and in Across 110th Street: he gained recognition as streetwise informant "Huggy Bear" in the mid-'70s television series Starsky and Hutch. As a nod to his early roles, he had a part in the blaxploitation parody/spoof comedy film, I'm Gonna Git You Sucka, as well as another Wayans brothers "hood" parody, Don't Be a Menace To South Central While Drinking Your Juice In The Hood. Some notable appearances on British television shows include participating in series 4 of the reality series I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! which began in November 2004 and an appearance on Frank Sidebottom's Proper Telly Show in early 2006. He also appeared in ABC-TV's All My Children in the mid-1980s as the father of Angie Hubbard. He guest starred in the sitcom Living Single, and recently played the part of Toledo in a revival of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom at the Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester (2006). He has a regular role as 'Doc' on Everybody Hates Chris. Fargas also played the driver in the music video of Backstreet Boy hit "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)". He currently lives in Las Vegas.
Argentine band Babasónicos released a song in their 1998 B-sides album Vórtice Marxista called Antonio Fargas. The song's chorus repeats the phrase "Antonio Fargas is Huggy Bear", in Spanish, and is meant to be homage to Antonio.
Fargas's son Justin Fargas, a University of Southern California alumnus, was the one time starting running back for the Oakland Raiders. Fargas appeared recently on an episode of Fox's Lie to Me as the father of a murdered firefighter.
References[]
- ↑ Antonio Fargas Biography. filmreference (2008). Retrieved on 2008-07-06.
- ↑ Antonio Fargas - On The Box Interviews:. Memorable TV (2008). Archived from the original on 21 July 2008. Retrieved on 2008-07-06.
