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Biography A tall, lanky and twinkle-eyed African-American actor with wonderful onscreen charisma, Antonio Fargas has been appearing on stage and screen for nearly 40 years. His film debut was in Shirley Clarke's The Cool World, a gritty, uncompromising tale about African-American youth growing up in Harlem...
| Manager: |
Jeff Goldberg Management - Jeff Goldberg
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| Profession: |
Actor / Composer / Soundtrack |
| Born: |
14 August 1946, New York City, New York, USA (age 63) |
| Birth Name: |
Antonio Juan Fargas |
| Height: |
6' 1" (1.85 m) |
| Spouse: |
Taylor Hastie (12 July 1979 - 1988) (divorced) 1 child
Sandra Reed (? - ?) 4 children
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| Nickname: |
Tony |
| Also Known As: |
Antonio Fargas / Anthony Fargas / Huggy Bear |
| Awards: |
1 nomination |
| Credited Years: |
1964 - 2010 |
Real Life Quotes
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He (Huggy Bear) wasn't a pimp. This whole glorification of pimps and all that makes people think that. But they never told you what he did. One minute he had a bar, the next minute he was a guy on the street hustling, but he was always in the know. But he was never a pimp. The guy who was on 'Baretta' was a pimp. His character was called The Rooster. Plus there were other roles were I had played pimps so a lot of people may have thought that. |
Trivia
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Antonio restores old homes, including a 1790's colonial in Connecticut and an 1820s farm house in upstate New York. |
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After moving back to L.A. after his divorce, he appeared in music videos and started a music production company, Bump It. |
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Son is Justin Fargas, a former running back at the University of Michigan. |
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Appeared in stage production of "Blues Brothers" in UK, doing Cab Calloway's "Minnie The Moocher". |
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His son, Justin Fargas, will be a senior running back at the University of Southern California in the fall of 2002. He previously played for the University of Michigan. |
Other Works
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TV commercial: Driver, Video Game Software, 1999. |
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TV commercial: Ford Explorer (2003) |
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Music video: Appeared in Snoop Dogg's video "Doggy Dogg World" (1994). |
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Interviewed in "Reflections on Blaxploitation: Actors and Directors Speak", 2009. |
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(1965) He acted in James Baldwin's play, "The Amen Corner," at the Saville Theatre in London, England with Claudia McNeil, Julius W. Harris, Minnie Gentry, Leu Camacho, Helen Martin, Georgia Burke, and Richard Ward in the cast. Lloyd G. Richards was director. |
Where Are They Now?
| January 2003 |
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Appearing in Ford Explorer commerical as the car wash manager |
| November 2004 |
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Appeared in the UK version of reality show "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here" on ITV1. |
| September 2006 |
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Antonio plays DOC on Everybody Hates Chris! running the corner store in which Chris works for him. |
| December 2007 |
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Appearing as Fleshcreep in Jack and the Beanstalk at Derby, UK, Assembly Rooms. |
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