The actor, who played police captain Harold Dobey in the hit 1970s TV cop series, passed away following a cardiac arrest last week (20Dec08) at Los Angeles' Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

Hamilton appeared in more than 20 films including 1960's The Young One and The Devil at 4 O'Clock in 1961, and also carved out a career as a music producer, spending more than 20 years working on R+B and gospel albums.

Source: WENN