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- Huggy Bear: I am an urban informer. I am not a snitch. Starsky: Come on Huggy, what's the difference? Huggy Bear: A snitch wears a wire. A snitch is the scum of the information industry.
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Apr 15, 2024 · Antonio Fargas of Starsky and Hutch speaks to Jim Conlan about his role as Huggy Bear in the hit 1970's tv detective series. Antonio Fargas also talks about the concept of Starsky & Hutch and how...
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[Huggy is trying to convince Hutch to forgive Starsky] Huggy Bear: Dig this man. Someone once said: "To err is human, to forgive divine." Hutch: Tch. What idiot said that? Huggy Bear: I believe that was God - the greatest mack of all.
“- David Starsky: I like your Lincoln. - Huggy Bear: It's a '76. Won't be out 'til next year. But I know some people that know some people that robbed some people.” Ben Stiller - David Starsky
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- Starsky & Hutch
Huggy Bear is the streetwise primary confidential informant and good friend of David Starsky and Ken Hutchinson. He owns his own bar named Huggy's Bears, which eventually was named The Pits.
Huggy lives in Bay City and is known to assist Starsky and Hutch in a variety of different cases. Usually he's approached by the two detectives when they are conducting an investigation and Huggy is known to contact others in order to get the low down on the latest news in the criminal underworld of the city. Even when it comes to very important cases, Huggy has always remain a loyal informant to Starsky & Hutch.
Known to be a flashy dressing, jive-talking and ethically-ambiguous, Huggy has rarely gotten into trouble. Starsky & Hutch have even helped Huggy out of several situations before, even ones that almost involved getting him killed.
Series creator William Blinn first used the name Huggy Bear on-screen for a character, also a confidential informant, in an episode penned by Blinn for the TV series The Rookies during the 1973 second season, "Prayers Unanswered Prayers Unheard", there, played by actor Johnny Brown.
Co-writer and director Todd Phillips was having a hard time finding a blueish 1976 Lincoln for Huggy Bear. When he revealed this to Snoop Dogg, he was surprised to learn that Snoop actually owned a car of the right color, and it's his car that appeared in the movie.
Fargas' breakout role was in the comedy film Putney Swope (1969). After starring in a string of blaxploitation movies in the early 1970s, such as Across 110th Street (1972) and Foxy Brown (1974), he gained recognition as streetwise informant Huggy Bear in the television series Starsky & Hutch.
