Here is another of my archive interviews with celebrities to mark their birthdays. August 14th is the birthday of the American actor known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation and comedy movies, as well as for playing Huggy Bear in the 1970s TV series Starsky & Hutch.
He got his first break in the comedy film Putney Swope (1969). After starring in a string of 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. He also appeared in the comedy, I’m Gonna Git You Sucka (1988) as well as another Wayans brothers “hood” parody, Don’t Be a Menace (1996). He guest-starred in the mid-1990s sitcoms Living Single, Martin, The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and The Steve Harvey Show. Fargas played the driver in the 1997 music video for the Backstreet Boys hit “Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)”.
Some of Fargas’ notable appearances on British television shows include Series 4 of the reality series I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here! in 2004 and Frank Sidebottom’s Proper Telly Show in early 2006. He also had a regular role as Doc on the 2005–2009 television series Everybody Hates Chris.
In this excerpt he begins by talking about his love of music and acting as a child.
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