  antonio juan fargas (born august 14, 1946) is an american actor known for his roles in 1970s blaxploitation movies, as well as his portrayal of huggy bear in the 1970s tv series starsky and hutch. ==early life== fargas was born in new york city to mildred (nÃ©e bailey) and manuel fargas; he was one of eleven children. his father was a puerto rican that worked for the city of new york. his mother was from trinidad and tobago. ==acting career== his breakout role began in the late '60s cult film putney swope. 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. he appeared in abc's all my children in the mid-1980s as the father of angie hubbard. as a nod to his early roles, he had a part in the 1988 blaxploitation spoof i'm gonna git you sucka, as well as another wayans brothers "hood" parody, don't be a menace, in 1996. he guest starred in the mid-90s sitcoms living single as well as martin and the fresh prince of bel-air. fargas played the driver in the 1998 music video of backstreet boys hit "everybody (backstreet's back)". 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! in 2004 and an appearance on frank sidebottom's proper telly show in early 2006. he played the part of toledo in a revival of august wilson's '
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