Huggy Bear

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.

Starsky & Hutch
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.