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Dwayne Hickman Biography (1934-)

Born May 18, 1934, in Los Angeles, CA; brother of Darryl Hickman (an actor);married Carol Christensen, May 7, 1963 (divorced 1972); married Joanne Papile, March 3, 1977 (divorced 1981); married Joan Roberts, April 16, 1983; children: (first marriage) one son; (third marriage) Albert. Avocational interests: Art and architecture. Career: Actor, director, and producer. Executive at CBS for ten years; also managed a hotel in Las Vegas, NV. Addresses: Office: Hickman/Roberts Productions, PO Box 3352, Santa Monica, CA90403.

Nationality

American

Gender

Male

Occupation

Actor, Director, Producer

Birth Details

May 18, 1934

Los Angeles, California, United States

Famous Works

• CREDITS
• Television Appearances
• Series
• Chuck MacDonald, The Bob Cummings Show (also known as Love ThatBob), CBS, 1955
• Title role, Dobie Gillis (also known as The Many Loves of DobieGillis) CBS, 1959-1963
• Tripp-Amber's Father, Clueless, UPN, 1996-1998
• Movies
• Jack Crandall, My Dog, the Thief, 1969
• Sergeant Ed Hutchins, Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready, NBC,1977
• Mr. Plaza, High School U.S.A., NBC, 1983
• Title role, Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis, 1988
• Episodic
• "The Clay Shelby Story," Wagon Train, NBC/ABC, 1964
• Private Corey, "Run, Sheep, Run," Combat!, ABC, 1966
• Sergeant J. Orkin, "The Youth Killer," Kolchak: The Night Stalker(also known as The Night Stalker), ABC, 1975
• Monolith President Brian Thursday, "Murder-According to Maggie," Murder, She Wrote, CBS, 1990
• Televison Appearances
• Specials
• Title role, Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?, CBS, 1977
• The Tube Test, ABC, 1990
• The 1998 Creative Arts Emmy Awards, 1998
• CBS: The First Fifty Years, CBS, 1998
• Television Work
• Producer, Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (movie), CBS, 1988
• Director, Designing Women (episodic), CBS, 1988-1990
• Director, Open House (pilot), Fox, 1989
• Director, The Designing Women Special: Their Finest Hour (special), CBS, 1990
• Director, Sister, Sister (episodic), ABC, 1995
• Also directed episodes of Harry and the Hendersons.
• Film Appearances
• Louis Rickenbacker, Captain Eddie, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1945
• Chase as a child, The Secret Heart, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1946
• Boy, Her Husband's Affairs, Columbia, 1947
• Hebble, For the Love of Rusty, Columbia, 1947
• Nip, Rusty Leads the Way, Columbia, 1948
• My Dog Rusty, Columbia, 1948
• Joey, The Boy with Green Hair, RKO Radio Pictures, 1948
• Nip Worden, Rusty's Birthday, Columbia, 1949
• Nip, Rusty Saves a Life, Columbia, 1949
• Hank Winter, The Sun Comes Up, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1949
• Grady Metcalf, Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1958
• Voice of Aladdin, 1001 Arabian Nights, 1959
• Ricky, How to Stuff a Wild Bikini, 1965
• Todd Armstrong, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine, American International Pictures, 1965
• Jed, Cat Ballou, Columbia, 1965
• Craig Gamble/Nora, Ski Party, American International Pictures, 1965
• Hank Judson, Doctor, You've Got to be Kidding, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1967
• Brian Thursday, Cops N Roberts, 1995
• Fred Sanderson, A Night at the Roxbury, Paramount, 1998
• Made film debut in The Grapes of Wrath.
• Autobiography
• (With Joan Roberts Hickman)Forever Dobie, Birch Lane Press, 1995

Further Reference

OTHER SOURCES

Electronic:

• http://www.dwaynehickman.com/.
• http://www.theroxbury.com/flat/cast/hickman.html.

Periodicals:

• Booklist December 1, 1994, p. 648.
• Entertainment Weekly January 13, 1995, p. 56.*