Dwayne Hickman
Dwayne Hickman ( born May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles, California as Dwayne Bernard Hickman ) is an American actor. His career includes over 60 roles in productions for film and television. He became known especially through the movies of the 1950s and 1960s as No fear of sharp things, Cat Ballou - Hang thou shalt in Wyoming, Ski Party, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine or Doctor - You're kidding! .
Life and career
Dwayne Hickman, born in 1934 in Los Angeles in the state of California, was initially followed in the footsteps of his older brother Darryl and began in the 1940s as a child actor in Hollywood. In Lloyd Bacon's film drama The daring adventures of Captain Eddie from the year 1945, he played his first acclaimed supporting role. Until 1950, he played a number of smaller Parts 1954 until he appeared as an actor in episodes of popular TV series. 1958 saw him then in Leo McCareys Literaturverfilmung No fear of sharp things, on the side of Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins and Jack Carson.
In the late 1950s he played in the TV series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis 1959 to 1963 the role of the title character Dobie Gillis in 148 episodes. In the 1970s and 1980s was followed by two more independent films made for television, where he was seen again in this, his most famous television role.
In the 1960s he played in the cinema mainly in comedies, including Elliot Silverstein's award-winning Western ballad Cat Ballou - Hang thou shalt in Wyoming the role of Jed alongside Jane Fonda, Lee Marvin and Michael Callan. In addition, he was seen in Alan Rafkins comedic musical Ski Party, in Norman Taurogs science fiction black comedy Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine or Peter Tewksburys film comedy Doctor - You're kidding! .
In the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s and 2000s he played mainly in television movies and episodes of popular TV series with and you saw Hickman only sporadically in feature film production, as in Peter Cranes Cops n Roberts ( 1995), John Fortenberry's comedy A Night at the Roxbury (1998 ), or in Angels with Angles by director Edmund Lane ( 2005).
Dwayne Hickman is the younger brother of actor Darryl Hickman.