Dwayne Bernard Hickman (born May 18, 1934) is an American former actor
and television executive, producer and director, who worked as an
executive at CBS and has also briefly recorded as a vocalist. Hickman
portrayed Chuck MacDonald, Bob Collins' girl-crazy teenaged nephew, in
the 1950s NBC sitcom The Bob Cummings Show, and the title character in
CBS's 1960s sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He is the younger
brother of actor Darryl Hickman, with whom he has appeared on
screen.Born in Los Angeles, California, Hickman is the younger brother
of child actor Darryl Hickman (b. 1931) and the older brother of
Deidre Hickman (b. 1940). He graduated from Cathedral High School in
1952 and intended to become a Passionist priest, but ultimately chose
not to and attended Loyola Marymount University.Hickman's first screen
appearances were as an extra in The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and Men of
Boys Town (1941), in which his brother Darryl was featured. Other
early screen appearances were in the 1942 Our Gang comedy Melodies Old
and New, Captain Eddie (1945), The Hoodlum Saint (1946), and Faithful
in My Fashion (1946).In 1946, Hickman played young Chase in the movie
The Secret Heart which starred Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon,
Lionel Barrymore, and June Allyson.
and television executive, producer and director, who worked as an
executive at CBS and has also briefly recorded as a vocalist. Hickman
portrayed Chuck MacDonald, Bob Collins' girl-crazy teenaged nephew, in
the 1950s NBC sitcom The Bob Cummings Show, and the title character in
CBS's 1960s sitcom The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He is the younger
brother of actor Darryl Hickman, with whom he has appeared on
screen.Born in Los Angeles, California, Hickman is the younger brother
of child actor Darryl Hickman (b. 1931) and the older brother of
Deidre Hickman (b. 1940). He graduated from Cathedral High School in
1952 and intended to become a Passionist priest, but ultimately chose
not to and attended Loyola Marymount University.Hickman's first screen
appearances were as an extra in The Grapes of Wrath (1939) and Men of
Boys Town (1941), in which his brother Darryl was featured. Other
early screen appearances were in the 1942 Our Gang comedy Melodies Old
and New, Captain Eddie (1945), The Hoodlum Saint (1946), and Faithful
in My Fashion (1946).In 1946, Hickman played young Chase in the movie
The Secret Heart which starred Claudette Colbert, Walter Pidgeon,
Lionel Barrymore, and June Allyson.
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