Boyishly handsome Dwayne Hickman, the younger brother of Darryl Hickman, followed in his sibling's tiny footsteps as a moppet film actor himself, appearing in such features as Captain Eddie (1945) (with Darryl) and as "Nip Worden" in The Return of Rusty (1946) and the rest of that dog adventure series. On a temporary sabbatical from acting, he ...
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TV Shows
The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, The Bob Cummings Show
Star Sign
Taurus
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[on Robert Cummings]: I was very green and I learned a great deal from him. He was like a mentor. He taught me everything and a lot of people say, "I acted like him," which I probably did because he was telling me how to do it, and I was kind of imitating somewhat. But no, I learned a great deal and I probably never gotten Dobie without Cummings. He was a very talented man, a big star, a big movie star!
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[on his on- and off-screen chemistry with Robert Cummings, who played Bob Collins]: I loved Bob, he was wonderful, he took me aside, and he said, "You know, Chuck" [he always called me Chuck], I don't think he knew my name. But anyway, he called me Chuck, and he said, "You have a wonderful opportunity here to go to school, and learn comedy from me." But he was right, "You're getting paid to go to school, on comedy." And you know, we had run-ins every year.
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[on Warren Beatty]: Warren Beatty has always acted like a Movie Star even when no one knew who he was. I think that he denies being on the show because he didn't want anyone to think he began on television, If he ever decides to run for President of the United States, that would be interesting. In a Dobie episode, we ran against one another for class president -- I don't remember now who won!
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[on Dobie Gillis as the "original yuppie"]: His only ambition was to have a girlfriend, a car and money. He represents the morality of the 50's.
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[on his best-known character]: Dobie was so well written and so ahead of its time. The spinning frames, the short clipped scenes, the rapid-fire delivery - it was the MTV of its time. Breaking the fourth wall and having Dobie talk to the audience was ground-breaking.
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Is a critically acclaimed artist; has had many gallery showings. His paintings are represented in galleries across the country and held in many corporate and private collections.
Surviving Gilligan's Island: The Incredibly True Story of the Longest Three Hour Tour in History
2001
TV Movie
Network Executive #1
Clueless
1996-1999
TV Series
Tripp Mariens
A Night at the Roxbury
1998
Fred Sanderson
Cops n Roberts
1995
Brian Thursday
Murder, She Wrote
1990
TV Series
Brian Thursdan
Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis
1988
TV Movie
Dobie Gillis
High School U.S.A.
1983
TV Movie
Mr. Plaza
Don't Push, I'll Charge When I'm Ready
1977
TV Movie
Sgt. Ed Hutchins
Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis?
1977
TV Short
Dobie Gillis
Ellery Queen
1976
TV Series
Linville Hagen
Kolchak: The Night Stalker
1975
TV Series
Sergeant Orkin
Karen
1975
TV Series
Don
Love, American Style
1969-1973
TV Series segment "Love and the Persistent Assistant" / Ira segment "Love and the Topless Policy" / Ray segment "Love and the Phone Booth"
- Love and the Clinical Problem/Love and the Eat's Cafe/Love and the Last Joke/Love and the Persistent Assistant/Love and the Unsteady Steady 1973 ... segment "Love and the Persistent Assistant"