![]() ![]() As the first major television series to feature teenagers as its primary characters, “Dobie Gillis” solidified Hickman as one of the first and primary cultural emblems for the generation of Baby Boomers in the 1950’s and ’60s. In 1959, Hickman earned the marquee role on “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis.” The actor starred in all 148 episodes of the 20th Century Fox sitcom. Besides BULLITT, THE FRENCH CONNECTION & THE SEVEN-UPS, Hickman was also the stunt coordinator on such other films as CAPRICORN ONE, CHARLEY AND. Hickman played a major role in terms of development and execution in three of the greatest movie car chase sequences of all time: Bullitt, The French Connection and The Seven-Ups, all shot on. Hickman’s death was confirmed to Variety by the actor’s public relations head Harlan Boll.īorn on in Los Angeles, Calif., Hickman began screen acting at a young age with appearances in “The Boy With the Green Hair” and 1940’s “The Grapes of Wrath.” As a teenager, he starred as Chuck MacDonald in “The Bob Cummings Show,” acting alongside the titular comedian across the sitcom’s four-year run. William Bill Hickman (Janu February 24, 1986) was a stunt driver, actor, and stunt coordinator from the 1950s through to the late 1970s. Dwayne Bernard Hickman, an actor, producer and television director best known for his starring role in the 1950s and ’60s sitcom “ The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,” died of complications related to Parkinson’s disease on Sunday. ![]()
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