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Was he related to Jamie Gillis?
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Was he related to Jamie Gillis?
Dwayne Hickman
Biography
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Overview (4)
Born May 18, 1934 in Los Angeles, California, USA
Died January 9, 2022 in Los Angeles, California, USA (complications from Parkinson's disease)
Birth Name Dwayne Bernard Hickman
Height 5' 8" (1.73 m)
Mini Bio (2)
Blond, boyishly handsome Dwayne Hickman, the younger brother of Darryl Hickman, followed in his sibling's tiny footsteps as a moppet film actor himself. Born Dwayne Bernard Hickman in Los Angeles on May 18, 1934, the brothers had a younger sister as well, Deidre (born 1940). He had minor roles in such films as Captain Eddie (1945) (Darryl had a major role in this), The Secret Heart (1946), The Boy with Green Hair (1948), Mighty Joe Young (1949), The Happy Years (1950) (again with Darryl in a major role), and topped his youthful film career as "Nip Worden" in the canine movie series "Rusty", which began with The Son of Rusty (1947) and ended with Rusty's Birthday (1949).
Graduating from Cathedral High School in 1952 (Darryl graduated from the same school in 1948), Dwayne enrolled at Loyola Marymount University. He returned to Hollywood following college studies and, unlike his brother, focused strongly on television work, making appearances on such series as Public Defender (1954), The Loretta Young Show (1953), The Lone Ranger (1949), and The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet (1952). He also appeared in the Paul Newman/Joanne Woodward comedy film Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys! (1958) playing the secondary teen couple with Tuesday Weld. He grabbed major comedy attention, especially from young female baby-boomers, as Chuck, the girl-crazy nephew, in The Bob Cummings Show (1955). (Cummings became his mentor.)
Hickman then played the titular lovesick title high school teen in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959), the role for which he is best known, and in which he was reunited with Tuesday Weld as the prime object of his attention, although Weld did not remain with the series for the entirety of its run. Laying low for a few years, Hickman returned to the screen, making a strong impression in the western film Cat Ballou (1965), and then began hanging out with the young beach crowd in several AIP movies including Ski Party (1965), How to Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965), and Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine (1965), and a few slapstick comedies such as Sergeant Dead Head (1965) and Doctor, You've Got to Be Kidding! (1967). He guested on a mix of comedic and dramatic TV shows including Combat! (1962), Mod Squad (1968), Ellery Queen (1975), The Flying Nun (1967), and Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974).
In the 1970s, Hickman began working behind the scenes as a publicist, a Las Vegas entertainment director and, most successfully, as a programming executive for CBS. He would return only occasionally to acting. He revisited his Dobie Gillis character, albeit a fully grown-up version, in such made-for-television movies as Whatever Happened to Dobie Gillis? (1977) and Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis (1988). In addition to guest appearances on Murder, She Wrote (1984) and Hi Honey, I'm Home (1991), he appeared in glorified cameos in High School U.S.A. (1983), had a recurring role on Clueless (1996), and was glimpsed in Cops n Roberts (1995), A Night at the Roxbury (1998), and Angels with Angles (2005). He began episodic directing chores in the 1980's, working on such episodes as "Charles in Charge", "Designing Women", "Head of the Class", "Harry and the Hendersons", and "Sister, Sister". In 1994, he published his biography, aptly titled 'Forever Dobie'.
Thrice wed, Hickman has two children -- one by his first wife, actress/model/beauty pageant winner Carol Christensen (1963-1972) who appeared a few times on "Dobie Gillis", and the other by his present wife, actress/voiceover artist Joan Roberts, to whom he has been married since 1983.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Gary Brumburgh (updated by R.M. Sieger)
Dwayne Hickman was born in Los Angeles, California. He earned a B.S in Economics from Loyola University in Los Angeles.
Dwayne Hickman starred in his first television series opposite Bob Cummings, where he honed his comedic skills under the watchful eyes of comedy greats George Burns and Jack Benny. Five years later he would land the starring role in his own series, The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. As "Dobie", Dwayne Hickman became the hero and spokesman for the generation of Baby Boomers and over 35 years later "Dobie" is still being watched by a whole new generation of teens.
During the years after "Dobie Gillis", Dwayne resumed his film career, starring in several teen movies for A.I.P., which have become cult classics, including "How to Stuff a Wild Bikini", with Annette Funicello and "Ski Party" with Frankie Avalon. He also starred in the Academy Award winning comedy western classic, "Cat Ballou" with Jane Fonda and Lee Marvin. Along with guest appearances on episodic television Hickman also performed on stage, touring the country in productions of "Barefoot in the Park", "Star Spangled Girl", and "6 Rms Riv Vu".
In the 1970's, after a brief stint as Entertainment Director at Howard Hughes' Landmark Hotel in Las Vegas, Hickman decided to return to television, but this time he joined the corporate ranks as a network executive with CBS Television. For ten years he supervised such series hits such as "Maude", "M*A*S*H" and "Designing Women". Dwayne left the network to star and produce the CBS Movie of the Week "Bring Me The Head Of Dobie Gillis", and then he went behind the camera to direct half-hour comedies. It was during this time that he met his future wife, actress/writer Joan Roberts, when she was co-starring in the CBS T.V. series, "Pvt. Benjamin". They were married April 16,1983. On November 23, 1992 they celebrated the birth of their son, Albert Thomas Hickman. In addition to acting and directing, Dwayne and his wife Joan co-authored his autobiography, "Forever Dobie...The Many Lives of Dwayne Hickman" (Birch Lane Press) as well as developing film and T.V. scripts. Dwayne Hickman stepped in front of the cameras again, co-starring in Paramount's feature film; "A Night at the Roxbury" and for two seasons he had a recurring role on UPN. TV's, "Clueless". He also co-starred in the CBS, M.O W. "Surviving Gilligan's Island" playing a CBS network executive! This multifaceted performer is also a critically acclaimed artist, painting in oils. Hickman's use of vibrant colors and exquisite detail in his popular house and landscape series has become his trademark. His artwork has been featured on Good Morning America and national publications including USA Today. Hickman and his wife and business partner, Joan Roberts, publish his artwork, which is represented in galleries across the country and in many private and corporate collections.
In addition to his son, Albert, he has an older son, John, from a previous marriage. Dwayne, his wife Joan Roberts and their son, Albert, reside in Los Angeles, California.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: J Roberts
Family (1)
Spouse Joan Roberts (16 April 1983 - 9 January 2022) (his death) (1 child)
Joanne Purtle Papile (2 March 1977 - 3 August 1981) (divorced)
Carol Christensen (7 March 1963 - 7 September 1972) (divorced) (1 child)
Trivia (12)
Younger brother of actor Darryl Hickman (The two appeared together in Captain Eddie (1945)).
Ex-brother-in-law of actress Pamela Lincoln. Brother-in-law of Lynda Farmer Hickman.
Attended and graduated from Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, California (1952).
Attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, but did not graduate.
His wife, actress Joan Roberts, is a successful voice over performer.
His acting mentor was the late Robert Cummings.
Best known by the public for his roles as Chuck MacDonald on The Bob Cummings Show (1955) and for his starring role as the title character on The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959).
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.
He is the son of Kathrine Louise (Ostertag) and Milton Lewis Hickman, Jr. He is of Swedish, German, English, and Scots-Irish descent.
His maternal grandfather, Louis Henry Ostertag, was a US Navy seaman on Commodore George Dewey's USS Olympia, and present at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1, 1898, for which he was awarded the "Dewey Medal" by Act of Congress. Per the 1940 Census, Dwayne and his family were living with his grandparents at 950 Kenmore St., in Los Angeles.
During the 1980s and '90s, he lived on 16th Street, just south of Montana Avenue, in Santa Monica. This writer lived a few doors away, and often saw him out for a walk on Montana. He was entirely approachable, very friendly, and always willing to chat, especially about Dobie Gillis.
Passed away on January 9, 2022, to what would've been his The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis (1959) co-star Bob Denver's 87th birthday.
Personal Quotes (6)
[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.
[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.
[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!
[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.
[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!
I suppose, if you could choose, you would divide your life up in thirds and take your greatest success in the last third. That would probably be healthiest. But you don't get the choice, and you take it whenever it is given to you,
See also NOPE NOT AS FAR AS I CAN TELL.
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Biography
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Overview (4)
Born April 20, 1943 in New York City, New York, USA
Died February 19, 2010 in New York City, New York, USA (melanoma)
Birth Name Jamey Ira Gurman
Nicknames Gary Paris
Derald Delancey
James Kleeman
Mini Bio (1)
Born in New York City, Jamie Gillis trained as a legitimate actor. In the early 1970s he drifted into performing in pornographic films, and continued to work in that field through the late 1990s. Despite the occasional foray into "legitimate" film, such as a cameo in Nighthawks (1981), Gillis remained identified with the porn industry, and is regarded as one of its most prolific and potent actors. After a stint as one of the "Nasty Bros". in producer Ed Powers' series of amateur "Dirty Debutantes" series, Gillis began branching out to produce homemade porn videos of his own, some of them made in France (where he was able to show off his command of the French language). Never having made a secret of his bisexuality, Gillis made his first all-gay porn film in 1997, a sado-masochistic video in which he did not actually perform sex acts, but rather issued orders to the other members of the cast.
- IMDb Mini Biography By: Guy Mariner Tucker
Trivia (6)
He was appearing in off-Broadway plays and driving cabs when he answered an ad in "The Village Voice" for nude modeling, beginning his adult career.
During his sex shows in the 1970s, he read poetry and recited the works of William Shakespeare so the shows would be socially redeeming and not be busted by the police.
The "On The Lookout" segment in Boogie Nights (1997) was based on Gillis' pioneering adult video series that began with On the Prowl (1989).
Graduated from Columbia University in 1970.
Ranked #12 in The 50 Top Porn Stars of All Time ("Adult Video News", January 2002).
Used the alias Derald Delancey (also Delancy) which was the name of his history professor.
Salary (2)
Forbidden Under Censorship of the King (1972) $100 per day
Hot Honey (1978) $300
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And to think, he was only 87 years old. Must have led a rough life. ::) The truth is he had Parkinson's.
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I was going to go with “someone gave him the beat, and he drifted away” but I think that’s another Dobie.