Howard Hickman
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Howard Hickman | |
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.jpg) Hickman in 1916 | |
| Born | Howard Close Hickman[1] February 9, 1880 Columbia, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | December 31, 1949 (aged 69) San Anselmo, California, U.S. |
| Resting place | Mount Tamalpais Cemetery |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director, writer |
| Years active | 1912–1944 |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 1 |
Howard Close Hickman (February 9, 1880 – December 31, 1949[2]) was an American actor, director and writer. He was an accomplished stage leading man, who entered films through the auspices of producer Thomas H. Ince.
Career[edit]
In 1900, Hickman debuted on stage as an extra in a production in San Francisco. He went on to act in repertory theater with the Alcazar Theatre,[3] Morosco, and Melborne MacDowell companies, among others.[4] On Broadway, Hickman wrote, and portrayed Gabby in, The Skirt (1921).[5]
Hickman's initial work in films was with the Lasky Pictures Company, after which he acted with the Triangle Company and later the Ince company.[4]
In 1918, Hickman debuted as a director, with The Rainbow (for Paralta studios) as his first film.[6] He directed 19 films.
With the rise of the sound film, Hickman returned to the film business but received mostly small roles, often as an authoritarian figure. In 1939, Hickman made a brief appearance as plantation owner John Wilkes, father of Ashley Wilkes, in Gone with the Wind. He ended his film career in 1944, after more than 270 films.
Personal life[edit]
Hickman was married to actress Bessie Barriscale. He died of a heart attack at his home in San Anselmo on December 31, 1949, six weeks before his 69th birthday and was buried at Mount Tamalpais Cemetery in San Rafael.[6][7]
Selected filmography[edit]
As actor[edit]
- The Circus Man (1914) as Artful Dick Cronk
- The Cup of Life (1915) as Higsby
- The Man from Oregon (1915) as 'Honest' Jim Martin
- Civilization (1915) as Count Ferdinand
- The Picture of Dorian Gray (1915) as Basil Hayward
- The Moral Fabric (1916) as Mackley Stuart
- The Wolf Woman (1916) as John Morton
- The Jungle Child (1916) as Ridgeway Webb
- Somewhere in France (1916) as Lt. Charles Ravignac
- The Honorable Algy (1916) as Lord Rockmore
- The Sin Ye Do (1916) as Robert Darrow
- The Female of the Species (1916) as Carleton Condon
- Chicken Casey (1917) as 'Dickey' Cochran
- Blood Will Tell (1917) as James Black
- The Snarl (1917) as Jack Mason
- Wooden Shoes (1917) as Jack Smith
- Those Who Pay (1917) as George W. Graham
- Madam Who? (1918) as Henry Morgan
- The Cast-Off (1918) as Dr. Jim Thorpe
- Blue Blood (1918) as Spencer Wellington
- Rose o' Paradise (1918) as Lafe Grandoken
- Social Ambition (1918) as Vincent Manton
- Maid o' the Storm (1918) as Jules Picardo
- Alias Jimmy Valentine (1928) as Mr. Lane
- The Broadway Hoofer (1929) as Larry
- His First Command (1929) as Maj. Hall
- Hello Sister (1930) as John Stanley
- Brothers (1930) as John Naughton
- The Age of Consent (1932) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Tess of the Storm Country (1932) as Minister (uncredited)
- The Silk Express (1933) as Mill Owner in Association (uncredited)
- The Man Who Dared (1933) as Politician (uncredited)
- I Loved a Woman (1933) as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
- Walls of Gold (1933) as Bridge Player (uncredited)
- The Right to Romance (1933) as Dr. Macey (uncredited)
- The World Changes (1933) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Hello, Sister! (1933)
- The Big Shakedown (1934) as Board Member (uncredited)
- Hi Nellie! (1934) as Dr. John W. Wilson (uncredited)
- Gambling Lady (1934) as Divorce Judge (uncredited)
- Jimmy the Gent (1934) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Mystery Liner (1934) as Dr. Howard
- George White's Scandals (1934) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Three on a Honeymoon (1934) as Mr. Foster (uncredited)
- A Modern Hero (1934) as Dr. McPherson (uncredited)
- Sisters Under the Skin (1934) as Dutton
- Upper World (1934) as Judge (uncredited)
- Twentieth Century (1934) as Dr. Johnson (uncredited)
- The Personality Kid (1934) as Joan's Doctor (uncredited)
- Baby, Take a Bow (1934) as Blair (uncredited)
- Return of the Terror (1934) as Judge
- Side Streets (1934) as Dr. Randolph W. Hendricks (uncredited)
- The Defense Rests (1934) as Judge (uncredited)
- Here Comes the Navy (1934) as Captain
- The Man with Two Faces (1934) as Mr. Jones (uncredited)
- Death on the Diamond (1934) as Dr. Cushman (uncredited)
- A Lost Lady (1934) as Dr. Barlow (uncredited)
- Evelyn Prentice (1934) as Mr. Whitlock - Party Guest (uncredited)
- Gentlemen Are Born (1934) as College President (uncredited)
- The Silver Streak (1934) as Member Board of Directors (uncredited)
- Fugitive Lady (1934) as Doctor (uncredited)
- The Secret Bride (1934) as Senate President (uncredited)
- The Mighty Barnum (1934) as Minor Role (scenes deleted)
- Red Hot Tires (1935) as Judge Alcott
- Carnival (1935) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Law Beyond the Range (1935) as Captain Wood (uncredited)
- Death Flies East (1935) as Carlyle (uncredited)
- Captain Hurricane (1935) as Jimmy's Father (uncredited)
- I'll Love You Always (1935) as Dean (uncredited)
- Straight from the Heart (1935) as Police Sergeant (uncredited)
- West Point of the Air (1935) as Army Officer in Former Times (uncredited)
- Great God Gold (1935) as Dunbar - Marcia's Attorney (uncredited)
- Fighting Shadows (1935) as Inspector Rutledge (uncredited)
- Dinky (1935) as Judge Barlow (uncredited)
- Let 'Em Have It (1935) as Assistant Chief Clerk (uncredited)
- The Flame Within (1935) as Man at Hospital Benefit (uncredited)
- Ginger (1935) as Juvenile Judge (uncredited)
- The Murder Man (1935) as Howard Jennings (uncredited)
- Bright Lights (1935) as Mr. Aldridge (uncredited)
- Woman Wanted (1935) as Dr. Griffith (uncredited)
- Little Big Shot (1935) as The Judge (uncredited)
- I Live My Life (1935) as Teacher at Terry's Lecture (uncredited)
- It's in the Air (1935) as Mr. Ruby
- Three Kids and a Queen (1935) as Dr. Bowers (uncredited)
- Rendezvous (1935) as G-Man
- Whipsaw (1935) as Hotel Clerk (uncredited)
- Too Tough to Kill (1935) as Billings (uncredited)
- Two Against the World (1936) as Dr. Maguire
- Hell-Ship Morgan (1936) as Cabot
- Dangerous Waters (1936) as Ship Doctor (uncredited)
- The Bohemian Girl (1936) as Dignified Captain (uncredited)
- August Week End (1936) as Spencer
- Too Many Parents (1936) as Colonel Colman
- The Law in Her Hands (1936) as Judge Henry D. Morse (uncredited)
- Fury (1936) as Governor
- Parole! (1936) as Lawyer (uncredited)
- Trapped by Television (1936) as G.P. Tucker - Board Member (uncredited)
- To Mary - with Love (1936) as Guest #7
- Swing Time (1936) as First Minister (uncredited)
- Murder with Pictures (1936) as Judge (uncredited)
- Libeled Lady (1936) as Cable Editor (uncredited)
- 15 Maiden Lane (1936) as Mr. Whitman - Jeweller (uncredited)
- Wild Brian Kent (1936) as Bob Cruikshank
- Love Letters of a Star (1936) as Dr. Webster
- Pennies from Heaven (1936) as Chaplain (uncredited)
- Crack-Up (1936) as Major White
- Happy Go Lucky (1936) as Dr. Wilson
- Career Woman (1936) as Judge Whitman
- We Who Are About to Die (1937) as Prison Chaplain
- Join the Marines (1937) as Pruitt
- Outcast (1937) as Dr. Matthews (uncredited)
- The Great Barrier (1937) as Donald Smith - Member of C.P.R. Board
- The Crime Nobody Saw (1937) as Robert Mallory
- Maytime (1937) as Opera Director (uncredited)
- Jim Hanvey, Detective (1937) as Herbert Frost
- Motor Madness (1937) as Dr. Cadman (uncredited)
- Criminals of the Air (1937) as Harrison (uncredited)
- Venus Makes Trouble (1937) as Howard Clark
- Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) as Dr. Burton
- Married Before Breakfast (1937) as Arthur - Man Bringing in Two Hoboes (uncredited)
- Roaring Timber (1937) as Banker (uncredited)
- The Lady Escapes (1937) as Judge
- Artists and Models (1937) as Mr. Currie (uncredited)
- One Mile from Heaven (1937) as Judge Clarke
- Western Gold (1937) as Jim Thatcher
- The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937) as Doctor on Stage (uncredited)
- One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) as Johnson
- Back in Circulation (1937) as Judge (uncredited)
- Roll Along, Cowboy (1937) as Dr. Cooper (uncredited)
- Murder in Greenwich Village (1937) as Mr. Sloan (uncredited)
- Checkers (1937) as Race Judge (uncredited)
- Borrowing Trouble (1937) as Judge Walters
- Tarzan's Revenge (1938) as Mr. Johnson (uncredited)
- Love Is a Headache (1938) as Editor Williams (uncredited)
- My Old Kentucky Home (1938) (uncredited)
- Start Cheering (1938) as Dr. Fosdick
- King of the Newsboys (1938) as Judge (uncredited)
- Flight into Nowhere (1938) as Howard Hammond
- Rascals (1938) as Judge
- Numbered Woman (1938)
- Holiday (1938) as Churchgoer (uncredited)
- The Rage of Paris (1938) as Man in Opera Box (uncredited)
- Woman Against Woman (1938) as Mr. Jamison (uncredited)
- Panamint's Bad Man (1938) as Marshal Winston (uncredited)
- Smashing the Rackets (1938) as James J. Carew (uncredited)
- Come On, Leathernecks! (1938) as Captain Felton
- Juvenile Court (1938) as Governor Stanley
- Young Dr. Kildare (1938) as Dr. Harris (uncredited)
- I Stand Accused (1938) as Gilbert
- Next Time I Marry (1938) as Judge Jonathan Travers (uncredited)
- Kentucky (1938) as Banker (uncredited)
- Convict's Code (1939) as Prison Warden
- Off the Record (1939) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Wings of the Navy (1939) as Capt. Dreen (uncredited)
- Wife, Husband and Friend (1939) as Concert Manager
- Three Smart Girls Grow Up (1939) as Conference Room Businessman (uncredited)
- Everybody's Baby (1939) as Dr. Jenkins
- Trouble in Sundown (1939) as John Cameron
- The Kid from Texas (1939) as Doctor at Polo Grounds (uncredited)
- Good Girls Go to Paris (1939) as Jeffers - Brand's Butler
- On Borrowed Time (1939) as Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
- When Tomorrow Comes (1939) as Wealthy Man (uncredited)
- The Under-Pup (1939) as Business Man (uncredited)
- The Angels Wash Their Faces (1939) as Judge Wilson (uncredited)
- Full Confession (1939) as Third Doctor (uncredited)
- Thunder Afloat (1939) as Surgeon (uncredited)
- Espionage Agent (1939) as Walter Forbes
- The Kansas Terrors (1939) as Governor-General del Montez
- Beware Spooks! (1939) as Judge Roth (uncredited)
- Little Accident (1939) as Mr. Allerton
- The Return of Doctor X (1939) as Chairman (scenes deleted)
- Gone with the Wind (1939) as John Wilkes
- Slightly Honorable (1939) as Sen. Sam Scott
- My Son Is Guilty (1939) as Commissioner George Dodge (uncredited)
- The Man from Dakota (1940) as Confederate Colonel (uncredited)
- Castle on the Hudson (1940) as The Judge (uncredited)
- Virginia City (1940) as Confederate Gen. Page (uncredited)
- Dark Command (1940) as Southerner Orating for Votes (uncredited)
- It All Came True (1940) as Mr. Prendergast
- Bullet Code (1940) as John Mathews
- Gangs of Chicago (1940) as Judge Whitaker
- Island of Doomed Men (1940) as Judge (uncredited)
- Girls of the Road (1940) as Gov. Warren
- They Drive by Night (1940) as The Judge (uncredited)
- The Secret Seven (1940) as Dr. Talbot
- Boom Town (1940) as McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
- Yesterday's Heroes (1940) as Trustee (uncredited)
- Spring Parade (1940) as Colonel (uncredited)
- Strike Up the Band (1940) as Doctor
- Little Men (1940) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Bowery Boy (1940) as Dr. Axel Winters
- Four Mothers (1941) as Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
- Maisie Was a Lady (1941) as Dr. Stephen W. Fredericks (uncredited)
- Cheers for Miss Bishop (1941) as Professor Lancaster
- Robin Hood of the Pecos (1941) as Colonel Davis (uncredited)
- Back Street (1941) as Mr. Williams (uncredited)
- Golden Hoofs (1941) as Calvin Harmon
- Robbers of the Range (1941) as Roy Tremaine
- Washington Melodrama (1941) as Bishop Chatterton
- Lady from Louisiana (1941) as Judge William Harding (uncredited)
- Scattergood Pulls the Strings (1941) as Withers
- Angels with Broken Wings (1941) (uncredited)
- Blossoms in the Dust (1941) as Texas Senator (uncredited)
- Hurricane Smith (1941) as Sen. Bradley
- Hold That Ghost (1941) as Judge (uncredited)
- Dive Bomber (1941) as Admiral (uncredited)
- Ice-Capades (1941) as Lawyer (uncredited)
- Belle Starr (1941) as Colonel Thornton
- Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941) as Colonel Andrews
- Doctors Don't Tell (1941) as Dr. Watkins
- You Belong to Me (1941) as Mr. Deker (uncredited)
- Tuxedo Junction (1941) as Judge Leo Rivers
- Paris Calling (1941) as French General (uncredited)
- Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc. (1941) as Stephen Chandler
- Uncle Joe (1941) as Banker Jones
- Lady for a Night (1942) as Civil War General (uncredited)
- The Vanishing Virginian (1942) as Dr. Edwards (uncredited)
- Born to Sing (1942) as Critic (uncredited)
- The Male Animal (1942) as Faculty Member (uncredited)
- True to the Army (1942) as Brigadier General (uncredited)
- I Was Framed (1942) as Stuart Gaines
- Kid Glove Killer (1942) as Clemence - First Politician (uncredited)
- Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942) as Blake Norton
- Bells of Capistrano (1942) as Doctor (uncredited)
- Tish (1942) as Mr. Fielding Kelbridge (uncredited)
- Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942) as Lincoln Lumber's Attorney (uncredited)
- Three Hearts for Julia (1943) as Mr. Doran (uncredited)
- The Masked Marvel (1943) as Warren Hamilton
- Watch on the Rhine (1943) as Cyrus Penfield (uncredited)
- Captain America (1944, Serial) as Lyman's Attorney [Ch. 4] (uncredited)
- Casanova in Burlesque (1944) as Dean Wyatt (uncredited)
- The Heavenly Body (1944) as Scientist (uncredited)
- Her Primitive Man (1944) as Bilson (uncredited)
- Follow the Boys (1944) as Dr. Wood (uncredited)
- Gypsy Wildcat (1944) (uncredited)
- National Barn Dance (1944) as Mr. Hollander (uncredited)
- The Last Ride (1944) as Mr. Bronson (uncredited)
- Mrs. Parkington (1944) as Dr. Herrick (uncredited)
- Bowery to Broadway (1944) as Showman (uncredited) (final film role)
As director[edit]
- His Mother's Portrait (1915)
- When Love Leads (1915)
- The White Lie (1918)
- The Heart of Rachael (1918)
- Two-Gun Betty (1918)
- All of a Sudden Norma (1919)
- A Trick of Fate (1919)
- Hearts Asleep (1919)
- Josselyn's Wife (1919)
- Tangled Threads (1919)
- Her Purchase Price (1919)
- Kitty Kelly, M.D. (1919)
- Beckoning Roads (1919)
- Just a Wife (1920)
- The Killer (1921)
- Nobody's Kid (1921)
- The Lure of Egypt (1921)
- A Certain Rich Man (1921)
- Man of the Forest (1921)
As writer[edit]
- Kitty Kelly, M.D. (1919)
- Nobody's Kid (1921)
References[edit]
- ^ "Word War II Draft Registration Card, Howard Close Hickman, North Hollywood, California". April 25, 1942 – via Ancestry.com.
- ^ "Actor, 69, Dies at Home in California". Miami News-Record. January 1, 1950. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Love is the main theme in "St. Elmo"". San Francisco Chronicle. January 11, 1910. p. 18 – via Newsbank.
- ^ a b Lowrey, Carolyn (1920). The First One Hundred Noted Men and Women of the Screen. Moffat, Yard. p. 74. Retrieved September 25, 2019.
Howard Hickman.
- ^ "Howard Hickman". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on February 5, 2021. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ a b "Howard Hickman to Become a Director". Motography. May 11, 1918. p. 894. Retrieved February 5, 2021.
- ^ "HOWARD C. HICKMAN / Special to The New York Times". The New York Times. January 1, 1950. Retrieved May 12, 2024.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Howard C. Hickman.
- Howard Hickman at IMDb
- Howard Hickman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Howard Hickman at Find a Grave
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