Posted on 01/09/2022 5:15:24 PM PST by Captain Peter Blood
J. Kim Murphy Sun, January 9, 2022, 11:53 AM
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. He was 87 years old.
Hickman’s death was confirmed to Variety by the actor’s public relations head Harlan Boll.
Born on May 18, 1934 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.
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I do. We watched it every week. I doubt today's generation ever heard of Beatniks.
A bow tie never got nobody laid.
Dobie Gillis was one of the strangest sitcoms on television at the time.
What about his other brother Darryl?
“That was his brother Darryl Hickman.”
Which one? :)
Yeah, I’m 70 and remember his show, RIP Dobie/Dwayne.
“Rush Limbaugh’s nickname for Tucker Swanson McNear Carlson”
I had to look that up..was not sure if you was joking or not.
Tuckers brother was named Buckley Swanson Peck Carlson.
Tucker came from serious money. Tucker went to a boarding school in Switzerland as a teen. (Though he as kicked out)
A sad loss. I loved Dobie Gillis. Never knew he was in “The Grapes of Wrath.”
Grapes of Wrath,,,
How Bizarre.
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“WORK!” is one of my
Favorite Quotes!
.
RIP DOBIE
Also for General Wesley Clark i think
Thalia Menninger.
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III.
Ah yes,,,and his Dad,,,fought in WW2,,,That was the big one, ya know..
Loved that show
Yes, I recall Tuesday. She had a bried film career then sort of disappeared. She was the only ‘Tuesday’ I ever knew of.
You watch. #3 will be Tony Dow or Jerry Mathers.
“Dobie Gillis was one of the strangest sitcoms on television at the time.”
It was the first television series I saw where the actor, “broke the 4th wall.” You know, when an actor disengages from the prepared script and directly address the TV audience and explains something. George Burns was the only other actor I can remember doing this .. .
For some reason I really liked the absurdity of it all .. .
There have been at least 4 this week who have died.
Yes we're gonna have a wingding
A summer smoker underground
It's just a dugout that my dad built
In case the reds decide to push the button down
We've got provisions and lots of beer
The key word is survival on the new frontier
Introduce me to that big blonde
She's got a touch of Tuesday Weld
She's wearing Ambush and a French twist
She's got us wild and she can tell
She loves to limbo, that much is clear
She's got the right dynamic for the new frontier
Well I can't wait 'til I move to the city
'Til I finally make up my mind
To learn design and study overseas
Do you have a steady boyfriend
Cause honey I've been watching you
I hear you're mad about Brubeck
I like your eyes, I like him too
He's an artist, a pioneer
We've got to have some music on the new frontier
Well I can't wait 'til I move to the city
'Til I finally make up my mind
To learn design and study overseas
Let's pretend that it's the real thing
And stay together all night long
And when I really get to know you
We'll open up the doors and climb into the dawn
Confess your passion, your secret fear
Prepare to meet the challenge of the new frontier
Betty Ehite?
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