Darryl Hickman
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| Darryl Hickman | |
 Darryl Hickman on the cover of his forthcoming book, The Unconscious Actor (2007). |
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| Birth name | Darryl Gerard Hickman |
| Born | July 28, 1931 (age 75) Hollywood, California |
| Spouse(s) | Pamela Lincoln |
| Official site | DarrylHickman.net |
| Notable roles | Danny Harland in Leave Her to Heaven Al in Tea and Sympathy |
Darryl Gerard Hickman (born July 28, 1931) is an American film and TV actor, former television executive and child star of the 1930s and 1940s.
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[edit] Biography
[edit] Early beginnings
Hickman first gained fame as a child actor during the late 1930s and 1940s, appearing in The Grapes of Wrath and The Human Comedy, among many others. He also made a featured appearance in the 1942 Our Gang comedy Going to Press.
By the time he was 21, Hickman had appeared in over 100 motion pictures.
[edit] Career
After spending his entire childhood as an actor, Hickman retired from entertainment to enter a monastery in 1951, only to return to Hollywood just over a year later. He continued acting, but received fewer roles than he had in the peak of his career. During the Civil War Centennial, Hickman played a young Union soldier in the short-lived series, The Americans, (1961) and as an officer in Disney's Johnny Shiloh (1963). He became a television executive and an acting coach, and would eventually become a voice actor for Hanna-Barbera Productions towards the end of his five-decade career in motion pictures.
[edit] Personal life
Hickman married actress Pamela Lincoln in 1960; the couple have since divorced. They had met on the set of the film The Tingler in which they both appear.
His younger brother Dwayne Hickman was also a notable actor, and is best known as the title character of The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, and from the film Cat Ballou.
