Dwayne Hickman Net Worth

Dwayne Hickman's Quotes

• [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!

Interesting Facts about Dwayne Hickman

1. Younger brother of actor Darryl Hickman (The two appeared together in Captain Eddie (1945)).
2. Ex-brother-in-law of actress Pamela Lincoln. Brother-in-law of Lynda Farmer Hickman.
3. Attended and graduated from Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, California (1952).
4. Attended Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California, but did not graduate.
5. His wife, actress Joan Roberts, is a successful voice over performer.
6. His acting mentor was the late Robert Cummings.
7. 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).
8. 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.
9. He is the son of Kathrine Louise (Ostertag) and Milton Lewis Hickman, Jr. He is of Swedish, German, English, and Scots-Irish descent.