Howard Hickman
Date of birth: 1880-02-09
Place of birth: Columbia, Missouri, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Howard Charles Hickman, Howard Hickman, Howard C. Hickman, Howard Close Hickman
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Howard Charles Hickman (February 9, 1880 – December 31, 1949) 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. Hickman directed 19 films and co-starred with his wife, actress Bessie Barriscale, in several productions before returning to the theatre. With the rise of the sound film, Hickman returned to the film business but received mostly small roles, often as an authoritarian figure. Hickman made a brief appearance as plantation owner John Wilkes, father of Ashley Wilkes, in Gone with the Wind (1939). He ended his film career in 1944, after more than 270 films. Hickman died of myocardial infarction in San Anselmo, California, and is buried at the Mount Tamalpais Cemetery, San Rafael, California.
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Gone with the Wind
1939-12-15
The spoiled daughter of a Georgia plantation owner conducts a tumultuous romance with a cynical prof
The Male Animal
1942-03-12
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspect
Tuxedo Junction
1941-11-25
The Weaver Brothers and Elviry have migrated from their usual hard-scrabble digs in the Ozarks and h
Artists & Models
1937-08-04
An ad man gets his model girlfriend to pose as a debutante for a new campaign.
The Return of Doctor X
1939-11-23
When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to c
The Secret Seven
1940-08-15
Scientists assembled to prove their methods are effective in criminal investigation try to solve a s
Sakima and the Masked Marvel
1966-01-01
Feature version of the 1943 serial "The Masked Marvel", q.v., edited for television syndication and
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
1941-05-23
Small-town store owner Scattergood Baines helps a runaway boy find his father, who has escaped after
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
1937-05-21
Get ready for a Gold Medal murder mystery! This "tense, thrilling mystery" ('California Congress of
Doctors Don't Tell
1941-09-22
Dr. Ralph Snyder and Dr. Frank Blake open an office together but soon split over a rivalry for night
Blue Blood
1918-04-15
Although Spencer Wellington (Howard Hickman) comes from an old, aristocratic family, he carries a ba
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942-05-01
Circus owner Buck Rand kidnaps Boy to perform in his show. He forces a pilot to fly him, Boy and his
Lady for a Night
1942-01-05
Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into h
Tish
1942-09-17
In this comedy, the town gossip fills her time running the lives of others. Naturally, she is also a
Western Gold
1937-08-27
President Lincoln personally sends Bill Gibson west to see if he can stop the holdups of the needed
Return of the Terror
1934-07-07
"The Terror", a killer whose identity is unknown, occupies an English country house that has been co
The Roughneck
1915-04-09
Avis and Franklin Hilliard are the spoiled, overbearing children of a wealthy father who has just di
Washington Melodrama
1941-04-17
An elderly businessman plans what he thinks is an innocent night on the town while his wife is away.
Belle Starr
1941-09-12
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam
The Wolf Woman
1916-09-17
An narcissistic woman with the ability to charm, Leila Aradella reaps delight from preying upon weak
The Cup of Life
1915-04-26
Sisters Helen and Ruth Fiske work in a department store and live in an East Side tenement. While Rut
Matrimony
1915-11-28
It all begins when Mrs. Rossmore (Dean) discovers that her husband (Howard Hickman) has begun "playi
Mrs. Parkington
1944-10-12
In this family saga, Mrs. Parkington recounts the story of her life, beginning as a hotel maid in fr
Thunder Afloat
1939-09-15
A tugboat captain serves under his rival as a U-boat chaser in World War I.
I Loved a Woman
1933-09-23
The son of a ruthless meatpacking king goes through a number of changes in ideals and motivations as
The Murder Man
1935-07-12
Steve Grey, reporter for the Daily Star, has a habit of scooping all the other papers in town. When
Full Confession
1939-09-08
A Catholic priest must convince a man to step forward to save the wrong person from being sent to th
Espionage Agent
1939-09-30
When Barry Corvall discovers that his new bride is a possible enemy agent, he resigns from the diplo
Back Street
1941-02-07
In turn-of-the-century Cincinnati, vibrant shop girl Ray Smith falls in love with banker Walter Saxe
Hit-and-Run Driver
1935-12-28
A man runs over a young couple on a deserted road, then leaves the scene and tries to cover up the i
Give Till It Hurts
1937-09-18
This entry in the Crime Does Not Pay series focuses on charity fraud. Two scam artists set themselve
The Crime Nobody Saw
1937-03-12
Three playwrights develop a plot around a drunk who gets killed in their apartment.
Wild Brian Kent
1936-11-06
Polo player Brian stops in a Kansas town and find a girl and her aunt needing money to keep their ra
Too Many Parents
1936-03-19
Boys are sent to military school in order to get them out of the way of their too-busy-to-bother par
Bullet Code
1940-04-12
Protecting himself in an attack by rustlers, Rancher Steve Holden believes he has killed one of the
August Week End
1936-02-17
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful youn
Join the Marines
1937-01-25
New York City cop Phil Donlon leaves the force to join the U.S. Olympic team. When he falls for a Ma
Happy Go Lucky
1936-12-13
A singer in Shanghai looks exactly like a missing flyer who went missing, and is feared to have sold
Uncle Joe
1941-10-18
A pretty Chicago teenager (Gale Storm), who's being courted by an older man, is sent by her worried
The Masked Marvel
1943-11-06
A team of two-fisted insurance investigators (one of whom disguises himself as The Masked Marvel) e
A Lost Lady
1934-09-29
A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.
Jim Hanvey, Detective
1937-04-05
Jim Hanvey is a genial but top-notch detective who has retired to his country home. An insurance com
Dinky
1935-05-11
A mother sends her young son to military school so he won't find out she's been sentenced to a priso
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
1942-01-01
The edition of Screen Snapshots celebrates 25 years of production. It looks at the content of editio
Career Woman
1936-12-18
A young woman graduates from a New York City law school, returns to her small hometown, and finds he
Spring Parade
1940-09-27
In this light and lovely romantic musical, a Hungarian woman attends a Viennese fair and buys a card
Crack-Up
1936-12-14
Betrayal and espionage abound as an experimental aircraft is readied for its maiden voyage.
Numbered Woman
1938-05-22
After her brother is wrongfully arrested for the theft of some bonds, a nurse sets out to clear his
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1941-09-20
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
I Stand Accused
1938-10-29
Fred, a young lawyer fresh out of school, climbs quickly to success as the mouthpiece for a gangland
Here Comes the Navy
1934-07-21
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
Convict's Code
1939-01-18
On parole after three years in prison, a football player encounters the man who framed him.
Girls of the Road
1940-07-24
The story of an eclectic group of women - tramps, job-seekers and fugitives - either running from or
We Who Are About to Die
1937-01-08
John Thompson is kidnapped by mobsters after quitting his job. Then he is arrested, tried, and sente
Young Dr. Kildare
1938-10-14
A medical school graduate takes an internship at a big city hospital, only to be subjected to a rigo
Smashing the Rackets
1938-08-08
Jim 'Socker' Conway, former boxer and FBI hero, is maneuvered for political reasons into a do-nothin
Next Time I Marry
1938-12-09
Heiress Nancy Crocker Fleming will only receive her inheritance if she marries a "plain American." H
Love Is a Headache
1938-01-14
A press agent for a Broadway actress whose career is going downhill attempts to get her some publici
Woman Wanted
1935-08-02
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into anoth
Angels Wash Their Faces
1939-08-26
A young man just released from a reformatory moves to a new neighborhood with his sister, intending
Hi, Nellie!
1934-01-20
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield wit
The Personality Kid
1934-06-06
An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.
The Defense Rests
1934-07-15
A sleazy lawyer's female assistant sets out to end his cheating ways.
Gentlemen Are Born
1934-11-17
A well-cloistered and protected-against-reality group of college students get their diplomas in the
West Point of the Air
1935-03-23
An army sergeant inspires his son to become an ace flyer.
Start Cheering
1938-03-03
After retiring from movies to get an education, a man discovers his ex-staff is trying to have him e
Alias Jimmy Valentine
1928-11-15
An Incompetent insurance salesman sells a policy to Jesse James and has to protect his client until
Wings of the Navy
1939-02-11
Jerry tries to out compete his older brother Cass, a lieutenant Naval aviator. Cass is both tough on
Wife, Husband and Friend
1939-03-03
Woman hopes to be a great singer and is encouraged by her scheming teacher. After she flops her husb
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
1939-03-24
Three sisters who believe life is going to be easy, now that their parents are back together, until
Good Girls Go to Paris
1939-06-20
Jenny Swanson, a waitress on a college campus, is dying to visit Paris. Thanks to English professor
The Lady Escapes
1937-07-22
A young husband schemes to regain his wife, who earlier had left him and now is involved with a Euro
On Borrowed Time
1939-07-07
Young Pud is orphaned and left in the care of his aged grandparents. The boy and his grandfather are
Slightly Honorable
1939-12-22
A lawyer is framed for the murder of a young party girl and tries to clear his name.
The Under-Pup
1939-08-31
A young city girl from a poor family is invited to spend the summer at a camp for girls from wealthy
Kentucky
1938-12-30
Young lovers Jack and Sally are from families that compete to send horses to the 1938 Kentucky Derby
Fury
1936-06-05
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the
Holiday
1938-05-26
Johnny Case, a freethinking financier, has finally found the girl of his dreams — Julia Seton, the s
Robbers of the Range
1941-04-17
Railroad agents frame a landowner who wont sell out to them.
King of the Newsboys
1938-03-18
A poor young man's girlfriend leaves him for a gangster, who has the money and power she wants and t
My Old Kentucky Home
1938-02-09
Larry is engaged to Lisbeth Blair but he becomes attentive to Gail, a singer, and is injured in an a
Woman Against Woman
1938-06-24
A newlywed unhappily discovers that her husband's scheming ex-wife still has a controlling influence
The Kid From Texas
1939-04-14
A loud-mouthed Texas cowpuncher tries his hand at polo finding himself at odds with high society and
Gangs of Chicago
1940-05-18
A criminal uses his knowledge of the law for his not-very-legal purposes, betraying friends along th
Libeled Lady
1936-10-09
When a major newspaper accuses wealthy socialite Connie Allenbury of being a home-wrecker, and she f
Too Tough to Kill
1935-12-20
A no-nonsense engineer is hired to oversee construction of the Whitney Tunnel, a project that has be
Civilization
1916-06-02
Count Ferdinand, a submarine commander and secret pacifist refuses to torpedo a defenseless passenge
Madam Who
1918-01-01
During the Civil War, Jeanne Beaufort becomes a secret service agent for the South....
Rose o' Paradise
1918-05-13
Thomas Singleton broke down when his wife died giving birth to their daughter. He eventually recover
Murder with Pictures
1936-09-24
Suspected crime boss Nate Girard beats a murder rap, and newspaper photog Kent Murdock is on the sto
One Mile from Heaven
1937-08-18
A female journalist travels to a new neighborhood after getting a (false) lead and is surprised by w
The Jungle Child
1916-10-01
After her family dies in the jungle, Ollante is raised by Brazilian Indians, and, from her rugged li
Everybody's Baby
1939-03-24
The Jones family encounters new theories of childrearing when an author arrives in town to lecture o
The Kansas Terrors
1939-10-05
In Kansas Terrors, Stoney and his saddle pal Rusty take a job delivering horses to a flyspeck Caribb
Trouble in Sundown
1939-03-23
The bank has been robbed, the night watchman killed and the safe opened. The townspeople want John a
Two Against the World
1936-07-11
Searching for ratings at any cost, an unscrupulous radio-network owner forces his program manager to
Boom Town
1940-08-30
Two buddies who rise from fly-by-night wildcatters to oil tycoons over a twenty year period both lov
Dark Command
1940-04-15
When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place,
Virginia City
1940-03-23
Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in
I Was Framed
1942-04-04
A reporter runs from charges by a corrupt politician only to face them years later.
The Making of Bobby Burnit
1914-09-17
Bobby Burnit, a naïve young man, inherits $300,000 from his father, a hard-working entrepreneur. Bec
To Mary - with Love
1936-08-01
Mary stands by Jack after the Depression of 1929 but considers divorce when he again becomes success
Strike Up the Band
1940-09-27
Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between sc
It's in the Air
1935-10-10
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants
Back in Circulation
1937-08-27
Morning Express ace reporter 'Timmy' Blake uses her wiles and charms to get the scoop on rival paper
Flight Into Nowhere
1938-04-19
When headstrong pilot Bill Kellogg disobeys orders and takes a plane to photograph potential landing
Castle on the Hudson
1940-02-17
A hardened crook behind bars comes up against a reform-minded warden.
It All Came True
1940-04-06
After crooked nightclub owner murders a police informant, he blackmails his piano player to allow hi
They Drive by Night
1940-07-26
Joe and Paul Fabrini are Wildcat, or independent, truck drivers who have their own small one-truck b
Little Men
1940-11-29
Jo March and her husband Professor Bhaer operate the Plumfield School for poor boys. When Dan, a tou
Island of Doomed Men
1940-05-20
An undercover agent wrongly punished for murder is paroled to a remote tropical island with a diamon
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
1941-12-27
Dick Tracy goes up against a villain known as The Ghost, who can turn himself invisible.
Social Ambition
1918-05-01
Directed by Wallace Worsley.
Swing Time
1936-08-28
Lucky is tricked into missing his own wedding to Margaret and has to make $25,000 so her father will
Gambling Lady
1934-03-08
A businesslike syndicate runs all the gambling joints in town; least profitable is honest Mike Lee's
I Live My Life
1935-10-04
A society girl tries to make a go of her marriage to an archaeologist.
Ginger
1935-07-04
Ginger, an orphan, is living with her foster-uncle, Rexford Whittington, a broken-down Shakesperian
One Hundred Men and a Girl
1937-09-05
The daughter of a struggling musician forms a symphony orchestra made up of his unemployed friends a
Mystery Liner
1934-03-15
Police try to solve a murder on board an ocean liner.
Little Big Shot
1935-09-07
A con man and his partner inherit a dead gangster's precocious daughter.
Captain Hurricane
1935-03-01
Zenas Brewster is a seafaring man with a bad reputation. Notorious for his tempestuous nature, Brews
Juvenile Court
1938-09-10
Public Defender Gary Franklin, frustrated by being unable to save criminal Dutch Adams from a death
Gypsy Sweetheart
1935-03-30
Tina, a singing Gypsy with a band of roving gypsies, is invited by Tom to come over to his mother's
Hurricane Smith
1941-07-20
Rodeo rider Hurricane Smith is wrongly convicted of murder and robbery, but escapes and creates a ne
Four Mothers
1941-01-04
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Carnival
1935-02-15
"Chick" Thompson is a puppet-master in a traveling carnival whose wife dies in childbirth and leaves
Robin Hood of the Pecos
1941-01-14
Robin Hood of the Pecos is a 1941 American film starring Roy Rogers and directed by Joseph Kane. Fol
Lady from Louisiana
1941-04-22
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate b
Blossoms in the Dust
1941-08-15
Edna marries Texan Sam Gladney, operator of a wheat mill. They have a son, who is killed when very y
The Hot Spot
1931-09-14
In order to capture a murderer, a reporter has his obnoxious brother-in-law confess to the crime.
Rascals
1938-05-20
A Gypsy band takes lots of stuff but always in a good cause. Led by Jane Withers, they pick up a soc
The Broadway Hoofer
1929-12-15
Broadway dancing star Adele Dorey who, overworked and exhausted, suddenly ups and leaves New York in
Death on the Diamond
1934-09-14
Pop Clark is about to lose his baseball team, unless they can win the pennant so he can pay off debt
Golden Hoofs
1941-02-14
A teenage horse trainer fears she'll lose her beloved horses when the stables where she works is sol
Murder in Greenwich Village
1937-11-03
A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pu
Off the Record
1939-01-21
After a socially conscience reporter adopts a slum orphan after she causes his brother's gang to go
Dive Bomber
1941-08-30
A military surgeon teams with a ranking navy flyer to develop a high-altitude suit which will protec
Rendezvous
1935-10-25
A decoding expert tangles with enemy spies.
Hello Sister
1930-02-07
Olive Borden plays a modern jazz maiden who is forced to be good for six months or lose out on her g
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
1937-12-25
This short presents the possibility that a dead person's spirit can intervene in the lives of the li
Twentieth Century
1934-05-11
A temperamental Broadway producer trains an untutored actress, but when she becomes a star, she prov
Borrowing Trouble
1937-12-10
The Jones family drugstore is robbed and it looks like the culprit is a boy the family has taken a l
Ice-Capades
1941-08-19
Bob Clemens is a cameraman for newsreels. Assigned to shoot the Swiss ice skater Karen Vadja, he arr
The Rage of Paris
1938-06-09
Nicole has no job and is several weeks behind with her rent. Her solution to her problems is to try
Hell-Ship Morgan
1936-02-08
A fishing-boat captain's bride eyes his first mate at sea.
Somewhere in France
1916-10-29
Wicked Frenchwoman Marie Chaumontel is the mistress of Captain Henry Ravignac. She steals some paper
3 Kids and a Queen
1935-10-21
An eccentric, wealthy spinster, 'Queenie' Baxter is erroneously presumed to be kidnapped. She subseq
Baby Take a Bow
1934-06-30
Eddie Ellison is an ex-con who spent time in Sing-Sing prison. Kay marries him as soon as he serves
Hold That Ghost
1941-08-07
Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will. The
Dangerous Waters
1936-02-10
While a ship captain is at sea dealing with a mutiny among his crew, his wife is at home having an a
Red Hot Tires
1935-02-02
An escaped convict redeems himself by becoming an auto racing champion.
Kid Glove Killer
1942-04-17
Van Heflin stars as the head of a city crime lab who tries to solve the murder of the town mayor by
Little Accident
1939-10-26
A baby is passed from hand to hand after her father abandons her.
His First Command
1929-12-28
A playboy is in love with a woman and enters the army thinking it will improve his chances with her.
The Great Barrier
1937-01-02
The building of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
Captain America
1944-02-05
Superhero Captain America battles the evil forces of the archvillain called The Scarab, who poisons
Maisie Was a Lady
1941-01-10
Showgirl Maisie Ravier finds herself once again out of work. She meets a wealthy playboy who hires h
Chicken Casey
1917-01-28
A young author, Everett Dryden Hale, has written a book of such strength and originality that it bec
Brothers
1930-10-19
Bob Naughton and Eddie Connolly are identical-twin brothers that were separated in infancy. Bob is r
The Circus Man
1914-11-19
David Jenison, accused of a crime which he did not commit, escapes his guards and joins a traveling
Criminals of the Air
1937-04-30
Undercover agent Mark Owens is sent to aid the Border Patrol in the trans-border town of Hernandez i
Radio Scout
1934-09-01
A radio station's janitor is sent to the Kentucky Hills to round-up some hillbilly talent. He poses
Come On, Leathernecks!
1938-08-08
The father of a star football player at Annapolis wants his son to follow the family pattern and joi
The Law in Her Hands
1936-05-16
A female lawyer sets up her own practice but only achieves success as an attorney for the mob.
Mills of the Gods
1934-12-15
Fay Wray plays Jean Hastings, the wealthy and spoiled scion of a factory-owning family led by her ir
Straight from the Heart
1935-03-22
In this romance, a slightly crooked and highly ambitious mayoral candidate convinces a woman to help
When Tomorrow Comes
1939-08-11
A waitress destined for a better life falls in love with a handsome stranger, only to find that he i
Jimmy the Gent
1934-03-09
An unpolished racketeer, whose racket is finding heirs for unclaimed fortunes, affects ethics and te
Upperworld
1934-04-28
A railroad tycoon, disillusioned with his marriage, starts seeing a showgirl. Things go agreeably un
Hostage of the North
1915-05-27
The traveling troupe of actors gets stuck in Dawson City, and Andrews, the protagonist, with his wif
The Chinatown Mystery
1915-02-10
Reporter Frank Sloan, investigating the disappearance of a Chinese slave girl in Chinatown which lea
The Honorable Algy
1916-11-19
Algy, a British youth of ideals, is sent to America for an arranged marriage with a wealthy heiress.
The World Changes
1933-11-25
Generational saga tracing the events in the lives of the midwest pioneering Nordholm family, as seen
Wooden Shoes
1917-08-20
Pampy lives in a quaint little Dutch village, where she supports her invalid father by selling flowe
Sisters Under the Skin
1934-04-15
Wealthy, aging millionaire John Hunter Yates (Frank Morgan) seeks to recapture his youth by pursuing
Follow the Boys
1944-05-05
During World War II, all the studios put out "all-star" vehicles which featured virtually every star