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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.
Known For
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
John Wilkes
Twentieth Century
(1934)
Dr. Johnson (uncredited)
Fury
(1936)
Governor
They Drive by Night
(1940)
The Judge (uncredited)
Holiday
(1938)
Churchgoer (uncredited)
Tarzan's New York Adventure
(1942)
Tarzan's Lawyer Blake Norton
Captain America
(1944)
Lyman’s Attorney
Libeled Lady
(1936)
Cable Editor (uncredited)
Gangs of Chicago
(1940)
Judge Whitaker
Dark Command
(1940)
Southerner Orating for Votes
Boom Town
(1940)
McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
Upperworld
(1934)
Judge (uncredited)
Virginia City
(1940)
Confederate Gen. Page (uncredited)
Baby Take a Bow
(1934)
Blair (Uncredited)
A Lost Lady
(1934)
Dr. Barlow (uncredited)
Mrs. Parkington
(1944)
Dr. Herrick (uncredited)
Full Filmography
Acting
The Making of Bobby Burnit
(1914)
Daniel Johnson
The Roughneck
(1915)
Lord Cecil Oakleigh
The Cup of Life
(1915)
Higsby
Matrimony
(1915)
Weston Rossmore
Civilization
(1916)
Count Ferdinand
The Jungle Child
(1916)
Ridgeway Webb
Somewhere in France
(1916)
Charles Ravignac
The Wolf Woman
(1916)
John Morton
Chicken Casey
(1917)
'Dickey' Cochran
Madam Who
(1918)
Henry Morgan
Rose o' Paradise
(1918)
Lafe Grandoken
Social Ambition
(1918)
Vincent Manton
Blue Blood
(1918)
Spencer Wellington
Alias Jimmy Valentine
(1928)
Mr. Lane
The Broadway Hoofer
(1929)
Larry
His First Command
(1929)
Maj. Hall
Hello Sister
(1930)
John Stanley
The Hot Spot
(1931)
Callahan
I Loved a Woman
(1933)
Businessman at Meeting (uncredited)
A Lost Lady
(1934)
Dr. Barlow (uncredited)
Here Comes the Navy
(1934)
Captain
Hi, Nellie!
(1934)
Dr. John W. Wilson (uncredited)
The Personality Kid
(1934)
Joan's Doctor
The Defense Rests
(1934)
Judge
Gentlemen Are Born
(1934)
College President
Gambling Lady
(1934)
Divorce Judge (uncredited)
Mystery Liner
(1934)
Dr. Howard
Upperworld
(1934)
Judge (uncredited)
Death on the Diamond
(1934)
Dr. Cushman (uncredited)
Twentieth Century
(1934)
Dr. Johnson (uncredited)
Baby Take a Bow
(1934)
Blair (Uncredited)
Return of the Terror
(1934)
Judge
Hit-and-Run Driver
(1935)
Dr. Flynn (uncredited)
Dinky
(1935)
Judge Barlow
Woman Wanted
(1935)
Dr. Griffith (uncredited)
West Point of the Air
(1935)
Army Officer in Former Times
Too Tough to Kill
(1935)
Billings
It's in the Air
(1935)
Mr. Ruby
I Live My Life
(1935)
Teacher at Terry's Lecture (Uncredited)
Ginger
(1935)
Judge Rogers (uncredited)
Little Big Shot
(1935)
The Judge
Captain Hurricane
(1935)
Jimmy's Father
Gypsy Sweetheart
(1935)
Mr. Van Updyke
Carnival
(1935)
Doctor
Rendezvous
(1935)
G-Man
3 Kids and a Queen
(1935)
Dr. Bowers
Red Hot Tires
(1935)
Judge Alcott
The Murder Man
(1935)
Howard Jennings (uncredited)
Wild Brian Kent
(1936)
Bob Cruikshank
Too Many Parents
(1936)
Colonel Colman
August Week End
(1936)
Spencer Lee
Happy Go Lucky
(1936)
Dr. Wilson
Fury
(1936)
Governor
Libeled Lady
(1936)
Cable Editor (uncredited)
Two Against the World
(1936)
Dr. Maguire
To Mary - with Love
(1936)
Guest
Hell-Ship Morgan
(1936)
Cabot
Dangerous Waters
(1936)
Ship Doctor (uncredited)
Career Woman
(1936)
Judge Whitman
Crack-Up
(1936)
Major White
Charlie Chan at the Olympics
(1937)
Police Doctor
Give Till It Hurts
(1937)
Dr. Douglas
The Crime Nobody Saw
(1937)
Robert Mallory
Jim Hanvey, Detective
(1937)
Herbert Frost
We Who Are About to Die
(1937)
Prison Chaplain
One Mile from Heaven
(1937)
Judge Clarke
Back in Circulation
(1937)
Judge (uncredited)
One Hundred Men and a Girl
(1937)
Johnson
Murder in Greenwich Village
(1937)
Mr. Sloan
What Do You Think? (Number Two)
(1937)
Borrowing Trouble
(1937)
Judge Walters
The Great Barrier
(1937)
Donald Smith
Western Gold
(1937)
Jim Thatcher
Join the Marines
(1937)
Pruitt
Artists & Models
(1937)
Mr. Currie (uncredited)
The Lady Escapes
(1937)
Judge
Young Dr. Kildare
(1938)
Dr. Harris (uncredited)
Smashing the Rackets
(1938)
James J. Carew
Next Time I Marry
(1938)
Judge Jonathan Travers
Start Cheering
(1938)
Dr. Fosdick
Love Is a Headache
(1938)
Editor Williams (uncredited)
Kentucky
(1938)
Banker
Woman Against Woman
(1938)
Mr. Jamison
My Old Kentucky Home
(1938)
(uncredited)
Flight Into Nowhere
(1938)
Howard Hammond
Juvenile Court
(1938)
Governor Stanley
Rascals
(1938)
Judge
The Rage of Paris
(1938)
Man in Opera Box (uncredited)
Numbered Woman
(1938)
Dick
I Stand Accused
(1938)
Gilbert
Holiday
(1938)
Churchgoer (uncredited)
King of the Newsboys
(1938)
Judge (uncredited)
Gone with the Wind
(1939)
John Wilkes
The Return of Doctor X
(1939)
Chairman
Thunder Afloat
(1939)
Surgeon (uncredited)
Espionage Agent
(1939)
Walter Forbes
Convict's Code
(1939)
Prison Warden
Angels Wash Their Faces
(1939)
Judge Wilson (uncredited)
Wife, Husband and Friend
(1939)
Concert Manager
Three Smart Girls Grow Up
(1939)
Conference Room Businessman
Good Girls Go to Paris
(1939)
Jeffers - Brand's Butler
On Borrowed Time
(1939)
Chief Surgeon (uncredited)
The Under-Pup
(1939)
Business Man
Slightly Honorable
(1939)
Senator Sam Scott
The Kid From Texas
(1939)
Doctor at Polo Grounds
Everybody's Baby
(1939)
Dr. Jenkins
Trouble in Sundown
(1939)
John Cameron
The Kansas Terrors
(1939)
Governor-General del Montez
Wings of the Navy
(1939)
Capt. Dreen
Off the Record
(1939)
Doctor (uncredited)
Little Accident
(1939)
Mr. Allerton
Full Confession
(1939)
Third Doctor (uncredited)
Bullet Code
(1940)
John Matthews
Spring Parade
(1940)
Colonel (uncredited)
Gangs of Chicago
(1940)
Judge Whitaker
Boom Town
(1940)
McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited)
Dark Command
(1940)
Southerner Orating for Votes
Virginia City
(1940)
Confederate Gen. Page (uncredited)
Strike Up the Band
(1940)
Doctor
Castle on the Hudson
(1940)
The Judge (uncredited)
It All Came True
(1940)
Mr. Prendergast
They Drive by Night
(1940)
The Judge (uncredited)
Little Men
(1940)
Doctor
Island of Doomed Men
(1940)
Judge (uncredited)
The Secret Seven
(1940)
Dr. Talbot
Girls of the Road
(1940)
Governor Warren
Belle Starr
(1941)
Colonel Thornton
Back Street
(1941)
Williams
Uncle Joe
(1941)
Mr. Jones
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
(1941)
Colonel Andrews
Robbers of the Range
(1941)
Roy Tremaine
Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.
(1941)
Stephen Chandler
Four Mothers
(1941)
Music Foundation Director (uncredited)
Hurricane Smith
(1941)
Sen. Bradley
Robin Hood of the Pecos
(1941)
Colonel Davis (uncredited)
Lady from Louisiana
(1941)
Judge William Harding
Blossoms in the Dust
(1941)
Senator
Golden Hoofs
(1941)
Calvin Harmon
Dive Bomber
(1941)
Admiral (uncredited)
Ice-Capades
(1941)
Lawyer
Hold That Ghost
(1941)
Judge (uncredited)
Maisie Was a Lady
(1941)
Dr. Stephen W. Fredericks (Uncredited)
Tuxedo Junction
(1941)
Judge Leo Rivers
Scattergood Pulls the Strings
(1941)
Withers (as Howard C. Hickman)
Doctors Don't Tell
(1941)
Dr. Watkins
Washington Melodrama
(1941)
Bishop Chatterton
Tarzan's New York Adventure
(1942)
Tarzan's Lawyer Blake Norton
Lady for a Night
(1942)
Civil War General (uncredited)
I Was Framed
(1942)
Stuart Gaines
Kid Glove Killer
(1942)
Clemence - First Politician (uncredited)
Tish
(1942)
Dr. Fielding Kelbridge
Screen Snapshots (Series 22, No. 10)
(1942)
Self (archive footage)
The Male Animal
(1942)
Faculty Member (uncredited)
The Masked Marvel
(1943)
Warren Hamilton
Captain America
(1944)
Lyman’s Attorney
Mrs. Parkington
(1944)
Dr. Herrick (uncredited)
Sakima and the Masked Marvel
(1966)
Warren Hamilton
Directing
The White Lie
(1918)
Director
The Heart of Rachael
(1918)
Director
Josselyn's Wife
(1919)
Director
Kitty Kelly, M.D.
(1919)
Director
Just a Wife
(1920)
Director
The Man Of The Forest
(1921)
Director
Nobody's Kid
(1921)
Director
The Killer
(1921)
Director
Writing