By then, Mr. Hickman stated, he was operating out of gasoline as a display screen actor and was in search of new alternatives. He started to write down scripts for TV collection, together with “Hawaiian Eye” and “The Loretta Younger Present.” He carried out onstage in summer time inventory, which led to his starring in “Tips on how to Succeed” for a few yr as J. Pierrepont Finch, a window washer who climbs the company ladder.
Within the early Seventies, he turned an affiliate producer of the CBS cleaning soap opera “Love of Life.” He was later promoted to more and more necessary jobs on the community, together with oversight of its daytime programming.
He left in late 1976 to be a producer on “A 12 months on the Prime,” a sitcom about two rock musicians (Paul Shaffer and Greg Evigan) who promote their soul to the satan’s son. Though its govt producer was the completed tv comedy hitmaker Norman Lear, it had solely a brief run in the summertime of 1977.
Mr. Hickman continued to behave, sporadically, in motion pictures and on TV into the Nineties.
However within the Seventies he additionally started to educate actors, and he went on to show performing workshops for about 30 years. He additionally wrote the guide “The Unconscious Actor: Out of Management, in Full Command” (2007).
Along with his spouse, he’s survived by his son, Damien. One other son, Justin, died in 1985. His brother died in 2022. His marriage to the actress Pamela Lincoln led to divorce.
Mr. Hickman didn’t idealize his expertise as a toddler actor. He stated he had a good time, however he admitted that it had stunted his training and led him into years of remedy as an grownup.
“Once I was in my 30s,” he stated on the TCM panel in 2006, “I stated, to my mom, ‘How come I used to be out on the studio making motion pictures once I was 3½ years previous?’ She stated, ‘It was one thing you at all times needed to do.’ I laughed. She meant it.”
