Dwayne Hickman, Star of 'The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis,' Dies at 87

[Omaha Steve]

Source: Hollywood Reporter

Before he played the lovestruck high schooler on the 1960s CBS sitcom, the perpetual teenager starred on 'The Bob Cummings Show.'

BY DUANE BYRGE, MIKE BARNES

Dwayne Hickman, who starred as the hopelessly in love high school kid on the popular CBS comedy series The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis, has died. He was 87.

Hickman, who also starred as a crazy teenager on The Bob Cummings Show, died Sunday morning at his Los Angeles home of complications from Parkinson’s disease, publicist Harlan Boll announced.

Dobie Gillis, which ran for 147 episodes from 1959-63, starred the fresh-faced, crew-cut Hickman (25 years old when the series began) as a student always looking to date the most beautiful, unattainable girls. Future Gilligan’s Island star Bob Denver played his pal, beatnik Maynard G. Krebs.

Dobie’s quest for love often was capsized by his grocer father (played by Frank Faylen) or something goofy that Maynard had done.



Dwayne Hickman COURTESY EVERETT COLLECTION


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[Siwsan]

1. For some weird reason, I was thinking about him, just the other day.

I don't remember what triggered it.

[FarPoint]

9. I didn't read the article yet...

I was just thinking...I believe he has a twin brother????

[Talitha]

34. He had an older brother named Darryl, also an actor.

[NanceGreggs]

36. Not a twin, but a brother ...

... Daryl Hickman, who was also an actor.

[FarPoint]

47. Ahhhh

thank you....

[Marthe48]

2. I watched Dobie Gillis really often

when I was growing up. As I recall, it was zany, in a natural way. I loved the show.

R.I.P. Mr. Hickman

[3Hotdogs]

6. +1

[whathehell]

8. Me too..Loved the characters,

Dobie, Zelda, Thalia, and of course, Maynard G. Krebs.

[displacedtexan]

21. And Chatsworth P. Osborne, Jr.

Or was the middle initial T?

[whathehell]

23. Oh yes!

The snotty guy who, as per one episode, took flower arranging classes from a karate teacher.

[Raine]

44. Sometimes I call Tucker Carlson "chatty" after Chatsworth Oborne Jr because

he has that snotty finishing school air about him.

[oasis]

24. Warren Beatty also played a character in a few episodes. nt

[whathehell]

28. Yeah, I vaguely remember him as being in the show..

Can't remember his character, though.

[oasis]

30. He played an aloof, snotty type. I can't remember his character name. nt

[whathehell]

32. Actually, I think

thst was a different character. Chatsworth T. Osborne.

I just read that Beatty played a "lady killer" rival of Dobie's. but I can't remember his name, either.

[oasis]

33. Milton Armitage.

[whathehell]

37. That does sounds right!

[oasis]

38. I saw a pic of Warren while searching the cast of Dobie Gillis.

teamwork

[whathehell]

48. Cool!

I'll check it out.

[ampm]

16. Wow they sure were great

We are losing so many of our great actors. Watch him when I was a kid

[ampm]

17. Wow they sure were great

We are losing so many of our great actors. Watch him when I was a kid

[turbinetree]

3. This is truly sad....watched this show a lot....

[CanonRay]

4. I really loved this show

RIP Dobie

[TNNurse]

5. My adolescent self thought he was wonderful.

So cute, of course, I really like Maynard as well, but no crush.

[Rastapopoulos]

7. Weird coincidence

Today is Bob Denver's birthday

[The Blue Flower]

10. Loved this show

Especially the characters of the dad and Maynard G.

[Jim__]

11. RIP Dobie - Season1 Episode 1

[bikebloke]

13. As a kid...

I thought it was Dopie Gillis.

[hedda_foil]

51. Warren Beatty and Tuesday Weld bonding over his wooden hangers

[Hoyt]

12. Great show in the day.

[sinkingfeeling]

14. One of my childhood favorites. He introduced me to "The Thinker".

[whathehell]

26. Yep, me too.

[El Supremo]

43. I used to think it was filmed in Kansas City...

because there was a copy of Rodin's Thinker outside the Nelson Gallery of Art.

[Tree-Hugger]

15. That's sad

They played "Dobie Gillis" on Nick at Nite when I was a kid and I was obsessed with watching it.

R.I.P.

[SheilaAnn]

18. Dobie Gillis and Our Miss Brooks were childhood favs of mine. RIP Dwayne. n/t

t

[bahboo]

19. and another bit of childhood is chipped away....

[ShazzieB]

20. My favorite Dwayne Hickman performance was Jed in Cat Ballou.

"I'm drunk as a skunk!" *falls over*

That was one of my favorite movies as a teenager.

[samnsara]

31. mine too!!

[ChazInAz]

50. Loved that film!

"Hallelujah, brothers! I have come to comfort the sick and heal the sinner! Let them what's troubled, let them what's vexed o' mind come unto me! They's plenty o' good things o' comfort in the Bible, brothers!" (Hiccups, produces flask or pistol from hollowed-out Bible.)
I worked as a theater usher during this film's run. God knows how many times I watched it.

[Glorfindel]

22. R.I.P., Mr. Hickman. You brought joy to many.

May that truly be said of all of us.

[mockmonkey]

25. I don't remember seeing it in reruns like most of the older shows I grew up with

One of the local OTA channels has this show on really late at night/early morning and I've watched it a few times. I
was confused by his hair going from really blond to dark. It's a pretty smart show and I recognized
the actress playing his mother as Mrs. Bakerman (always knitting) from "The Bob Newhart Show".

[csziggy]

55. Now you can stream it on IMDB TV through Amazon Prime nt

[mockmonkey]

56. Thanks

I just added it to my list. It will make more sense starting from the beginning.

[Grumpy Old Guy]

27. Zelda!!!

I had the good fortune to stage manage with Sheila Kuehl, who payed Zelda, a few years ago. I almost never asked to take a photo with a celebrity, but I couldn't help myself in this case. Kuehl is an L.A. County Supervisor.

[catchnrelease]

46. Yes!

Sheila Kuehl has served the people of California in many offices--

Serving as the member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors for the 3rd District. Kuehl was California's first openly gay state legislator, having previously served in the California State Senate and the California State Assembly, where she was the Assembly's first female Speaker pro tempore. (from her Wikipedia)

Any time she's on the radio I stop to listen because she's so knowledgeable on so many topics important to SoCal.

[samnsara]

29. oh noooo not Dobie :(

[BigmanPigman]

35. I remember him in the film Cat Ballou with Jane Fonda.

[El Supremo]

40. That was his brother, Darryl. n/m

[BigmanPigman]

41. Nope, it was him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Ballou

[El Supremo]

42. Sorry. I always got them mixed up.

I recently saw the horror classic, The Tingler, and he had a big role.

[whistler162]

45. Might have been his other brother Darryl!

[LeftInTX]

39. He was a year older than Bob Denver!

[PCIntern]

49. Fun fact:

I and Max Shulman’s son attended the same school at the same time. Max was of course the creator of the characters Dobie et al. Peter,the son, was a very nice guy.

[The Grand Illuminist]

52. Was he the last surviving cast member?

[hedda_foil]

53. Tuesday Weld is still alive. So is Warren Beatty.

[whistler162]

54. So is Sheila Kuehl

[link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Kuehl#|