Darryl Hickman
Biography
Darryl Hickman was an American actor who also worked as a screenwriter, television executive, and acting coach. Born in Hollywood in 1931, he was discovered by a dance-school director in the mid-1930s and signed by Paramount, making his film debut as Ronald Colman's son in The Prisoner of Zenda in 1937. He played Winfield Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940) and appeared in Leave Her to Heaven (1945) and The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946). As an adult he had roles in Tea and Sympathy (1956) and Network (1976), and worked extensively in television, including Gunsmoke, Perry Mason, and The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. He also acted on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying in 1963. Later he became a television executive and producer, wrote for The Loretta Young Show, and published a book on acting techniques in 2007. He died in 2024.
92years old at death
- Born Hollywood
- Died Montecito
- Star sign: LeoThe sign runs July 23 to August 22
- Also credited as Darryl Gerard Hickman
Movie Career
- Films
- 17
- Career span
- 75 years1940 to 2015
Genres
Share
Did you know?!
Early training
In California, Hickman went to the school run by Paramount, and Gene Nelson and Jackie Cooper were among the classmates he had there.
Beyond film
In 1963, Hickman starred on Broadway in How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying, substituting for star Robert Morse.
Behind the camera
In April 2007, Hickman's book on acting techniques came out. Its title is The Unconscious Actor: Out of Control, in Full Command.
Darryl Hickman movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Robert Wise directed two of these films. Eight actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Vincent Price's page
Gertrude Astor's page
Leon Alton's page
Grant Mitchell's page
Charles D. Brown's page
Audrey Totter's page
All films by Robert Wise
Also two films together2 more actors
- Arthur BurghardtGoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords (1986) and Network (1976)
- Paul EvertonLeave Her to Heaven (1945) and Prairie Law (1940)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Darryl Hickman's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$72.0 million
7 of the 17 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 17 films: 7 worldwide figure; 3 us gross only; 7 figure not found.
- 7Worldwide figure
- 3US gross only
- 7Figure not found
Top grosser
Highest grossing
The seven biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$36M49.4% of the total
- 2$24M32.9% of the total
- 3$3.4M4.8% of the total
- 4$3.3M4.6% of the total
- 5$3.2M4.5% of the total
- 6$1.6M2.2% of the total
- 7$1.1M1.6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.