Alfred Hickman (25 February 1873 – 9 April 1931) was an English actor. He was married to actress Nance O'Neil.[1] He appeared in 35 films between 1914 and 1931.
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| Born | 25 February 1873 London, England |
| Died | 9 April 1931 (aged 58) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1914–1931 |
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Hickman began his career as an actor on the British stage in the early 1890s. In 1894 he portrayed Valentine in William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Daly's Theatre.[2] He first came to prominence on the American stage as William Bagot in Paul M. Potter's Trilby; a role which he performed in its premiere at the Boston Museum and for his Broadway debut at the Garden Theatre in 1895 .[3] He returned to Broadway numerous times over the next three decades, including performing the roles of Hawtrey Treebohm and Lawrence Trenwithou in Tommy Rot (1902)[4] Venderhyphen Jenks in Nancy Brown (1903),[5] and Dr. McPhail in Rain (1926).[6]
Selected filmography
- Are You a Mason? (1915)
- A Woman's Past (1915)
- The Flames of Johannis (1916) (*writer)
- The Witch (1916)
- The Iron Woman (1916)
- The Fall of the Romanovs (1917)
- The Lone Wolf (1917)
- The Final Payment (1917)
- The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1918)
- The Venus Model (1918)
- On the Quiet (1918)
- In Pursuit of Polly (1918)
- The Make-Believe Wife (1918)
- Little Miss Hoover (1918)
- The Love Cheat (1919)
- Piccadilly Jim (1919)
- Erstwhile Susan (1919)
- The Fear Market (1920)
- The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes (1920)
- Civilian Clothes (1920)
- The Enchanted Cottage (1924)
- The Rescue (1929)
- The Phantom of Paris (1931)
References
Citations
Bibliography
- Davis, Tracy C., ed. (2011). The Broadview Anthology of Nineteenth-Century British Performance. Broadview Press. ISBN 9781770487758.
- Mantle, Burns; Sherwood, Garrison P.; Chapman, John Arthur (1944). The Best Plays of 1899-1909. Dodd, Mead & Co.
- Dietz, Dan (2022). The Complete Book of 1900s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. ISBN 9781538168943.
External links
- Alfred Hickman at IMDb
- Alfred Hickman at the Internet Broadway Database
- Alfred Hickman at Find a Grave