Harry Hickox | |
Birth Date: | 22 October 1910 |
Birth Place: | Big Spring, Texas, U.S. |
Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Occupation: | Actor |
Years Active: | 1936 - 1976 |
Harry Hickox (October 22, 1910 – June 3, 1994) was an American character actor.[1]
Hickox was in Big Spring, Texas. He began his career as a musician, playing guitar with jazz bands, including that of Jack Teagarden. One of his early theatrical ventures was acting in Idiot's Delight in a little theater in Albuquerque, New Mexico. He married a member of that cast. The couple created Jump Jump of Holiday House, a children's program on radio and television that won awards for excellence. He also produced a TV show about jazz.[2]
In the early 1960s, Hickox portrayed Harold Hill in a touring company of The Music Man. He also played Charlie Cowell in the 1962 film adaptation.
He died on June 3, 1994, in Los Angeles, California at age 83.[3]
Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
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1956 | The Scarlet Hour | Uniformed Policeman | Uncredited | |
1958 | Return to Warbow | Jim | Uncredited | |
1962 | The Music Man | Charlie Cowell | ||
1964 | Cheyenne Autumn | Bartender | Uncredited | |
1966 | The Ghost and Mr. Chicken | Police Chief Art Fuller | ||
1966 | Hold On! | Grant | ||
1967 | Hotel | Sam | ||
1967 | Hot Rods to Hell | Bill Phillips | ||
1967 | Rosie! | Detective | ||
1968 | Speedway | The Cook | ||
1968 | Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? | Detective Captain Percy Watson | ||
1968 | The Virginian saison 6 épisode 06 (The masquerade) | Bill Manders | ||
1971 | Adam 12 | James Crawford | ||
1968 | The Split | Detective | ||
1971 | The Virginian (TV series) | Mr.Bristol | saison 9 episode 14 (Nan Allen) | |
1973 | Emperor of the North Pole | Elder | Uncredited | |
1974 | The Towering Inferno | Prospective Tenant | Uncredited |