--- name: "Howard Hickman" canonical: "https://film.one/person/howard-hickman" roles: ["Actor"] born: "9 February 1880" died: "31 December 1949" reviewed_on_fi1m: 5 average_fi1m_score: 67 average_as: "actor" average_over: 3 updated: "2026-09-20T01:06:04.736913+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Howard Hickman Actor. Born 9 February 1880 in Columbia, Missouri, USA. Died 31 December 1949. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 9 February 1880, Columbia, Missouri, USA - **Died:** 31 December 1949 - **Active:** 1934–1941 - **Also known as:** Howard Charles Hickman, Howard C. Hickman, Howard Close Hickman - **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 3 acting, 2 other - **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as actor, over 3 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 74 (3), 1940s 66 (2) - **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60 - **Lead roles:** 0 of 1 acting credits billed first or second - **Genres:** Drama 3, Romance 2, War 2 - **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films - **Box office:** $402m across 1 films with figures - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Hickman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q951224, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0382730/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/33025 ## Biography Howard Close Hickman (also credited as Howard C. Hickman and Howard Charles Hickman) was an American actor, director and writer. He began his career on stage in 1900 and became a leading man in repertory theatre before entering films around 1912 through producer Thomas H. Ince. He directed 19 films and appeared in several productions with his wife, actress Bessie Barriscale. With the advent of sound films, Hickman took mostly small supporting roles, often as judges, doctors or other authority figures. He appeared as Captain in *Here Comes the Navy* (1934) and as John Wilkes in *Gone with the Wind* (1939). He made more than 270 films before retiring in 1944. Hickman was born on 9 February 1880 in Columbia, Missouri, and died on 31 December 1949 in San Anselmo, California. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (5) ### Performed in (3) — the average rests on these - *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), Fi1m 58, as Senator — [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md) - *Gone with the Wind* (1939), Fi1m 74, as John Wilkes — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md) - *Here Comes the Navy* (1934), Fi1m 70, as Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-the-navy.md) ### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited - *Watch on the Rhine* (1943), Fi1m 73, as Cyrus Penfield (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/watch-on-the-rhine.md) - *Libeled Lady* (1936), Fi1m 77, as Cable Editor (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md) ## Complete filmography (192) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Sakima and the Masked Marvel* (1966), as Warren Hamilton (archive footage) - *Mrs. Parkington* (1944), as Dr. Herrick (uncredited) - *Follow the Boys* (1944), as Dr. Wood (uncredited) - *Captain America* (1944), as Lyman’s Attorney - *The Masked Marvel* (1943), as Warren Hamilton - *Watch on the Rhine* (1943), as Cyrus Penfield (uncredited) — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/watch-on-the-rhine.md) - *Tish* (1942), as Dr. Fielding Kelbridge - *Tarzan's New York Adventure* (1942), as Tarzan's Lawyer Blake Norton - *Kid Glove Killer* (1942), as Clemence - First Politician (uncredited) - *I Was Framed* (1942), as Stuart Gaines - *The Male Animal* (1942), as Faculty Member (uncredited) - *Lady for a Night* (1942), as Civil War General (uncredited) - *Dick Tracy vs. Crime Inc.* (1941), as Stephen Chandler - *Tuxedo Junction* (1941), as Judge Leo Rivers - *Uncle Joe* (1941), as Mr. Jones - *Doctors Don't Tell* (1941), as Dr. Watkins - *Nine Lives Are Not Enough* (1941), as Colonel Andrews - *Belle Starr* (1941), as Colonel Thornton - *Dive Bomber* (1941), as Admiral (uncredited) - *Ice-Capades* (1941), as Lawyer - *Blossoms in the Dust* (1941), as Senator — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/blossoms-in-the-dust.md) - *Hold That Ghost* (1941), as Judge (uncredited) - *Hurricane Smith* (1941), as Sen. Bradley - *Scattergood Pulls the Strings* (1941), as Withers (as Howard C. Hickman) - *Lady from Louisiana* (1941), as Judge William Harding - *Washington Melodrama* (1941), as Bishop Chatterton - *Robbers of the Range* (1941), as Roy Tremaine - *Golden Hoofs* (1941), as Calvin Harmon - *Back Street* (1941), as Williams - *Robin Hood of the Pecos* (1941), as Colonel Davis (uncredited) - *Maisie Was a Lady* (1941), as Dr. Stephen W. Fredericks (Uncredited) - *Four Mothers* (1941), as Music Foundation Director (uncredited) - *Little Men* (1940), as Doctor - *Strike Up the Band* (1940), as Doctor - *Spring Parade* (1940), as Colonel (uncredited) - *Boom Town* (1940), as McCreery's Associate #1 (uncredited) - *The Secret Seven* (1940), as Dr. Talbot - *They Drive by Night* (1940), as The Judge (uncredited) - *Girls of the Road* (1940), as Governor Warren - *Island of Doomed Men* (1940), as Judge (uncredited) - *Gangs of Chicago* (1940), as Judge Whitaker - *Dark Command* (1940), as Southerner Orating for Votes - *Bullet Code* (1940), as John Matthews - *It All Came True* (1940), as Mr. Prendergast - *Virginia City* (1940), as Confederate Gen. Page (uncredited) - *Castle on the Hudson* (1940), as The Judge (uncredited) - *Slightly Honorable* (1939), as Senator Sam Scott - *Gone with the Wind* (1939), as John Wilkes — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md) - *The Return of Doctor X* (1939), as Chairman - *Little Accident* (1939), as Mr. Allerton - *The Kansas Terrors* (1939), as Governor-General del Montez - *Espionage Agent* (1939), as Walter Forbes - *Thunder Afloat* (1939), as Surgeon (uncredited) - *Full Confession* (1939), as Third Doctor (uncredited) - *The Under-Pup* (1939), as Business Man - *Angels Wash Their Faces* (1939), as Judge Wilson (uncredited) - *When Tomorrow Comes* (1939), as Wealthy Man (uncredited) - *On Borrowed Time* (1939), as Chief Surgeon (uncredited) - *Good Girls Go to Paris* (1939), as Jeffers - Brand's Butler - *The Kid From Texas* (1939), as Doctor at Polo Grounds - *Three Smart Girls Grow Up* (1939), as Conference Room Businessman - *Everybody's Baby* (1939), as Dr. Jenkins - *Trouble in Sundown* (1939), as John Cameron - *Wife, Husband and Friend* (1939), as Concert Manager - *Wings of the Navy* (1939), as Capt. Dreen - *Off the Record* (1939), as Doctor (uncredited) - *Convict's Code* (1939), as Prison Warden - *Kentucky* (1938), as Banker - *Next Time I Marry* (1938), as Judge Jonathan Travers (uncredited) - *I Stand Accused* (1938), as Gilbert - *Young Dr. Kildare* (1938), as Dr. Harris (uncredited) - *Juvenile Court* (1938), as Governor Stanley - *Smashing the Rackets* (1938), as James J. Carew - *Come On, Leathernecks!* (1938), as Captain Felton - *Woman Against Woman* (1938), as Mr. Jamison - *The Rage of Paris* (1938), as Man in Opera Box (uncredited) - *Holiday* (1938), as Churchgoer (uncredited) - *Numbered Woman* (1938), as Dr. Richardson - *Rascals* (1938), as Judge - *Flight Into Nowhere* (1938), as Howard Hammond - *King of the Newsboys* (1938), as Judge (uncredited) - *Start Cheering* (1938), as Dr. Fosdick - *My Old Kentucky Home* (1938), as (uncredited) - *Love Is a Headache* (1938), as Editor Williams (uncredited) - *What Do You Think? (Number Two)* (1937), Actor - *Borrowing Trouble* (1937), as Judge Walters - *Murder in Greenwich Village* (1937), as Mr. Sloan - *Give Till It Hurts* (1937), as Dr. Douglas - *One Hundred Men and a Girl* (1937), as Johnson - *Back in Circulation* (1937), as Judge (uncredited) - *Western Gold* (1937), as Jim Thatcher - *One Mile from Heaven* (1937), as Judge Clarke - *Artists & Models* (1937), as Mr. Currie (uncredited) - *The Lady Escapes* (1937), as Judge - *Charlie Chan at the Olympics* (1937), as Police Doctor - *Criminals of the Air* (1937), Actor - *Jim Hanvey, Detective* (1937), as Herbert Frost - *The Crime Nobody Saw* (1937), as Robert Mallory - *Join the Marines* (1937), as Pruitt - *We Who Are About to Die* (1937), as Prison Chaplain - *The Great Barrier* (1937), as Donald Smith - *Career Woman* (1936), as Judge Whitman - *Crack-Up* (1936), as Major White - *Happy Go Lucky* (1936), as Dr. Wilson - *Wild Brian Kent* (1936), as Bob Cruikshank - *Libeled Lady* (1936), as Cable Editor (uncredited) — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/film/libeled-lady.md) - *Murder with Pictures* (1936), as Judge (uncredited) - *Swing Time* (1936), as (uncredited) - *To Mary - with Love* (1936), as Guest - *Two Against the World* (1936), as Dr. Maguire - *Fury* (1936), as Governor - *The Law in Her Hands* (1936), as Judge Henry D. Morse (uncredited) - *Too Many Parents* (1936), as Colonel Colman - *August Week End* (1936), as Spencer Lee - *Dangerous Waters* (1936), as Ship Doctor (uncredited) - *Hell-Ship Morgan* (1936), as Cabot - *Hit-and-Run Driver* (1935), as Dr. Flynn (uncredited) - *Too Tough to Kill* (1935), as Billings - *Rendezvous* (1935), as G-Man - *3 Kids and a Queen* (1935), as Dr. Bowers - *It's in the Air* (1935), as Mr. Ruby - *I Live My Life* (1935), as Teacher at Terry's Lecture (Uncredited) - *Little Big Shot* (1935), as The Judge - *Woman Wanted* (1935), as Dr. Griffith (uncredited) - *The Murder Man* (1935), as Howard Jennings (uncredited) - *Ginger* (1935), as Judge Rogers (uncredited) - *Dinky* (1935), as Judge Barlow - *Gypsy Sweetheart* (1935), as Mr. Van Updyke - *West Point of the Air* (1935), as Army Officer in Former Times - *Straight from the Heart* (1935), as Police Sergeant - *Captain Hurricane* (1935), as Jimmy's Father - *Carnival* (1935), as Doctor - *Red Hot Tires* (1935), as Judge Alcott - *Mills of the Gods* (1934), as Joe - Banker - *Gentlemen Are Born* (1934), as College President - *A Lost Lady* (1934), as Dr. Barlow (uncredited) - *Death on the Diamond* (1934), as Dr. Cushman (uncredited) - *Radio Scout* (1934), as William C. Brock - *Here Comes the Navy* (1934), as Captain — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/here-comes-the-navy.md) - *The Defense Rests* (1934), as Judge - *Return of the Terror* (1934), as Judge - *Baby Take a Bow* (1934), as Blair (Uncredited) - *The Personality Kid* (1934), as Joan's Doctor - *Twentieth Century* (1934), as Dr. Johnson (uncredited) - *Upperworld* (1934), as Judge (uncredited) - *Sisters Under the Skin* (1934), as Dutton - *Mystery Liner* (1934), as Dr. Howard - *Jimmy the Gent* (1934), as Doctor (uncredited) - *Gambling Lady* (1934), as Divorce Judge (uncredited) - *Hi, Nellie!* (1934), as Dr. John W. Wilson (uncredited) - *The World Changes* (1933), as Doctor (uncredited) - *I Loved a Woman* (1933), as Businessman at Meeting (uncredited) - *The Hot Spot* (1931), as Callahan - *Brothers* (1930), as John Naughton - *Hello Sister* (1930), as John Stanley - *His First Command* (1929), as Maj. Hall - *The Broadway Hoofer* (1929), as Larry - *Alias Jimmy Valentine* (1928), as Mr. Lane - *The Man Of The Forest* (1921), Director - *A Certain Rich Man* (1921), Director - *The Lure of Egypt* (1921), Director - *Nobody's Kid* (1921), Writer, Director - *The Killer* (1921), Director - *Just a Wife* (1920), Director - *Beckoning Roads* (1919), Director - *Kitty Kelly, M.D.* (1919), Scenario Writer, Director - *Her Purchase Price* (1919), Director - *Josselyn's Wife* (1919), Director - *Hearts Asleep* (1919), Director - *A Trick of Fate* (1919), Director - *All of a Sudden Norma* (1919), Director - *Two-Gun Betty* (1918), Director - *The Heart of Rachael* (1918), Director - *The White Lie* (1918), Director - *Rose o' Paradise* (1918), as Lafe Grandoken - *Social Ambition* (1918), as Vincent Manton - *Blue Blood* (1918), as Spencer Wellington - *Madam Who* (1918), as Henry Morgan - *Wooden Shoes* (1917), as Jack Smith - *Chicken Casey* (1917), as 'Dickey' Cochran - *The Honorable Algy* (1916), as Lord Rockmore - *Somewhere in France* (1916), as Charles Ravignac - *The Jungle Child* (1916), as Ridgeway Webb - *The Wolf Woman* (1916), as John Morton - *Civilization* (1916), as Count Ferdinand - *Matrimony* (1915), as Weston Rossmore - *Hostage of the North* (1915), as Andrews - Edna's Husband - *The Cup of Life* (1915), as Higsby - *The Roughneck* (1915), as Lord Cecil Oakleigh - *The Chinatown Mystery* (1915), as Frank Sloan - *The Circus Man* (1914), as Artful Dick Cronk - *The Making of Bobby Burnit* (1914), as Daniel Johnson ## Gallery - ![Howard Hickman](https://film.one/media/person/447496/gallery-5eab514cbd96.jpg) Howard Hickman — unknown (Triangle-KayBee), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Howard_Hickman_%281916%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Julia Dean and Howard C. Hickman in Matrimony (1915) - publicity still.](https://film.one/media/person/447496/gallery-6e8dfe0675d8.jpg) Julia Dean and Howard C. Hickman in Matrimony (1915) - publicity still. — unknown (Triangle-Kay Bee Pictures), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/74/Julia_Dean-Howard_C._Hickman_in_Matrimony.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Alias Jimmy Valentine Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors (1929)](https://film.one/media/person/447496/gallery-b4885ba9f231.jpg) Alias Jimmy Valentine Subjects (LCTGM): motion pictures, actors (1929) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Alias_Jimmy_Valentine_%28SAYRE_14116%29.jpg/1280px-Alias_Jimmy_Valentine_%28SAYRE_14116%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Film still of Civilization published in The Moving Picture World. (1916)](https://film.one/media/person/447496/gallery-b27a643f9515.jpg) Film still of Civilization published in The Moving Picture World. (1916) — Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Civilization_still_1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Howard Hickman](https://film.one/media/person/447496/gallery-ddda356df254.jpg) Howard Hickman — Image via TMDB --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/howard-hickman