Alfred Hickman

For other people named Alfred Hickman, see Alfred Hickman (disambiguation).

Alfred Hickman
Hickman and Elaine Hammerstein in
The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes (1920)
Born(1873-02-25)25 February 1873
London, England
Died9 April 1931(1931-04-09) (aged 58)
Hollywood, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1914–1931
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(m. 1896; div. 1903)​
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(m. 1916)​

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.

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]

  1. ^ "Alfred Hickman Biography". hollywood.com. Retrieved 4 April 2011.
  2. ^ "Plays of the Month: Twelfth Night". The Theatre: 152. 1 March 1894.
  3. ^ Davis, p. 588
  4. ^ Mantle, Sherwood, & Chapman, p. 420
  5. ^ Dietz, p. 149-150
  6. ^ "RAIN' RETURNS TO CENTURY; Back, With Four Years' Record, and Jeanne Eagels Sti. Sadie Thompson". The New York Times. 12 October 1926.