- Date de naissance
- Date de décès24 février 1986 · Indio, Californie, États-Unis (cancer)
- Nom de naissanceWilliam Warde Hickman
- Bill Hickman est né le 25 janvier 1921 en Californie, États-Unis. Il était acteur et assistant réalisateur. Il est connu pour French Connection (1971), Patton (1970) et Capricorn One (1978). Il était marié à Margaret Bernardette Sullivan, Barbara Grace Beatty, Betty Jane Hayne, Margie Ann Mcdowd et Yvonne Eloise Thomas. Il est mort le 24 février 1986 en Californie, États-Unis.
- ConjointsMargaret Bernardette Sullivan(12 septembre 1970 - 24 février 1986) (son décès)Barbara Grace Beatty(February 21, 1956 - ?) (divorcé, 1 enfant)Betty Jane Hayne(3 décembre 1950 - 9 juillet 1952) (divorcé)Margie Ann Mcdowd(1 juin 1947 - 17 mars 1948) (divorcé)Yvonne Eloise Thomas(15 juin 1940 - 19 décembre 1945) (divorcé, 1 enfant)
- EnfantsRonald William HickmanWilliam Blakely Hickman
- ParentsVirginia Elizabeth Cantrell
- ProchesJohn Napoleon Hickman(Sibling)Alfred Marriner Hickman(Half Sibling)Muriel Wolstenholme Hickman(Half Sibling)
- Before becoming a famous movie stuntman, he was James Dean's driver in 1955 when the latter was killed after a roadside accident. Hickman, driving the Ford station-wagon and trailer that hauled Dean's Porsche 550 Spyder, was the first on the scene when he came upon the accident.
- He appeared in two Best Picture Academy Award winners in consecutive years: Patton (1970) and French Connection (1971).
- In 1963, he and Alex Sharp were awarded a commendation for outstanding service to the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) for their involvement in the apprehension of a bank robber who had shot a police officer. On June 19, 1963, they pursued and rammed the car of the bandit, Carl Follette, and delayed him until the LAPD arrived.
- On his friendship with James Dean, "In those final days, racing was what he cared about most. I had been teaching him things like how to put a car in a four-wheel drift, but he had plenty of skill of his own. If he had lived he might have become a champion driver. We had a running joke, I'd call him Little Bastard and he'd call me Big Bastard. I never stop thinking of those memories."
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