Harry Hickox
{{Short description|American character actor (1910–1994)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Harry Hickox
| image = Harry Hickox Sergeant Orville King No Time for Sergeants 1964.jpg
| alt =
| caption = Hickox in No Time for Sergeants (1964)
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1910|10|22}}
| birth_place = Big Spring, Texas, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1994|6|3|1910|10|22}}
| 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.{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/harry-hickox-p32174 |title=Harry Hickox |website=AllMovie |accessdate=2019-03-30}}
Career
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.{{cite news |last1=Suhrheinrich |first1=Jeanne |title=Front Row Center |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/114993431/harry-hickox/ |access-date=December 22, 2022 |newspaper=The Evansville Courier |date=October 31, 1961 |page=5}}
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.
Death
Filmography
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| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
References
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External links
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