Alfred Hickman (25 February 1873 – 9 April 1931) was an English actor. He was married to actress
Nance O'Neil
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.
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
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's ''
Twelfth Night
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'' at
Daly's Theatre
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The theatre was built for and named after the American impresa ...
. He first came to prominence on the American stage as William Bagot in
Paul M. Potter's ''
Trilby
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''; a role which he performed in its premiere at the
Boston Museum and for his
Broadway debut at the
Garden Theatre in 1895 . 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) Venderhyphen Jenks in ''
Nancy Brown'' (1903), and Dr. McPhail in ''
Rain
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'' (1926).
Selected filmography
* ''
Are You a Mason?'' (1915)
* ''
A Woman's Past'' (1915)
* ''
The Flames of Johannis'' (1916) (*writer)
* ''
The Witch'' (1916)
* ''
The Iron Woman
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Synopsis
"The Iron Woman has come to take revenge on mankind for its tho ...
'' (1916)
* ''
The Fall of the Romanovs'' (1917)
* ''
The Lone Wolf'' (1917)
* ''
The Final Payment'' (1917)
* ''
The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1918)
* ''
The Venus Model'' (1918)
* ''
On the Quiet'' (1918)
* ''
In Pursuit of Polly'' (1918)
* ''
The Make-Believe Wife'' (1918)
* ''
Little Miss Hoover'' (1918)
* ''
The Love Cheat'' (1919)
* ''
Piccadilly Jim'' (1919)
* ''
Erstwhile Susan'' (1919)
* ''
The Fear Market'' (1920)
* ''
The Shadow of Rosalie Byrnes'' (1920)
* ''
Civilian Clothes
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'' (1920)
* ''
The Enchanted Cottage'' (1924)
* ''
The Rescue'' (1929)
* ''
The Phantom of Paris'' (1931)
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1873 births
1931 deaths
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
Male actors from London
20th-century English male actors
Burials at Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
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