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Bill Hickman(1921-1986)

  • Actor
  • Stunts
  • Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
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Bill Hickman
The actor is better known for his prowess as a stunt driver. His work in Bullitt (1968) is legendary where he drove the black Dodge Charger 440 Magnum that was pursued by Steve McQueen in his Ford Mustang 390 GT. For his reputation earned on Bullitt, Hickman was hired by William Friedkin for The French Connection (1971). He staged a similar chase on the streets of Manhattan but with a greater presence of civilians, an element that had been missing in Bullitt. Doubling for Gene Hackman in the more hazardous stunts, Hickman drove the brown 1970 Pontiac at speeds up to 90mph with Friedkin manning the camera right behind him. Hickman's third spectacle would be captured in The Seven-Ups (1973) where, yet again, he virtually outdid himself driving the car being pursued by Roy Scheider in another landmark car chase.
BornJanuary 25, 1921
DiedFebruary 24, 1986(65)
BornJanuary 25, 1921
DiedFebruary 24, 1986(65)
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Gene Hackman, William Friedkin, Roy Scheider, Eddie Egan, and Bill Hickman in The French Connection (1971)
Eddie Egan and Bill Hickman in The French Connection (1971)
Eddie Egan and Bill Hickman in The French Connection (1971)
Paul Genge and Bill Hickman in Bullitt (1968)
Gene Hackman, William Friedkin, Eddie Egan, Bill Hickman, and Randy Jurgensen in The French Connection (1971)
"JAILHOUSE ROCK" Elvis Presley, MGM, 1957, I.V.

Known for

Gene Hackman and Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection (1971)
The French Connection
7.7
  • Agent Bill Mulderig
  • 1971
George C. Scott in Patton (1970)
Patton
7.9
  • General Patton's Driver
  • 1970
Steve McQueen in Bullitt (1968)
Bullitt
7.4
  • Phil
  • 1968
Capricorn One (1977)
Capricorn One
6.8
  • Stunts
  • 1977

Credits

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Actor

  • The Seven-Ups (1973)
    The Seven-Ups
  • Richard Roundtree in Shaft (1973)
    Shaft
    • (uncredited)
  • Richard Widmark in Madigan (1972)
    Madigan
    • (uncredited)
  • Hickey & Boggs (1972)
    Hickey & Boggs
  • Jack Lemmon and Barbara Harris in The War Between Men and Women (1972)
    The War Between Men and Women
    • (as William Hickman)
  • They Call It Murder (1971)
    They Call It Murder
    • (uncredited)
  • Gene Hackman and Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection (1971)
    The French Connection
  • Columbo (1971)
    Columbo
    • (uncredited)
  • The Bold Ones: The Senator (1970)
    The Bold Ones: The Senator
  • Zabriskie Point (1970)
    Zabriskie Point
    • (uncredited)
  • The F.B.I. (1965)
    The F.B.I.
  • George C. Scott in Patton (1970)
    Patton
  • Daughter of the Mind (1969)
    Daughter of the Mind
  • The Love Bug (1968)
    The Love Bug
  • Steve McQueen in Bullitt (1968)
    Bullitt

Stunts

  • Capricorn One (1977)
    Capricorn One
  • Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, George C. Scott, William Atherton, Burgess Meredith, Roy Thinnes, and Gig Young in The Hindenburg (1975)
    The Hindenburg
    • (uncredited)
  • The Seven-Ups (1973)
    The Seven-Ups
  • Robert Blake in Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
    Electra Glide in Blue
    • (uncredited)
  • Charley and the Angel (1973)
    Charley and the Angel
    • (uncredited)
  • The Thief Who Came to Dinner (1973)
    The Thief Who Came to Dinner
    • (uncredited)
  • Rage (1972)
    Rage
  • Hickey & Boggs (1972)
    Hickey & Boggs
    • (uncredited)
  • What's Up, Doc? (1972)
    What's Up, Doc?
  • Sean Connery, Jill St. John, and Lana Wood in Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
    Diamonds Are Forever
    • (uncredited)
  • Gene Hackman and Marcel Bozzuffi in The French Connection (1971)
    The French Connection
    • ...
  • Vanishing Point (1971)
    Vanishing Point
    • (uncredited)
  • George C. Scott in Patton (1970)
    Patton
    • (uncredited)
  • Dean Martin in The Wrecking Crew (1968)
    The Wrecking Crew
    • (uncredited)
  • The Love Bug (1968)
    The Love Bug
    • (uncredited)

Second Unit or Assistant Director

  • Robert Blake in Electra Glide in Blue (1973)
    Electra Glide in Blue

Personal details

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    • January 25, 1921
    • Los Angeles County, California, USA
    • February 24, 1986
    • Indio, California, USA(cancer)
    • September 12, 1970 - February 24, 1986 (his death)
    • Charles H. Hickman
  • Was a driver in stunts on Spinout-Elvis Presley movie 1966

Did you know

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  • Trivia
    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.
  • Quotes
    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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