{{Short description|American character actor (1910–1994)}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2020}} {{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.<ref>{{cite web|author=Sandra Brennan |url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/harry-hickox-p32174 |title=Harry Hickox |website=AllMovie |accessdate=2019-03-30}}</ref>
==Career== Hickox was born 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.<ref name=ec>{{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}}</ref>
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. <ref name="ec" />
==Death== He died on June 3, 1994, in Los Angeles, California at age 83.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1994-06-11-mn-2840-story.html |title=Harry Hickox; TV, Movie Character Actor |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |date=June 11, 1994 |accessdate=2019-03-30}}</ref> ==Filmography== {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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 |}
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==External links== {{Commons category}} * {{IMDb name|0382782}}
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