I was just standing around and suddenly I was cast as an extra. I hated it because I was so shy.

Hickman gained wide notice as the character Chuck on The Bob Cummings Show from 1955 to 1959. Dwayne Bernard Hickman (born May 18 1934) is a former American actor and television executive at CBS. He became a programming executive at CBS a role which he has since spoofed in several on-camera roles.

Love That Bob in reruns) and then the blond title character in CBS's The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. a. Dwayne Bernard Hickman (born May 18 1934) is a former American actor and television executive at CBS.