Howard Hickman

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Howard Charles Hickman February 9 1880 December 31 1949 was an American actor director and writer He was an accomplished stage leading man who entered films through the auspices of producer Thomas H Ince Hickman directed 19 films and costarred with his wife actress Bessie Barriscale in several productions before returning to the theatre With the rise of the sound film Hickman returned to the film business but received mostly small roles often as an authoritarian figure Hickman made a brief appearance as plantation owner John Wilkes father of Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind 1939 He ended his film career in 1944 after more than 270 films Hickman died of myocardial infarction in San Anselmo California and is buried at the Mount Tamalpais Cemetery San Rafael California