Child actor of the 1940s '50s and '60s Dwayne Hickman died 09Jan22. Born, raised and died in LA, Hickman became an idol of the baby boomer TV set as "Dobie [DOUGH-bee) Gillis", the high school kid who never met a girl he didn't love, from 1959-1963.
One of those girls was Tuesday (Susan Ker) Weld, who was a regular on the show. Dobie had a new heart-throb every episode, as he tried to dodge Zelda K. Gilroy (Sheila Kuehl), the plain-Jane tomboy who decided he should be hers. I always suspected "Lucy" in Charley Brown was the inspiration for Zelda.
Dobie's Good Buddy was Maynard G. Krebs (Bob Denver), one of the last remaining Beatniks (who were losing ground to the upcoming Hippies). Maynard was alergic to work (WORK!!) and never changed his clothes throughout the entire series. Dobie's storekeeper dad proudly reminded everyone he was a veteran of WWII ("the big one"), (*WITH* the Good Conduct Medal).
When he became too old to be a believable high school Senior, Dwayne Hickman went on to become an important behind-the-scenes executive in the TV business, and he helped promote the careers of his old TV casts. His "Good Buddy" Maynard (Bob Denver) died in 2005 at age 70; Dwayne Hickman lived to be 87.
Like, goodbye, Good Buddy.
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