Born September 19, 1927· Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
† Died June 29, 1997
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Born in Brooklyn to Irish-American parents and raised in Flatbush and Richmond Hill, William Hickey entered the performing world as a radio child actor in 1938, later debuting on Broadway in a walk-on role for George Bernard Shaw’s Saint Joan (1951) and honing his craft at the HB Studio in Greenwich Village, where he mentored future stars such as Barbra Streisand and Sandy Dennis.
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