1997 | Final features, "Twisted" and "Mousehunt" (released posthumously) |
| Played recurring role of Carlton Blanchard on the NBC sitcom, "Wings" |
| TV series debut as regular, "Baby Talk", an ABC sitcom in which he played the role of Fogarty |
1986 | Acted the role of Dr. Einstein on Broadway in the revival of the 1940s Joseph Kesselring farce, "Arsenic and Old Lace" |
1985 | Began acting regularly on TV with a role in his first TV-movie, "Izzy and Moe" |
1985 | Returned to features to act a breakthrough role in another John Huston film, "Prizzi's Honor"; received an Oscar nomination as Best Supporting Actor |
1984 | Succeeded Philip Pleasants in the role of Ralph Waldo Emerson in the off-Broadway play, "Romance Language" |
1982 | Acted in an off-Broadway revival of the Moliere play, "Don Juan", directed by Richard Foreman |
1979 | Last film for six years, John Huston's "Wise Blood" |
1967 | Returned to feature films after a decade to act in Mel Brooks' fondly remembered satire, "The Producers" |
| Joined American Shakespeare Festival Theatre in Stratford Connecticut for six seasons during the 1960s |
1961 | Stage directing debut, "All You Need Is One Good Break" at the Phoenicia Playhouse, Phoenicia NY |
1959 | First TV special, played the Artful Dodger in "Oliver Twist" ("Dupont Show of the Month") |
1957 | Began teaching acting at the Herbert Berghof Studio in New York |
1957 | Film debut, "A Hatful of Rain" |
| Appeared on "Camera Three", "Philco Playhouse" and other live TV dramas in the 1950s |
1952 | Worked as assistant stage manager and actor in "Tovarich" on Broadway |
1951 | Broadway debut, "Saint Joan"; production starred Uta Hagen, with Hickey as an extra |
| First taught acting to children at a community center in New York City's Lower East Side, the Henry Street Settlement, when he was in his early twenties |
1948 | Acted off-Broadway at age 20 in the play, "Bury the Dead"; studied acting with Uta Hagen and Herbert Berghof at their HB Studios (date approximate) |
1938 | Began acting career on radio at the age of nine (date approximate) |
