The network TV executive – who was best known for playing the lead role in The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis – died on Sunday (9 January) due to complications from Parkinson’s disease.
He reprised the role for the 1983 TV film Bring Me the Head of Dobie Gillis.
Actor and TV producer Dwayne Hickman has died aged 87.
However, it will be the lead role of Dobie Gillis that he is best remembered for, with the US sitcom running from 1959 to 1963.