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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
June 3, 1895
Place of Birth:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Russell Hicks
Biography
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Edward Russell Hicks (June 4, 1895 – June 1, 1957) was an American film actor.
Born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland, Hicks appeared in nearly 300 films between 1915 and 1956. His first appearance was an uncredited role in The Birth of a Nation (1915). He often appeared as a smooth-talking confidence man, as in the W.C. Fields film The Bank Dick (1940). Distinguished, suave and a consummate actor, Hicks played a variety of judges, corrupt officials, businessmen and attorneys, working in a variety of mediums almost until his death. Hicks appeared once in the syndicated western television series The Cisco Kid as an uncle of the Gail Davis character, whom he threatens to disinherit if she marries a known gangster.
He died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack.
Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Once Upon a Honeymoon | Angel Chief |
| 1956 | 7th Cavalry | Col. Kellogg |
| 1956 | You Can't Run Away from It | Ship Captain (uncredited) |
| 1955 | The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial | |
| 1953 | The Studebaker Story | Harold S. Vance |
| 1953 | Man of Conflict | Mr. Murdock |
| 1952 | Mr. Walkie Talkie | Col. Lockwood |
| 1952 | The Maverick | Col. Hook |
| 1952 | Old Oklahoma Plains | Colonel Charles Bigelow |
| 1951 | Bowery Battalion | Melvin Hatfield |
| 1951 | As You Were | Col. Lockwood |
| 1951 | Overland Telegraph | Col. Marvin |
| 1951 | Kentucky Jubilee | T.J. Hoarsely |
| 1951 | Fourteen Hours | Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited) |
| 1951 | All That I Have | Jess Northrup |
| 1950 | The Big Hangover | Steve Hughes |
| 1950 | Blue Grass of Kentucky | James B. Armistead |
| 1950 | The Flying Saucer | Hank Thorn |
| 1950 | Again Pioneers | Pete Galloway |
| 1950 | Unmasked | George Richards |
| 1949 | I Cheated the Law | District Attorney Randolph |
| 1949 | South of St. Louis | |
| 1949 | Manhattan Angel | J.C. Rayland |
| 1949 | Samson and Delilah | Lord of Ashkelon |
| 1949 | The Fountainhead | Banner Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1949 | Barbary Pirate | Commodore Preble |
| 1948 | The Velvet Touch | Actor 'Judge Brack' |
| 1948 | The Hunted | Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives |
| 1948 | Race Street | Easy Mason |
| 1948 | One Sunday Afternoon | Tredway |
| 1948 | My Dear Secretary | Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Black Arrow | Sir Harry Shelton |
| 1948 | The Gallant Legion | Senator Beale |
| 1948 | The Plunderers | Cavalry Colonel |
| 1948 | The Return of October | Taylor |
| 1948 | The Shanghai Chest | Frank Bronson, district attorney |
| 1948 | Assigned to Danger | Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited) |
| 1948 | The Noose Hangs High | Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited) |
| 1948 | Jiggs and Maggie in Court | Supreme Court Judge |
| 1947 | Exposed | Col. Bentry |
| 1947 | Louisiana | Fred Astor |
| 1947 | The Pilgrim Lady | Thackery Gibbs |
| 1947 | The Judge Steps Out | Superior Court Judge (uncredited) |
| 1947 | The Sea of Grass | Maj. Dell Harney |
| 1947 | Web of Danger | Gallagher |
| 1947 | Dark Delusion | Mr. Logan (uncredited) |
| 1947 | Fun on a Weekend | John Biddle |
| 1947 | Buck Privates Come Home | Mr. Appleby |
| 1947 | Smoky River Serenade | J. Bricket Armstrong |
| 1946 | The Show-Off | Mr. Thorbison (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Dark Alibi | Warden Cameron |
| 1946 | The Plainsman and the Lady | Sen. Twin |
| 1946 | Till the Clouds Roll By | Producer (uncredited) |
| 1946 | G.I. War Brides | Insp. Ramsaye |
| 1946 | A Close Call for Boston Blackie | Attorney Harcourt (uncredited) |
| 1946 | The Hoodlum Saint | Marty Martindale (uncredited) |
| 1946 | Gay Blades | Buxton |
| 1946 | Swing Parade of 1946 | Daniel Warren Sr. |
| 1946 | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington |
| 1945 | Apology for Murder | Harvey Kirkland |
| 1945 | Flame of Barbary Coast | Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star |
| 1945 | The Valley of Decision | Mr. Laurence Gaylord |
| 1945 | Scarlet Street | J.J. Hogarth |
| 1945 | A Game of Death | Mr. Whitney |
| 1945 | The Master Key | Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien |
| 1945 | First Yank into Tokyo | Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited) |
| 1945 | She Gets Her Man | Mayor |
| 1945 | Getting Gertie's Garter | Board Member (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Louisiana Hayride | H.C.Forbes |
| 1944 | The Port of 40 Thieves | Charles Farrington |
| 1944 | Bathing Beauty | Mr. Allenwood (uncredited) |
| 1944 | Janie | Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate |
| 1944 | The Case of the Tremendous Trifle | Colonel |
| 1944 | Captain America | Mayor Randolph |
| 1943 | Air Raid Wardens | Major Scanlon |
| 1943 | Northern Pursuit | Chief Inspector (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Three Hearts for Julia | Colonel (uncredited) |
| 1943 | Follow the Band | Jeremiah K. Barton |
| 1943 | Someone to Remember | Mr. Stanton |
| 1943 | The Woman of the Town | Publisher |
| 1943 | King of the Cowboys | Texas Governor |
| 1943 | His Butler's Sister | Sanderson |
| 1943 | Proceed and Report | Captain |
| 1942 | Sealed Lips | Dr. Charles Evans |
| 1942 | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Judge Abbotson |
| 1942 | Fingers at the Window | Dr. Chandley |
| 1942 | Butch Minds the Baby | J. Wadsworth Carrington |
| 1942 | Springtime in the Rockies | Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited) |
| 1942 | We Were Dancing | Mr. Bryce-Carew |
| 1942 | To the Shores of Tripoli | Major Wilson |
| 1942 | Lady in a Jam | Carter |
| 1942 | King of the Mounties | Marshal Carleton |
| 1942 | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited) |
| 1942 | Joe Smith, American | Mr. Edgerton |
| 1942 | Strictly in the Groove | RC Saunders |
| 1942 | Pacific Rendezvous | John Carter |
| 1942 | Ship Ahoy | Capt. C.V. O'Brien |
| 1942 | Tennessee Johnson | Lincoln's Emissary |
| 1942 | Hitler- Dead or Alive | Samuel Thornton |
| 1941 | Doctors Don't Tell | Supt. Duff |
| 1941 | Hold That Ghost | Bannister |
| 1941 | The Little Foxes | William Marshall |
| 1941 | Western Union | Provisional Governor |
| 1941 | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Harry Walsh |
| 1941 | Pacific Blackout | Commanding Officer |
| 1941 | Blood and Sand | Marquis |
| 1941 | Arkansas Judge | Hetty's Attorney |
| 1941 | The Big Store | Arthur Hastings |
| 1941 | Man-Made Monster | Warden Harris (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Great Guns | Gen. Burns |
| 1941 | The Great Lie | Colonel Harriston |
| 1941 | The Parson of Panamint | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1941 | Here Comes Happiness | John Vance |
| 1941 | Buy Me That Town | Malcolm |
| 1941 | Sergeant York | General (uncredited) |
| 1941 | They Died with Their Boots On | Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited) |
| 1941 | Dive Bomber | Awards Speaker (uncredited) |
| 1941 | A Man Betrayed | C.R. Pringle |
| 1941 | The Pittsburgh Kid | (uncredited) |
| 1940 | The Bank Dick | J. Frothingham Waterbury |
| 1940 | The Mortal Storm | Rector |
| 1940 | Seven Sinners | First Governor |
| 1940 | Nobody's Children | Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc. | Colonel Barton |
| 1940 | Love Thy Neighbor | Harrington |
| 1940 | Earthbound | Prosecutor |
| 1940 | Virginia City | Armistead |
| 1940 | Sporting Blood | 'Sneak' OBrien |
| 1940 | Parole Fixer | U.S. District Court Judge |
| 1940 | The Blue Bird | Daddy Tyl |
| 1940 | Johnny Apollo | District Attorney |
| 1940 | Enemy Agent | Lyman Scott |
| 1940 | The Return of Frank James | Prosecutor |
| 1940 | Santa Fe Trail | Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited) |
| 1940 | No, No, Nanette | 'Hutch' Hutchinson |
| 1940 | East of the River | Warden |
| 1940 | Lady with Red Hair | Wealthy London Host (uncredited) |
| 1940 | Junior G-Men | Col. Barton |
| 1940 | A Night at Earl Carroll's | Mayor Jones of Hollywood |
| 1939 | North of Shanghai | Rowley |
| 1939 | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Mr. Barrows |
| 1939 | Bad Little Angel | Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Real Glory | Capt. Manning |
| 1939 | Boy Trouble | Magistrate |
| 1939 | Honolulu | Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Three Musketeers | Porthos |
| 1939 | Swanee River | Andrew McDowell |
| 1939 | Hollywood Cavalcade | Russell Hicks |
| 1939 | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Colonel (uncredited) |
| 1939 | East Side of Heaven | Hinkle (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Union Pacific | Sergeant (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Stanley and Livingstone | Commissioner |
| 1939 | Hotel for Women | Van Ellis |
| 1939 | Our Leading Citizen | Chairman |
| 1939 | Hotel Imperial | Austrian Officer (uncredited) |
| 1939 | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Mr. Graves |
| 1939 | Rulers of the Sea | Mr. Cunard (Uncredited) |
| 1939 | The Big Guy | Lawson |
| 1939 | America's Safest Tire | Fisk Tire Official |
| 1938 | You Can't Take It with You | Kirby's Attorney (uncredited) |
| 1938 | Little Miss Broadway | Perry |
| 1938 | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Capt. Stafford |
| 1938 | Fugitives for a Night | Maurice Tenwright |
| 1938 | Kentucky | Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861 |
| 1938 | Men with Wings | Gen. Marlin |
| 1938 | Kidnapped | Bailiff |
| 1938 | Gateway | Ernest Porter |
| 1938 | That Certain Age | Scout Leader (uncredited) |
| 1938 | In Old Chicago | Politician in Jack's Office |
| 1937 | Pick a Star | Mr. Stone |
| 1937 | The Man Who Cried Wolf | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1937 | It Happened Out West | Cooley |
| 1937 | Secret Valley | Lawyer Austin Martin |
| 1937 | 23 1/2 Hours Leave | Capt. Barker |
| 1937 | Fit for a King | Editor Hardwick |
| 1937 | Clipped Wings | Capt. Morton |
| 1937 | The Wildcatter | Tom Frayne |
| 1937 | Partners in Crime | Mayor Callahan |
| 1937 | On Again—Off Again | George Dilwig |
| 1937 | Midnight Taxi | Barney Flagg |
| 1937 | The Big Shot | Martin Drake |
| 1937 | We Who Are About to Die | District Attorney Knight (uncredited) |
| 1937 | Espionage | Alfred Hartrix |
| 1937 | A Dangerous Adventure | Allen |
| 1937 | The Westland Case | Mr. Woodbury |
| 1937 | Girl Overboard | Sam Le Maire |
| 1937 | Fifty Roads to Town | Police Official |
| 1937 | The Toast of New York | Lawyer |
| 1937 | Let Them Live | Newspaper Editor |
| 1937 | Criminals of the Air | Kurt Feldon |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet | Jim Nolan |
| 1936 | Laughing Irish Eyes | Silk Taylor |
| 1936 | Special Investigator | Inspector Perkett |
| 1936 | The Music Goes 'Round | Mr. Cohn |
| 1936 | The Accusing Finger | Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator |
| 1936 | Grand Jury | Jim Hanify |
| 1936 | Ticket to Paradise | Colton |
| 1936 | Spendthrift | Attorney |
| 1936 | Fatal Lady | American Opera House Manager (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Laughing at Trouble | Cyrus Hall |
| 1936 | Dodge City Trail | Kenyon Phillips |
| 1936 | Woman Trap | Dodd |
| 1936 | 15 Maiden Lane | Judge Graham |
| 1936 | Sea Spoilers | Phil Morgan |
| 1936 | Two in the Dark | Police Officer McCord (uncredited) |
| 1936 | Bunker Bean | A. C. Jones |
| 1936 | The General Died at Dawn | No Matches Man (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Charlie Chan in Shanghai | James Andrews |
| 1935 | Sweet Music | Mayor of New York City |
| 1935 | Ladies Crave Excitement | Bert Taylor |
| 1935 | Honeymoon Limited | Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver) |
| 1935 | Living on Velvet | Major at Flying Field |
| 1935 | Lady Tubbs | Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt |
| 1935 | While the Patient Slept | Dr. Jay |
| 1935 | Devil Dogs of the Air | Captain |
| 1935 | Thunder in the Night | Prefect of Police |
| 1935 | The Woman in Red | Defense Attorney Clayton |
| 1935 | Dante's Inferno | Prosecuting Attorney |
| 1935 | Go Into Your Dance | Sam Rupert |
| 1935 | If You Could Only Cook | Dillon (uncredited) |
| 1935 | Millions in the Air | Davis |
| 1934 | Mushrooms | President of Pure Food Association (uncredited) |
| 1934 | The Case of the Howling Dog | Clinton Foley |
| 1934 | The Firebird | Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager |
| 1934 | Happiness Ahead | Jim Meehan |
| 1934 | Gentlemen Are Born | Newspaper Editor |
| 1934 | The Secret Bride | John F. Holdstock |
| 1934 | Babbitt | Commissioner Lyle Gurnee |
| 1934 | Murder in the Clouds | Taggert |
| 1933 | Before Morning | Jim Nichols |
| 1916 | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | The Big Breakfast | |
| 1957 | Panic! | |
| 1956 | West Point | |
| 1956 | Telephone Time | |
| 1955 | Cheyenne | |
| 1955 | Navy Log | |
| 1955 | Playwrights '56 | |
| 1954 | The Secret Storm | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | |
| 1951 | Schlitz Playhouse of Stars | J. Winston Fletcher |
| 1951 | Racket Squad | |
| 1950 | The Cisco Kid | Jasper King |
| 1948 | Studio One | Hinton |