Russell Hicks
Acting1895Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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
You Can't Take It with You
Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
J.J. Hogarth
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Extra (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
Lord of Ashkelon
Sergeant York
General (uncredited)
The Little Foxes
William Marshall
The Fountainhead
Banner Board Member (uncredited)
The Return of Frank James
Prosecutor
Acting History
1957
1956
7th Cavalry
as Col. Kellogg
You Can't Run Away from It
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Angel Chief
1955
1954
1953
Man of Conflict
as Mr. Murdock
The Studebaker Story
as Harold S. Vance
1952
The Maverick
as Col. Hook
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Colonel Charles Bigelow
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Col. Lockwood
1951
Kentucky Jubilee
as T.J. Hoarsely
14 Hours
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Overland Telegraph
as Col. Marvin
Bowery Battalion
as Melvin Hatfield
As You Were
as Col. Lockwood
All That I Have
as Jess Northrup
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TVas J. Winston Fletcher
1950
Unmasked
as George Richards
The Flying Saucer
as Hank Thorn
Again Pioneers
as Pete Galloway
The Big Hangover
as Steve Hughes
Blue Grass of Kentucky
as James B. Armistead
The Cisco Kid
TVas Jasper King
1949
The Fountainhead
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
Manhattan Angel
as J.C. Rayland
I Cheated the Law
as District Attorney Randolph
Barbary Pirate
as Commodore Preble
Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashkelon
1948
The Return of October
as Taylor
The Hunted
as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
Race Street
as Easy Mason
The Shanghai Chest
as Frank Bronson, district attorney
The Gallant Legion
as Senator Beale
The Black Arrow
as Sir Harry Shelton
One Sunday Afternoon
as Tredway
My Dear Secretary
as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
The Plunderers
as Cavalry Colonel
The Velvet Touch
as Actor 'Judge Brack'
The Noose Hangs High
as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
Assigned to Danger
as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
Silver River
as Edwards (uncredited)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Supreme Court Judge
1947
Smoky River Serenade
as J. Bricket Armstrong
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Appleby
Dark Delusion
as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
as Maj. Dell Harney
Exposed
as Col. Bentry
Fun on a Weekend
as John Biddle
Web of Danger
as Gallagher
The Judge Steps Out
as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
Louisiana
as Fred Astor
The Pilgrim Lady
as Thackery Gibbs
1946
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
Dark Alibi
as Warden Cameron
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Producer (uncredited)
Swing Parade of 1946
as Daniel Warren Sr.
The Hoodlum Saint
as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Sen. Twin
The Show-Off
as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
Gay Blades
as Buxton
G.I. War Brides
as Insp. Ramsaye
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
A Game of Death
as Mr. Whitney
The Master Key
as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
The Valley of Decision
as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth
First Yank into Tokyo
as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Board Member (uncredited)
She Gets Her Man
as Mayor
Apology for Murder
as Harvey Kirkland
1944
Louisiana Hayride
as H.C.Forbes
Janie
as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
The Port of 40 Thieves
as Charles Farrington
Captain America
as Mayor Randolph
Bathing Beauty
as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
as Colonel
1943
Someone to Remember
as Mr. Stanton
Follow the Band
as Jeremiah K. Barton
Northern Pursuit
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Air Raid Wardens
as Major Scanlon
His Butler's Sister
as Sanderson
King of the Cowboys
as Texas Governor
The Woman of the Town
as Publisher
Three Hearts for Julia
as Colonel (uncredited)
Proceed and Report
as Captain
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Judge Abbotson
Ship Ahoy
as Capt. C.V. O'Brien
Fingers at the Window
as Dr. Chandley
Sealed Lips
as Dr. Charles Evans
Joe Smith, American
as Mr. Edgerton
Tennessee Johnson
as Lincoln's Emissary
Lady in a Jam
as Carter
Springtime in the Rockies
as Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
We Were Dancing
as Mr. Bryce-Carew
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Major Wilson
Butch Minds the Baby
as J. Wadsworth Carrington
Pacific Rendezvous
as John Carter
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Samuel Thornton
King of the Mounties
as Marshal Carleton
Strictly in the Groove
as RC Saunders
1941
The Great Lie
as Colonel Harriston
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Harry Walsh
Arkansas Judge
as Hetty's Attorney
A Man Betrayed
as C.R. Pringle
Great Guns
as Gen. Burns
Western Union
as Provisional Governor
Blood and Sand
as Marquis
Sergeant York
as General (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Here Comes Happiness
as John Vance
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
Man-Made Monster
as Warden Harris (uncredited)
Hold That Ghost
as Bannister
Dive Bomber
as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
The Little Foxes
as William Marshall
The Big Store
as Arthur Hastings
The Parson of Panamint
as Prosecuting Attorney
Pacific Blackout
as Commanding Officer
Doctors Don't Tell
as Supt. Duff
The Pittsburgh Kid
as (uncredited)
Buy Me That Town
as Malcolm
1940
The Return of Frank James
as Prosecutor
Virginia City
as Armistead
Seven Sinners
as First Governor
Sporting Blood
as 'Sneak' OBrien
Parole Fixer
as U.S. District Court Judge
East of the River
as Warden
Earthbound
as Prosecutor
Nobody's Children
as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
Junior G-Men
as Colonel Barton
Johnny Apollo
as District Attorney
Santa Fe Trail
as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
The Bank Dick
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
Junior G-Men
as Col. Barton
Lady with Red Hair
as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor
as Harrington
The Mortal Storm
as Rector
Enemy Agent
as Lyman Scott
A Night at Earl Carroll's
as Mayor Jones of Hollywood
No, No, Nanette
as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
The Blue Bird
as Daddy Tyl
1939
Honolulu
as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
The Real Glory
as Capt. Manning
North of Shanghai
as Rowley
Boy Trouble
as Magistrate
Hotel Imperial
as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Russell Hicks
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Colonel (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Commissioner
Bad Little Angel
as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
Swanee River
as Andrew McDowell
Rulers of the Sea
as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
Hotel for Women
as Van Ellis
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mr. Barrows
Our Leading Citizen
as Chairman
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mr. Graves
The Honeymoon's Over
as J.P. Walker
The Big Guy
as Lawson
America's Safest Tire
as Fisk Tire Official
East Side of Heaven
as Hinkle (uncredited)
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Capt. Stafford
Kentucky
as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
Kidnapped
as Bailiff
Little Miss Broadway
as Perry
That Certain Age
as Scout Leader (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
as Politician in Jack's Office
You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Fugitives for a Night
as Maurice Tenwright
Men with Wings
as Gen. Marlin
Gateway
as Ernest Porter
1937
The Toast of New York
as Lawyer
Espionage
as Alfred Hartrix
Criminals of the Air
as Kurt Feldon
Secret Valley
as Lawyer Austin Martin
Pick a Star
as Mr. Stone
The Westland Case
as Mr. Woodbury
On Again—Off Again
as George Dilwig
The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Prosecuting Attorney
23 1/2 Hours Leave
as Capt. Barker
It Happened Out West
as Cooley
Fit for a King
as Editor Hardwick
Clipped Wings
as Capt. Morton
Midnight Taxi
as Barney Flagg
We Who Are About to Die
as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
The Big Shot
as Martin Drake
A Dangerous Adventure
as Allen
Fifty Roads to Town
as Police Official
Girl Overboard
as Sam Le Maire
Let Them Live
as Newspaper Editor
Partners in Crime
as Mayor Callahan
The Wildcatter
as Tom Frayne
1936
Ticket to Paradise
as Colton
Laughing at Trouble
as Cyrus Hall
Special Investigator
as Inspector Perkett
Spendthrift
as Attorney
Bunker Bean
as A. C. Jones
The Accusing Finger
as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Grand Jury
as Jim Hanify
Fatal Lady
as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
Follow the Fleet
as Jim Nolan
The General Died at Dawn
as No Matches Man (uncredited)
Two in the Dark
as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
15 Maiden Lane
as Judge Graham
Sea Spoilers
as Phil Morgan
Dodge City Trail
as Kenyon Phillips
Woman Trap
as Dodd
The Music Goes 'Round
as Mr. Cohn
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Silk Taylor
1935
Devil Dogs of the Air
as Captain
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as James Andrews
Honeymoon Limited
as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
Lady Tubbs
as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
The Woman in Red
as Defense Attorney Clayton
If You Could Only Cook
as Dillon (uncredited)
While the Patient Slept
as Dr. Jay
Dante's Inferno
as Prosecuting Attorney
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Bert Taylor
Sweet Music
as Mayor of New York City
Living on Velvet
as Major at Flying Field
Go Into Your Dance
as Sam Rupert
Thunder in the Night
as Prefect of Police
Millions in the Air
as Davis
1934
Murder in the Clouds
as Taggert
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Clinton Foley
Happiness Ahead
as Jim Meehan
Gentlemen Are Born
as Newspaper Editor
The Secret Bride
as John F. Holdstock
Babbitt
as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
The Firebird
as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
Mushrooms
as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
1933
Before Morning
as Jim Nichols
1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)