Russell Hicks

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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

J. Frothingham Waterbury

The Bank Dick

Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)

The Show-Off

Rector

The Mortal Storm

Supt. Duff

Doctors Don't Tell

Rowley

North of Shanghai

Harvey Kirkland

Apology for Murder

Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)

You Can't Take It with You

James Andrews

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

Dr. Charles Evans

Sealed Lips

Judge Abbotson

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Jim Nolan

Follow the Fleet

First Governor

Seven Sinners

Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star

Flame of Barbary Coast

Actor 'Judge Brack'

The Velvet Touch

Bannister

Hold That Ghost

H.C.Forbes

Louisiana Hayride

William Marshall

The Little Foxes

Provisional Governor

Western Union

Angel Chief

Once Upon a Honeymoon

Mr. Laurence Gaylord

The Valley of Decision

Major Scanlon

Air Raid Wardens

Warden Cameron

Dark Alibi

Charles Farrington

The Port of 40 Thieves

Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives

The Hunted

Dr. Chandley

Fingers at the Window

J.J. Hogarth

Scarlet Street

Mr. Barrows

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)

Nobody's Children

Harry Walsh

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)

Bad Little Angel

Easy Mason

Race Street

Silk Taylor

Laughing Irish Eyes

Colonel Barton

Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

Chief Inspector (uncredited)

Northern Pursuit

Inspector Perkett

Special Investigator

Col. Bentry

Exposed

J. Wadsworth Carrington

Butch Minds the Baby

Mr. Stone

Pick a Star

Mr. Cohn

The Music Goes 'Round

Capt. Manning

The Real Glory

Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

The Accusing Finger

Mr. Whitney

A Game of Death

District Attorney Randolph

I Cheated the Law

Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)

Springtime in the Rockies

President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)

Mushrooms

Mayor of New York City

Sweet Music

Bert Taylor

Ladies Crave Excitement

Melvin Hatfield

Bowery Battalion

Harrington

Love Thy Neighbor

Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)

Honeymoon Limited

Jim Hanify

Grand Jury

Mr. Bryce-Carew

We Were Dancing

Colton

Ticket to Paradise

Major at Flying Field

Living on Velvet

Col. Lockwood

As You Were

South of St. Louis

Steve Hughes

The Big Hangover

Tredway

One Sunday Afternoon

Col. Lockwood

Mr. Walkie Talkie

Fred Astor

Louisiana

Prosecuting Attorney

The Man Who Cried Wolf

Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt

Lady Tubbs

Cooley

It Happened Out West

Sen. Twin

The Plainsman and the Lady

Lawyer Austin Martin

Secret Valley

Capt. Barker

23 1/2 Hours Leave

Editor Hardwick

Fit for a King

Capt. Morton

Clipped Wings

Magistrate

Boy Trouble

Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien

The Master Key

Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)

Honolulu

Tom Frayne

The Wildcatter

Mayor Callahan

Partners in Crime

Perry

Little Miss Broadway

Commanding Officer

Pacific Blackout

Producer (uncredited)

Till the Clouds Roll By

The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial

Clinton Foley

The Case of the Howling Dog

Capt. Stafford

The Big Broadcast of 1938

Thackery Gibbs

The Pilgrim Lady

Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager

The Firebird

Col. Marvin

Overland Telegraph

Maurice Tenwright

Fugitives for a Night

T.J. Hoarsely

Kentucky Jubilee

George Dilwig

On Again—Off Again

Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)

Bathing Beauty

James B. Armistead

Blue Grass of Kentucky

Porthos

The Three Musketeers

Colonel (uncredited)

Three Hearts for Julia

Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861

Kentucky

Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)

First Yank into Tokyo

Prosecutor

Earthbound

Barney Flagg

Midnight Taxi

Andrew McDowell

Swanee River

Jim Meehan

Happiness Ahead

Marquis

Blood and Sand

Major Wilson

To the Shores of Tripoli

Martin Drake

The Big Shot

Hetty's Attorney

Arkansas Judge

District Attorney Knight (uncredited)

We Who Are About to Die

Russell Hicks

Hollywood Cavalcade

Attorney

Spendthrift

American Opera House Manager (uncredited)

Fatal Lady

Jim Nichols

Before Morning

Cyrus Hall

Laughing at Trouble

Arthur Hastings

The Big Store

Newspaper Editor

Gentlemen Are Born

Gen. Marlin

Men with Wings

J.C. Rayland

Manhattan Angel

Armistead

Virginia City

Dr. Jay

While the Patient Slept

Colonel (uncredited)

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

Hinkle (uncredited)

East Side of Heaven

Sergeant (uncredited)

Union Pacific

Commissioner

Stanley and Livingstone

'Sneak' OBrien

Sporting Blood

Kenyon Phillips

Dodge City Trail

Hank Thorn

The Flying Saucer

Warden Harris (uncredited)

Man-Made Monster

Bailiff

Kidnapped

Harold S. Vance

The Studebaker Story

U.S. District Court Judge

Parole Fixer

Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)

My Dear Secretary

Alfred Hartrix

Espionage

Insp. Ramsaye

G.I. War Brides

Superior Court Judge (uncredited)

The Judge Steps Out

Pete Galloway

Again Pioneers

Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Fourteen Hours

Gen. Burns

Great Guns

Daddy Tyl

The Blue Bird

Colonel Harriston

The Great Lie

Carter

Lady in a Jam

Captain

Devil Dogs of the Air

Prefect of Police

Thunder in the Night

George Richards

Unmasked

Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

Dodd

Woman Trap

John F. Holdstock

The Secret Bride

Defense Attorney Clayton

The Woman in Red

Judge Graham

15 Maiden Lane

Allen

A Dangerous Adventure

Prosecuting Attorney

The Parson of Panamint

Jeremiah K. Barton

Follow the Band

Phil Morgan

Sea Spoilers

District Attorney

Johnny Apollo

John Vance

Here Comes Happiness

Lyman Scott

Enemy Agent

Malcolm

Buy Me That Town

Maj. Dell Harney

The Sea of Grass

Sir Harry Shelton

The Black Arrow

Prosecutor

The Return of Frank James

Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)

Santa Fe Trail

Extra (uncredited)

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

General (uncredited)

Sergeant York

Police Officer McCord (uncredited)

Two in the Dark

Marty Martindale (uncredited)

The Hoodlum Saint

Ernest Porter

Gateway

Van Ellis

Hotel for Women

'Hutch' Hutchinson

No, No, Nanette

Warden

East of the River

Wealthy London Host (uncredited)

Lady with Red Hair

Scout Leader (uncredited)

That Certain Age

Col. Barton

Junior G-Men

Mr. Stanton

Someone to Remember

Commissioner Lyle Gurnee

Babbitt

Senator Beale

The Gallant Legion

Gallagher

Web of Danger

Buxton

Gay Blades

Chairman

Our Leading Citizen

Austrian Officer (uncredited)

Hotel Imperial

Col. Hook

The Maverick

Colonel Charles Bigelow

Old Oklahoma Plains

Marshal Carleton

King of the Mounties

Publisher

The Woman of the Town

Cavalry Colonel

The Plunderers

Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Texas Governor

King of the Cowboys

Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)

They Died with Their Boots On

Prosecuting Attorney

Dante's Inferno

Mr. Logan (uncredited)

Dark Delusion

Mr. Woodbury

The Westland Case

Awards Speaker (uncredited)

Dive Bomber

Taggert

Murder in the Clouds

Jess Northrup

All That I Have

Sam Le Maire

Girl Overboard

Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate

Janie

Police Official

Fifty Roads to Town

Mr. Edgerton

Joe Smith, American

Mayor

She Gets Her Man

Politician in Jack's Office

In Old Chicago

RC Saunders

Strictly in the Groove

A. C. Jones

Bunker Bean

Lord of Ashkelon

Samson and Delilah

Taylor

The Return of October

Lawyer

The Toast of New York

Sanderson

His Butler's Sister

Frank Bronson, district attorney

The Shanghai Chest

John Biddle

Fun on a Weekend

Colonel

The Case of the Tremendous Trifle

Sam Rupert

Go Into Your Dance

Mr. Graves

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Newspaper Editor

Let Them Live

Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)

Rulers of the Sea

John Carter

Pacific Rendezvous

Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)

Assigned to Danger

Dillon (uncredited)

If You Could Only Cook

Banner Board Member (uncredited)

The Fountainhead

Commodore Preble

Barbary Pirate

Mr. Appleby

Buck Privates Come Home

Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)

The Noose Hangs High

Board Member (uncredited)

Getting Gertie's Garter

Daniel Warren Sr.

Swing Parade of 1946

Capt. C.V. O'Brien

Ship Ahoy

Col. Kellogg

7th Cavalry

C.R. Pringle

A Man Betrayed

Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

Kurt Feldon

Criminals of the Air

Lincoln's Emissary

Tennessee Johnson

Samuel Thornton

Hitler- Dead or Alive

Lawson

The Big Guy

J. Bricket Armstrong

Smoky River Serenade

Ship Captain (uncredited)

You Can't Run Away from It

No Matches Man (uncredited)

The General Died at Dawn

Mayor Randolph

Captain America

Supreme Court Judge

Jiggs and Maggie in Court

Mr. Murdock

Man of Conflict

Captain

Proceed and Report

Fisk Tire Official

America's Safest Tire

Davis

Millions in the Air

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

229

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-06-03

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Also Known As

Edward Russell Hicks