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.
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
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
229
Gender
Male
Birthday
1895-06-03
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
Edward Russell Hicks