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