Portrait of Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Acting

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.

Born: June 3, 1895

Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Filmography

1957
1956
7th Cavalry

as Col. Kellogg

1956
You Can't Run Away from It

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

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
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
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 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
I Cheated the Law

as District Attorney Randolph

1948
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
Race Street

as Easy Mason

1948
The Velvet Touch

as Actor 'Judge Brack'

1948
The Shanghai Chest

as Frank Bronson, district attorney

1948
The Gallant Legion

as Senator Beale

1948
Silver River

as Edwards (uncredited)

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
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
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
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
Captain America

as Mayor Randolph

1943
1943
1943
Northern Pursuit

as Chief Inspector (uncredited)

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
1942
Hitler- Dead or Alive

as Samuel Thornton

1942
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
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
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
Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)

1941
Great Guns

as Gen. Burns

1941
1941
Sergeant York

as General (uncredited)

1941
Doctors Don't Tell

as Supt. Duff

1941
Dive Bomber

as Awards Speaker (uncredited)

1941
The Little Foxes

as William Marshall

1941
The Pittsburgh Kid

as (uncredited)

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
1941
A Man Betrayed

as C.R. Pringle

1941
The Strawberry Blonde

as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)

1941
Western Union

as Provisional Governor

1941
Arkansas Judge

as Hetty's Attorney

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
A Night at Earl Carroll's

as Mayor Jones of Hollywood

1940
Lady with Red Hair

as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)

1940
The Bank Dick

as J. Frothingham Waterbury

1940
1940
Junior G-Men

as Col. Barton

1940
Seven Sinners

as First Governor

1940
1940
1940
Sporting Blood

as 'Sneak' OBrien

1940
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
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
1939
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
1939
1939
Honolulu

as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)

1939
Boy Trouble

as Magistrate

1939
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
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
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
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
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
1936
Follow the Fleet

as Jim Nolan

1936
Two in the Dark

as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)

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
1935
Go Into Your Dance

as Sam Rupert

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
1934
The Secret Bride

as John F. Holdstock

1934
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
1934
Mushrooms

as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)

1933
Before Morning

as Jim Nichols