Russell Hicks
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- 3 June 1895 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Died
- 1 June 1957
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
Acting 237
- 19567th Cavalry as Col. Kellogg
- 1956You Can't Run Away from It as Ship Captain (uncredited)
- 1956Once Upon a Honeymoon as Angel Chief
- 1955The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
- 1953Man of Conflict as Mr. Murdock
- 1953The Studebaker Story as Harold S. Vance
- 1952The Maverick as Col. Hook
- 1952Mr. Walkie Talkie as Col. Lockwood
- 1952Old Oklahoma Plains as Colonel Charles Bigelow
- 1951Overland Telegraph as Col. Marvin
- 1951As You Were as Col. Lockwood
- 1951All That I Have as Jess Northrup
- 1951Kentucky Jubilee as T.J. Hoarsely
- 1951Fourteen Hours as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- 1951Bowery Battalion as Melvin Hatfield
- 1950Again Pioneers as Pete Galloway
- 1950The Big Hangover as Steve Hughes
- 1950Square Dance Katy as Commissioner
- 1950Unmasked as George Richards
- 1950Blue Grass of Kentucky as James B. Armistead
- 1950The Flying Saucer as Hank Thorn
- 1949Samson and Delilah as Lord of Ashkelon
- 1949Barbary Pirate as Commodore Preble
- 1949The Fountainhead as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
- 1949Manhattan Angel as J.C. Rayland
- 1949South of St. Louis
- 1949I Cheated the Law as District Attorney Randolph
- 1948One Sunday Afternoon as Tredway
- 1948Jiggs and Maggie in Court as Supreme Court Judge
- 1948My Dear Secretary as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
- 1948The Plunderers as Cavalry Colonel
- 1948The Return of October as Taylor
- 1948Race Street as Easy Mason
- 1948The Velvet Touch as Actor 'Judge Brack'
- 1948The Shanghai Chest as Frank Bronson, district attorney
- 1948The Gallant Legion as Senator Beale
- 1948Silver River as Edwards (uncredited)
- 1948Assigned to Danger as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
- 1948The Hunted as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
- 1948The Noose Hangs High as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
- 1948The Black Arrow as Sir Harry Shelton
- 1947The Judge Steps Out as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
- 1947Louisiana as Fred Astor
- 1947Exposed as Col. Bentry
- 1947Smoky River Serenade as J. Bricket Armstrong
- 1947Dark Delusion as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
- 1947Web of Danger as Gallagher
- 1947Fun on a Weekend as John Biddle
- 1947The Sea of Grass as Maj. Dell Harney
- 1947Buck Privates Come Home as Mr. Appleby
- 1947The Pilgrim Lady as Thackery Gibbs
- 1946Till the Clouds Roll By as Producer (uncredited)
- 1946The Show-Off as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
- 1946The Plainsman and the Lady as Sen. Twin
- 1946G.I. War Brides as Insp. Ramsaye
- 1946Dark Alibi as Warden Cameron
- 1946The Hoodlum Saint as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
- 1946Swing Parade of 1946 as Daniel Warren Sr.
- 1946The Bandit of Sherwood Forest as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
- 1946Gay Blades as Buxton
- 1946A Close Call for Boston Blackie as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
- 1945Scarlet Street as J.J. Hogarth
- 1945Getting Gertie's Garter as Board Member (uncredited)
- 1945A Game of Death as Mr. Whitney
- 1945Apology for Murder as Harvey Kirkland
- 1945First Yank into Tokyo as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
- 1945Flame of Barbary Coast as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
- 1945The Valley of Decision as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
- 1945The Master Key as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
- 1945She Gets Her Man as Mayor
- 1944Janie as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
- 1944The Port of 40 Thieves as Charles Farrington
- 1944Louisiana Hayride as H.C.Forbes
- 1944Bathing Beauty as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
- 1944The Case of the Tremendous Trifle as Colonel
- 1944Captain America as Mayor Randolph
- 1943The Woman of the Town as Publisher
- 1943There's Something About a Soldier
- 1943His Butler's Sister as Sanderson
- 1943Northern Pursuit as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
- 1943Proceed and Report as Captain
- 1943Someone to Remember as Mr. Stanton
- 1943Three Hearts for Julia as Colonel (uncredited)
- 1943King of the Cowboys as Texas Governor
- 1943Air Raid Wardens as Major Scanlon
- 1943Follow the Band as Jeremiah K. Barton
- 1942Tennessee Johnson as Lincoln's Emissary
- 1942Strictly in the Groove as RC Saunders
- 1942Hitler- Dead or Alive as Samuel Thornton
- 1942Springtime in the Rockies as Theatergoer in Blackout (uncredited)
- 1942King of the Mounties as Marshal Carleton
- 1942Lady in a Jam as Carter
- 1942Pacific Rendezvous as John Carter
- 1942Tarzan's New York Adventure as Judge Abbotson
- 1942We Were Dancing as Mr. Bryce-Carew
- 1942Fingers at the Window as Dr. Chandley
- 1942Ship Ahoy as Capt. C.V. O'Brien
- 1942To the Shores of Tripoli as Major Wilson
- 1942Butch Minds the Baby as J. Wadsworth Carrington
- 1942Joe Smith, American as Mr. Edgerton
- 1942Sealed Lips as Dr. Charles Evans
- 1941Pacific Blackout as Commanding Officer
- 1941They Died with Their Boots On as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
- 1941Ride 'Em Cowboy as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
- 1941Great Guns as Gen. Burns
- 1941Buy Me That Town as Malcolm
- 1941Sergeant York as General (uncredited)
- 1941Doctors Don't Tell as Supt. Duff
- 1941Dive Bomber as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
- 1941The Pittsburgh Kid as (uncredited)
- 1941The Little Foxes as William Marshall
- 1941Hold That Ghost as Bannister
- 1941The Parson of Panamint as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1941The Big Store as Arthur Hastings
- 1941Blood and Sand as Marquis
- 1941The Great Lie as Colonel Harriston
- 1941Man-Made Monster as Warden Harris (uncredited)
- 1941Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Harry Walsh
- 1941Here Comes Happiness as John Vance
- 1941A Man Betrayed as C.R. Pringle
- 1941The Strawberry Blonde as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
- 1941Western Union as Provisional Governor
- 1941Arkansas Judge as Hetty's Attorney
- 1940Love Thy Neighbor as Harrington
- 1940Santa Fe Trail as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
- 1940No, No, Nanette as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
- 1940Nobody's Children as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
- 1940A Night at Earl Carroll's as Mayor Jones of Hollywood
- 1940Lady with Red Hair as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
- 1940The Bank Dick as J. Frothingham Waterbury
- 1940East of the River as Warden
- 1940Junior G-Men as Col. Barton
- 1940Seven Sinners as First Governor
- 1940Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc. as Colonel Barton
- 1940The Return of Frank James as Prosecutor
- 1940Sporting Blood as 'Sneak' OBrien
- 1940The Mortal Storm as Rector
- 1940Earthbound as Prosecutor
- 1940Johnny Apollo as District Attorney
- 1940Enemy Agent as Lyman Scott
- 1940Virginia City as Armistead
- 1940Parole Fixer as U.S. District Court Judge
- 1940The Blue Bird as Daddy Tyl
- 1939Swanee River as Andrew McDowell
- 1939The Big Guy as Lawson
- 1939The Honeymoon's Over as J.P. Walker
- 1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Mr. Graves
- 1939Rulers of the Sea as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
- 1939Bad Little Angel as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
- 1939Hollywood Cavalcade as Russell Hicks
- 1939The Real Glory as Capt. Manning
- 1939America's Safest Tire as Fisk Tire Official
- 1939Our Leading Citizen as Chairman
- 1939Stanley and Livingstone as Commissioner
- 1939Hotel for Women as Van Ellis
- 1939Hotel Imperial as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
- 1939Union Pacific as Sergeant (uncredited)
- 1939East Side of Heaven as Hinkle (uncredited)
- 1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Mr. Barrows
- 1939The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Colonel (uncredited)
- 1939The Three Musketeers as Porthos
- 1939Honolulu as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
- 1939Boy Trouble as Magistrate
- 1939North of Shanghai as Rowley
- 1938Kentucky as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
- 1938That Certain Age as Scout Leader (uncredited)
- 1938Fugitives for a Night as Maurice Tenwright
- 1938You Can't Take It with You as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
- 1938Gateway as Ernest Porter
- 1938Little Miss Broadway as Perry
- 1938Men with Wings as Gen. Marlin
- 1938Kidnapped as Bailiff
- 1938In Old Chicago as Politician in Jack's Office
- 1938The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Captain Stafford
- 1937Clipped Wings as Capt. Morton
- 1937The Westland Case as Mr. Woodbury
- 1937Partners in Crime as Mayor Callahan
- 1937Fit for a King as Editor Hardwick
- 1937The Man Who Cried Wolf as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1937The Big Shot as Martin Drake
- 1937The Toast of New York as Lawyer
- 1937A Dangerous Adventure as Allen
- 1937On Again—Off Again as George Dilwig
- 1937The Wildcatter as Tom Frayne
- 1937Fifty Roads to Town as Police Official
- 1937Pick a Star as Mr. Stone
- 1937It Happened Out West as Cooley
- 1937Criminals of the Air as Kurt Feldon
- 1937Let Them Live as Newspaper Editor
- 1937Midnight Taxi as Barney Flagg
- 193723 1/2 Hours Leave as Capt. Barker
- 1937Espionage as Alfred Hartrix
- 1937Girl Overboard as Sam Le Maire
- 1937Secret Valley as Lawyer Austin Martin
- 1937We Who Are About to Die as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
- 1936Dodge City Trail as Kenyon Phillips
- 1936Laughing at Trouble as Cyrus Hall
- 1936The Accusing Finger as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
- 1936The General Died at Dawn as No Matches Man (uncredited)
- 193615 Maiden Lane as Judge Graham
- 1936Sea Spoilers as Phil Morgan
- 1936Grand Jury as Jim Hanify
- 1936Spendthrift as Attorney
- 1936Bunker Bean as A. C. Jones
- 1936Ticket to Paradise as Colton
- 1936Fatal Lady as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
- 1936Special Investigator as Inspector Perkett
- 1936Woman Trap as Dodd
- 1936Laughing Irish Eyes as Silk Taylor
- 1936The Music Goes 'Round as Mr. Cohn
- 1936Follow the Fleet as Jim Nolan
- 1936Two in the Dark as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
- 1935If You Could Only Cook as Dillon (uncredited)
- 1935Millions in the Air as Davis
- 1935Charlie Chan in Shanghai as James Andrews
- 1935Thunder in the Night as Prefect of Police
- 1935Dante's Inferno as Prosecuting Attorney
- 1935Lady Tubbs as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
- 1935Honeymoon Limited as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
- 1935Ladies Crave Excitement as Bert Taylor
- 1935Go Into Your Dance as Sam Rupert
- 1935While the Patient Slept as Dr. Jay
- 1935Living on Velvet as Major at Flying Field
- 1935Sweet Music as Mayor of New York City
- 1935The Woman in Red as Defense Attorney Clayton
- 1935Devil Dogs of the Air as Captain
- 1934The Secret Bride as John F. Holdstock
- 1934Murder in the Clouds as Taggert
- 1934Babbitt as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
- 1934Gentlemen Are Born as Newspaper Editor
- 1934The St. Louis Kid as Gorman (uncredited)
- 1934The Firebird as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
- 1934Happiness Ahead as Jim Meehan
- 1934The Case of the Howling Dog as Clinton Foley
- 1934Mushrooms as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
- 1933Before Morning as Jim Nichols
- 1916Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages as Extra (uncredited)