Russell Hicks

Born: 1895-06-03 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Died: 1957-06-01

Known For: 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.

Filmography

1955

1954

The Secret Storm

1953

The Studebaker Story as Harold S. Vance
Man of Conflict as Mr. Murdock

1952

The Maverick as Col. Hook
Mr. Walkie Talkie as Col. Lockwood
Old Oklahoma Plains as Colonel Charles Bigelow

1951

Racket Squad
Fourteen Hours as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars as J. Winston Fletcher
All That I Have as Jess Northrup
Bowery Battalion as Melvin Hatfield
Overland Telegraph as Col. Marvin
As You Were as Col. Lockwood
Kentucky Jubilee as T.J. Hoarsely

1950

The Cisco Kid as Jasper King
The Big Hangover as Steve Hughes
The Flying Saucer as Hank Thorn
Again Pioneers as Pete Galloway
Unmasked as George Richards
Blue Grass of Kentucky as James B. Armistead
Square Dance Katy as Commissioner

1949

Samson and Delilah as Lord of Ashkelon
The Fountainhead as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
South of St. Louis
I Cheated the Law as District Attorney Randolph
Barbary Pirate as Commodore Preble
Manhattan Angel as J.C. Rayland

1948

Studio One as Hinton
Silver River as Edwards (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
The Velvet Touch as Actor 'Judge Brack'
The Black Arrow as Sir Harry Shelton
Race Street as Easy Mason
The Plunderers as Cavalry Colonel
The Return of October as Taylor
The Gallant Legion as Senator Beale
Assigned to Danger as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court as Supreme Court Judge
The Shanghai Chest as Frank Bronson, district attorney
One Sunday Afternoon as Tredway
The Hunted as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives

1947

Buck Privates Come Home as Mr. Appleby
The Sea of Grass as Maj. Dell Harney
Louisiana as Fred Astor
The Judge Steps Out as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
Exposed as Col. Bentry
Fun on a Weekend as John Biddle
Dark Delusion as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
The Pilgrim Lady as Thackery Gibbs
Web of Danger as Gallagher
Smoky River Serenade as J. Bricket Armstrong

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By as Producer (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
Gay Blades as Buxton
The Plainsman and the Lady as Sen. Twin
Dark Alibi as Warden Cameron
G.I. War Brides as Insp. Ramsaye
A Close Call for Boston Blackie as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
Swing Parade of 1946 as Daniel Warren Sr.
The Show-Off as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)

1945

Scarlet Street as J.J. Hogarth
The Valley of Decision as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
Flame of Barbary Coast as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
Apology for Murder as Harvey Kirkland
First Yank into Tokyo as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
A Game of Death as Mr. Whitney
Getting Gertie's Garter as Board Member (uncredited)
The Master Key as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
She Gets Her Man as Mayor

1944

Bathing Beauty as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
Captain America as Mayor Randolph
The Port of 40 Thieves as Charles Farrington
Louisiana Hayride as H.C.Forbes
Janie as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle as Colonel

1943

Northern Pursuit as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Air Raid Wardens as Major Scanlon
King of the Cowboys as Texas Governor
Three Hearts for Julia as Colonel (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town as Publisher
There's Something About a Soldier
Someone to Remember as Mr. Stanton
His Butler's Sister as Sanderson
Proceed and Report as Captain
Follow the Band as Jeremiah K. Barton

1942

Sealed Lips as Dr. Charles Evans
Tarzan's New York Adventure as Judge Abbotson
To the Shores of Tripoli as Major Wilson
King of the Mounties as Marshal Carleton
Lady in a Jam as Carter
Ship Ahoy as Capt. C.V. O'Brien
Fingers at the Window as Dr. Chandley
Butch Minds the Baby as J. Wadsworth Carrington
Joe Smith, American as Mr. Edgerton
Pacific Rendezvous as John Carter
Tennessee Johnson as Lincoln's Emissary
Springtime in the Rockies as Theatergoer in Blackout (uncredited)
We Were Dancing as Mr. Bryce-Carew
Hitler- Dead or Alive as Samuel Thornton
Strictly in the Groove as RC Saunders

1941

Sergeant York as General (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
The Big Store as Arthur Hastings
Western Union as Provisional Governor
Blood and Sand as Marquis
The Little Foxes as William Marshall
The Strawberry Blonde as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
Man-Made Monster as Warden Harris (uncredited)
The Great Lie as Colonel Harriston
Hold That Ghost as Bannister
Dive Bomber as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
Great Guns as Gen. Burns
Pacific Blackout as Commanding Officer
Here Comes Happiness as John Vance
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as Harry Walsh
A Man Betrayed as C.R. Pringle
Buy Me That Town as Malcolm
The Pittsburgh Kid as (uncredited)
Doctors Don't Tell as Supt. Duff
The Parson of Panamint as Prosecuting Attorney
Arkansas Judge as Hetty's Attorney

1940

Santa Fe Trail as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
Virginia City as Armistead
Seven Sinners as First Governor
The Bank Dick as J. Frothingham Waterbury
The Return of Frank James as Prosecutor
The Mortal Storm as Rector
Johnny Apollo as District Attorney
The Blue Bird as Daddy Tyl
Lady with Red Hair as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
Parole Fixer as U.S. District Court Judge
Earthbound as Prosecutor
East of the River as Warden
A Night at Earl Carroll's as Mayor Jones of Hollywood
Enemy Agent as Lyman Scott
No, No, Nanette as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
Love Thy Neighbor as Harrington
Junior G-Men as Col. Barton
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc. as Colonel Barton
Sporting Blood as 'Sneak' OBrien
Nobody's Children as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific as Sergeant (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Mr. Barrows
Stanley and Livingstone as Commissioner
The Real Glory as Capt. Manning
East Side of Heaven as Hinkle (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Colonel (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers as Porthos
Hotel Imperial as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
Honolulu as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade as Russell Hicks
Hotel for Women as Van Ellis
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Mr. Graves
Swanee River as Andrew McDowell
Rulers of the Sea as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
Our Leading Citizen as Chairman
The Big Guy as Lawson
The Honeymoon's Over as J.P. Walker
Boy Trouble as Magistrate
North of Shanghai as Rowley
Bad Little Angel as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
America's Safest Tire as Fisk Tire Official

1938

You Can't Take It with You as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
In Old Chicago as Politician in Jack's Office
Little Miss Broadway as Perry
Gateway as Ernest Porter
Men with Wings as Gen. Marlin
Kidnapped as Bailiff
That Certain Age as Scout Leader (uncredited)
Kentucky as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
Fugitives for a Night as Maurice Tenwright
The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Captain Stafford

1937

Girl Overboard as Sam Le Maire
Midnight Taxi as Barney Flagg
Pick a Star as Mr. Stone
The Toast of New York as Lawyer
23 1/2 Hours Leave as Capt. Barker
We Who Are About to Die as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
The Westland Case as Mr. Woodbury
Fit for a King as Editor Hardwick
The Man Who Cried Wolf as Prosecuting Attorney
A Dangerous Adventure as Allen
Espionage as Alfred Hartrix
Fifty Roads to Town as Police Official
Criminals of the Air as Kurt Feldon
The Wildcatter as Tom Frayne
Let Them Live as Newspaper Editor
Secret Valley as Lawyer Austin Martin
The Big Shot as Martin Drake
Partners in Crime as Mayor Callahan
On Again—Off Again as George Dilwig
It Happened Out West as Cooley
Clipped Wings as Capt. Morton

1936

Follow the Fleet as Jim Nolan
Woman Trap as Dodd
Fatal Lady as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn as No Matches Man (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble as Cyrus Hall
The Accusing Finger as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Dodge City Trail as Kenyon Phillips
Spendthrift as Attorney
Two in the Dark as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
Ticket to Paradise as Colton
Bunker Bean as A. C. Jones
Laughing Irish Eyes as Silk Taylor
Sea Spoilers as Phil Morgan
15 Maiden Lane as Judge Graham
Grand Jury as Jim Hanify
The Music Goes 'Round as Mr. Cohn
Special Investigator as Inspector Perkett

1935

If You Could Only Cook as Dillon (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai as James Andrews
Ladies Crave Excitement as Bert Taylor
The Woman in Red as Defense Attorney Clayton
Living on Velvet as Major at Flying Field
Go Into Your Dance as Sam Rupert
Devil Dogs of the Air as Captain
Dante's Inferno as Prosecuting Attorney
Sweet Music as Mayor of New York City
Lady Tubbs as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
Honeymoon Limited as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
Millions in the Air as Davis
While the Patient Slept as Dr. Jay
Thunder in the Night as Prefect of Police

1934

Gentlemen Are Born as Newspaper Editor
Happiness Ahead as Jim Meehan
Babbitt as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
The Secret Bride as John F. Holdstock
The Case of the Howling Dog as Clinton Foley
The Firebird as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
Murder in the Clouds as Taggert
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)