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

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

1951

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

1950

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

1949

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

1948

Studio One as Hinton
The Black Arrow as Sir Harry Shelton
Silver River as Edwards (uncredited)
The Velvet Touch as Actor 'Judge Brack'
Race Street as Easy Mason
One Sunday Afternoon as Tredway
The Plunderers as Cavalry Colonel
The Noose Hangs High as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
My Dear Secretary as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
The Gallant Legion as Senator Beale
The Return of October as Taylor
The Hunted as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
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

1947

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

1946

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

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
A Game of Death as Mr. Whitney
Getting Gertie's Garter as Board Member (uncredited)
First Yank into Tokyo as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Apology for Murder as Harvey Kirkland
She Gets Her Man as Mayor
The Master Key as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

Union Pacific as Sergeant (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Mr. Barrows
The Real Glory as Capt. Manning
Stanley and Livingstone as Commissioner
Swanee River as Andrew McDowell
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Colonel (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven as Hinkle (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers as Porthos
The Honeymoon's Over as J.P. Walker
Hotel for Women as Van Ellis
Rulers of the Sea as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
The Big Guy as Lawson
Hotel Imperial as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
Honolulu as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
Bad Little Angel as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade as Russell Hicks
Boy Trouble as Magistrate
Our Leading Citizen as Chairman
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Mr. Graves
North of Shanghai as Rowley
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
Men with Wings as Gen. Marlin
The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Captain Stafford
Gateway as Ernest Porter
Fugitives for a Night as Maurice Tenwright
Little Miss Broadway as Perry
That Certain Age as Scout Leader (uncredited)
Kidnapped as Bailiff
Kentucky as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861

1937

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

1936

Woman Trap as Dodd
Follow the Fleet as Jim Nolan
15 Maiden Lane as Judge Graham
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
Special Investigator as Inspector Perkett
Grand Jury as Jim Hanify
Fatal Lady as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
Bunker Bean as A. C. Jones
Two in the Dark as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
Spendthrift as Attorney
Sea Spoilers as Phil Morgan
The Music Goes 'Round as Mr. Cohn
Ticket to Paradise as Colton
Laughing Irish Eyes as Silk Taylor

1935

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

1934

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