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

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

1951

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

1950

The Cisco Kid as Jasper King
The Big Hangover as Steve Hughes
Blue Grass of Kentucky as James B. Armistead
The Flying Saucer as Hank Thorn
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)
South of St. Louis
Barbary Pirate as Commodore Preble
I Cheated the Law as District Attorney Randolph
Manhattan Angel as J.C. Rayland

1948

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

1947

The Sea of Grass as Maj. Dell Harney
Buck Privates Come Home as Mr. Appleby
Exposed as Col. Bentry
Louisiana as Fred Astor
The Judge Steps Out as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
Dark Delusion as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
The Pilgrim Lady as Thackery Gibbs
Fun on a Weekend as John Biddle
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
G.I. War Brides as Insp. Ramsaye
The Plainsman and the Lady as Sen. Twin
Gay Blades as Buxton
Dark Alibi as Warden Cameron
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
Getting Gertie's Garter as Board Member (uncredited)
She Gets Her Man as Mayor
The Master Key as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
First Yank into Tokyo as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Apology for Murder as Harvey Kirkland
A Game of Death as Mr. Whitney

1944

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

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

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