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
The Maverick as Col. Hook
Mr. Walkie Talkie as Col. Lockwood

1951

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

1950

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

1948

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

1947

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

1946

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

1945

The Valley of Decision as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
Scarlet Street as J.J. Hogarth
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
A Game of Death as Mr. Whitney
First Yank into Tokyo as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Apology for Murder as Harvey Kirkland
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
Janie as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle as Colonel
Louisiana Hayride as H.C.Forbes

1943

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

1942

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

1941

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

1940

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

1939

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

1938

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

1937

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

1936

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

1935

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

1934

The Case of the Howling Dog as Clinton Foley
Babbitt as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
The St. Louis Kid as Gorman (uncredited)
Gentlemen Are Born as Newspaper Editor
Murder in the Clouds as Taggert
Happiness Ahead as Jim Meehan
The Firebird as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
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)