Russell Hicks
Acting • Born 1895-06-03 – Died 1957-06-01
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
247 credits
The Bank Dick
Movie • 1940
J. Frothingham Waterbury
The Show-Off
Movie • 1946
Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
The Mortal Storm
Movie • 1940
Rector
Doctors Don't Tell
Movie • 1941
Supt. Duff
North of Shanghai
Movie • 1939
Rowley
Apology for Murder
Movie • 1945
Harvey Kirkland
You Can't Take It with You
Movie • 1938
Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
Movie • 1935
James Andrews
Sealed Lips
Movie • 1942
Dr. Charles Evans
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Movie • 1942
Judge Abbotson
Follow the Fleet
Movie • 1936
Jim Nolan
Seven Sinners
Movie • 1940
First Governor
Flame of Barbary Coast
Movie • 1945
Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
The Velvet Touch
Movie • 1948
Actor 'Judge Brack'
Hold That Ghost
Movie • 1941
Bannister
Louisiana Hayride
Movie • 1944
H.C.Forbes
The Little Foxes
Movie • 1941
William Marshall
Western Union
Movie • 1941
Provisional Governor
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Movie • 1956
Angel Chief
The Valley of Decision
Movie • 1945
Mr. Laurence Gaylord
Air Raid Wardens
Movie • 1943
Major Scanlon
Dark Alibi
Movie • 1946
Warden Cameron
The Port of 40 Thieves
Movie • 1944
Charles Farrington
The Hunted
Movie • 1948
Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
Fingers at the Window
Movie • 1942
Dr. Chandley
Scarlet Street
Movie • 1945
J.J. Hogarth
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Movie • 1939
Mr. Barrows
Nobody's Children
Movie • 1940
Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Movie • 1941
Harry Walsh
Bad Little Angel
Movie • 1939
Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Race Street
Movie • 1948
Easy Mason
Laughing Irish Eyes
Movie • 1936
Silk Taylor
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
Movie • 1940
Colonel Barton
Northern Pursuit
Movie • 1943
Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Special Investigator
Movie • 1936
Inspector Perkett
Exposed
Movie • 1947
Col. Bentry
Butch Minds the Baby
Movie • 1942
J. Wadsworth Carrington
Pick a Star
Movie • 1937
Mr. Stone
The Music Goes 'Round
Movie • 1936
Mr. Cohn
The Real Glory
Movie • 1939
Capt. Manning
The Accusing Finger
Movie • 1936
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
A Game of Death
Movie • 1945
Mr. Whitney
I Cheated the Law
Movie • 1949
District Attorney Randolph
Springtime in the Rockies
Movie • 1942
Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
Mushrooms
Movie • 1934
President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
Sweet Music
Movie • 1935
Mayor of New York City
Ladies Crave Excitement
Movie • 1935
Bert Taylor
Bowery Battalion
Movie • 1951
Melvin Hatfield
Love Thy Neighbor
Movie • 1940
Harrington
Honeymoon Limited
Movie • 1935
Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
Grand Jury
Movie • 1936
Jim Hanify
We Were Dancing
Movie • 1942
Mr. Bryce-Carew
Ticket to Paradise
Movie • 1936
Colton
Living on Velvet
Movie • 1935
Major at Flying Field
As You Were
Movie • 1951
Col. Lockwood
South of St. Louis
Movie • 1949
The Big Hangover
Movie • 1950
Steve Hughes
One Sunday Afternoon
Movie • 1948
Tredway
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Movie • 1952
Col. Lockwood
Louisiana
Movie • 1947
Fred Astor
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Movie • 1937
Prosecuting Attorney
Lady Tubbs
Movie • 1935
Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
It Happened Out West
Movie • 1937
Cooley
The Plainsman and the Lady
Movie • 1946
Sen. Twin
Secret Valley
Movie • 1937
Lawyer Austin Martin
23 1/2 Hours Leave
Movie • 1937
Capt. Barker
Fit for a King
Movie • 1937
Editor Hardwick
Clipped Wings
Movie • 1937
Capt. Morton
Boy Trouble
Movie • 1939
Magistrate
The Master Key
Movie • 1945
Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
Honolulu
Movie • 1939
Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
The Wildcatter
Movie • 1937
Tom Frayne
Partners in Crime
Movie • 1937
Mayor Callahan
Little Miss Broadway
Movie • 1938
Perry
Pacific Blackout
Movie • 1941
Commanding Officer
Till the Clouds Roll By
Movie • 1946
Producer (uncredited)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
Movie • 1955
The Case of the Howling Dog
Movie • 1934
Clinton Foley
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Movie • 1938
Capt. Stafford
The Pilgrim Lady
Movie • 1947
Thackery Gibbs
The Firebird
Movie • 1934
Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
Overland Telegraph
Movie • 1951
Col. Marvin
Fugitives for a Night
Movie • 1938
Maurice Tenwright
Kentucky Jubilee
Movie • 1951
T.J. Hoarsely
On Again—Off Again
Movie • 1937
George Dilwig
Bathing Beauty
Movie • 1944
Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
Blue Grass of Kentucky
Movie • 1950
James B. Armistead
The Three Musketeers
Movie • 1939
Porthos
Three Hearts for Julia
Movie • 1943
Colonel (uncredited)
Kentucky
Movie • 1938
Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
First Yank into Tokyo
Movie • 1945
Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Earthbound
Movie • 1940
Prosecutor
Midnight Taxi
Movie • 1937
Barney Flagg
Swanee River
Movie • 1939
Andrew McDowell
Happiness Ahead
Movie • 1934
Jim Meehan
Blood and Sand
Movie • 1941
Marquis
To the Shores of Tripoli
Movie • 1942
Major Wilson
The Big Shot
Movie • 1937
Martin Drake
Arkansas Judge
Movie • 1941
Hetty's Attorney
We Who Are About to Die
Movie • 1937
District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
Movie • 1939
Russell Hicks
Spendthrift
Movie • 1936
Attorney
Fatal Lady
Movie • 1936
American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
Before Morning
Movie • 1933
Jim Nichols
Laughing at Trouble
Movie • 1936
Cyrus Hall
The Big Store
Movie • 1941
Arthur Hastings
Gentlemen Are Born
Movie • 1934
Newspaper Editor
Men with Wings
Movie • 1938
Gen. Marlin
Manhattan Angel
Movie • 1949
J.C. Rayland
Virginia City
Movie • 1940
Armistead
While the Patient Slept
Movie • 1935
Dr. Jay
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Movie • 1939
Colonel (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
Movie • 1939
Hinkle (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Movie • 1939
Sergeant (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone
Movie • 1939
Commissioner
Sporting Blood
Movie • 1940
'Sneak' OBrien
Dodge City Trail
Movie • 1936
Kenyon Phillips
The Flying Saucer
Movie • 1950
Hank Thorn
Man-Made Monster
Movie • 1941
Warden Harris (uncredited)
Kidnapped
Movie • 1938
Bailiff
The Studebaker Story
Movie • 1953
Harold S. Vance
Parole Fixer
Movie • 1940
U.S. District Court Judge
My Dear Secretary
Movie • 1948
Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
Espionage
Movie • 1937
Alfred Hartrix
G.I. War Brides
Movie • 1946
Insp. Ramsaye
The Judge Steps Out
Movie • 1947
Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
Again Pioneers
Movie • 1950
Pete Galloway
Fourteen Hours
Movie • 1951
Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Great Guns
Movie • 1941
Gen. Burns
The Blue Bird
Movie • 1940
Daddy Tyl
The Great Lie
Movie • 1941
Colonel Harriston
Lady in a Jam
Movie • 1942
Carter
Devil Dogs of the Air
Movie • 1935
Captain
Thunder in the Night
Movie • 1935
Prefect of Police
Unmasked
Movie • 1950
George Richards
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Movie • 1946
Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
Woman Trap
Movie • 1936
Dodd
The Secret Bride
Movie • 1934
John F. Holdstock
The Woman in Red
Movie • 1935
Defense Attorney Clayton
15 Maiden Lane
Movie • 1936
Judge Graham
A Dangerous Adventure
Movie • 1937
Allen
The Parson of Panamint
Movie • 1941
Prosecuting Attorney
Follow the Band
Movie • 1943
Jeremiah K. Barton
Sea Spoilers
Movie • 1936
Phil Morgan
Johnny Apollo
Movie • 1940
District Attorney
Here Comes Happiness
Movie • 1941
John Vance
Enemy Agent
Movie • 1940
Lyman Scott
Buy Me That Town
Movie • 1941
Malcolm
The Sea of Grass
Movie • 1947
Maj. Dell Harney
The Black Arrow
Movie • 1948
Sir Harry Shelton
The Return of Frank James
Movie • 1940
Prosecutor
Santa Fe Trail
Movie • 1940
Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Movie • 1916
Extra (uncredited)
Sergeant York
Movie • 1941
General (uncredited)
Two in the Dark
Movie • 1936
Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
Movie • 1946
Marty Martindale (uncredited)
Gateway
Movie • 1938
Ernest Porter
Hotel for Women
Movie • 1939
Van Ellis
No, No, Nanette
Movie • 1940
'Hutch' Hutchinson
East of the River
Movie • 1940
Warden
Lady with Red Hair
Movie • 1940
Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
That Certain Age
Movie • 1938
Scout Leader (uncredited)
Junior G-Men
Movie • 1940
Col. Barton
Someone to Remember
Movie • 1943
Mr. Stanton
Babbitt
Movie • 1934
Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
The Gallant Legion
Movie • 1948
Senator Beale
Web of Danger
Movie • 1947
Gallagher
Gay Blades
Movie • 1946
Buxton
Our Leading Citizen
Movie • 1939
Chairman
Hotel Imperial
Movie • 1939
Austrian Officer (uncredited)
The Maverick
Movie • 1952
Col. Hook
Old Oklahoma Plains
Movie • 1952
Colonel Charles Bigelow
King of the Mounties
Movie • 1942
Marshal Carleton
The Woman of the Town
Movie • 1943
Publisher
The Plunderers
Movie • 1948
Cavalry Colonel
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Movie • 1941
Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
Movie • 1943
Texas Governor
They Died with Their Boots On
Movie • 1941
Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Dante's Inferno
Movie • 1935
Prosecuting Attorney
Dark Delusion
Movie • 1947
Mr. Logan (uncredited)
The Westland Case
Movie • 1937
Mr. Woodbury
Dive Bomber
Movie • 1941
Awards Speaker (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds
Movie • 1934
Taggert
All That I Have
Movie • 1951
Jess Northrup
Girl Overboard
Movie • 1937
Sam Le Maire
Janie
Movie • 1944
Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
Fifty Roads to Town
Movie • 1937
Police Official
Joe Smith, American
Movie • 1942
Mr. Edgerton
She Gets Her Man
Movie • 1945
Mayor
In Old Chicago
Movie • 1938
Politician in Jack's Office
Strictly in the Groove
Movie • 1942
RC Saunders
Bunker Bean
Movie • 1936
A. C. Jones
Samson and Delilah
Movie • 1949
Lord of Ashkelon
The Return of October
Movie • 1948
Taylor
The Toast of New York
Movie • 1937
Lawyer
His Butler's Sister
Movie • 1943
Sanderson
The Shanghai Chest
Movie • 1948
Frank Bronson, district attorney
Fun on a Weekend
Movie • 1947
John Biddle
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
Movie • 1944
Colonel
Go Into Your Dance
Movie • 1935
Sam Rupert
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Movie • 1939
Mr. Graves
Let Them Live
Movie • 1937
Newspaper Editor
Rulers of the Sea
Movie • 1939
Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
Pacific Rendezvous
Movie • 1942
John Carter
Assigned to Danger
Movie • 1948
Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
If You Could Only Cook
Movie • 1935
Dillon (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Movie • 1949
Banner Board Member (uncredited)
Barbary Pirate
Movie • 1949
Commodore Preble
Buck Privates Come Home
Movie • 1947
Mr. Appleby
The Noose Hangs High
Movie • 1948
Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
Getting Gertie's Garter
Movie • 1945
Board Member (uncredited)
Swing Parade of 1946
Movie • 1946
Daniel Warren Sr.
Ship Ahoy
Movie • 1942
Capt. C.V. O'Brien
7th Cavalry
Movie • 1956
Col. Kellogg
A Man Betrayed
Movie • 1941
C.R. Pringle
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Movie • 1946
Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
Criminals of the Air
Movie • 1937
Kurt Feldon
Tennessee Johnson
Movie • 1942
Lincoln's Emissary
Hitler- Dead or Alive
Movie • 1942
Samuel Thornton
The Big Guy
Movie • 1939
Lawson
Smoky River Serenade
Movie • 1947
J. Bricket Armstrong
You Can't Run Away from It
Movie • 1956
Ship Captain (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn
Movie • 1936
No Matches Man (uncredited)
Captain America
Movie • 1944
Mayor Randolph
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Movie • 1948
Supreme Court Judge
Man of Conflict
Movie • 1953
Mr. Murdock
Proceed and Report
Movie • 1943
Captain
America's Safest Tire
Movie • 1939
Fisk Tire Official
Millions in the Air
Movie • 1935
Davis
A Night at Earl Carroll's
Movie • 1940
Mayor Jones of Hollywood
The Pittsburgh Kid
Movie • 1941
(uncredited)
Silver River
Movie • 1948
Edwards (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
Movie • 1941
Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
The Honeymoon's Over
Movie • 1939
J.P. Walker
Cheyenne
TV • 1955
Studio One
TV • 1948
Hinton
The Secret Storm
TV • 1954
Hallmark Hall of Fame
TV • 1951
West Point
TV • 1956
The Cisco Kid
TV • 1950
Jasper King
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
TV • 1951
J. Winston Fletcher
Navy Log
TV • 1955
Racket Squad
TV • 1951
Playwrights '56
TV • 1955
Telephone Time
TV • 1956
Panic!
TV • 1957
The Big Breakfast
TV • 2022