Russell Hicks
- Acting
- June 3, 1895 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- June 1, 1957
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.
Known for
Filmography
- The Big Breakfast
- Panic!
- 7th Cavalry · Col. Kellogg
- You Can't Run Away from It · Ship Captain (uncredited)
- West Point
- Telephone Time
- Once Upon a Honeymoon · Angel Chief
- Crossroads · Selden
- Playwrights '56 · Mr. More
- The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
- Cheyenne
- Navy Log
- The Secret Storm
- Man of Conflict · Mr. Murdock
- The Studebaker Story · Harold S. Vance
- The Maverick · Col. Hook
- Mr. Walkie Talkie · Col. Lockwood
- Old Oklahoma Plains · Colonel Charles Bigelow
- Hallmark Hall of Fame
- Overland Telegraph · Col. Marvin
- As You Were · Col. Lockwood
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars · J. Winston Fletcher
- All That I Have · Jess Northrup
- Racket Squad
- Kentucky Jubilee · T.J. Hoarsely
- Fourteen Hours · Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Bowery Battalion · Melvin Hatfield
- Again Pioneers · Pete Galloway
- The Cisco Kid · Jasper King
- The Big Hangover · Steve Hughes
- Square Dance Katy · Commissioner
- Unmasked · George Richards
- Blue Grass of Kentucky · James B. Armistead
- The Flying Saucer · Hank Thorn
- Samson and Delilah · Lord of Ashkelon
- Barbary Pirate · Commodore Preble
- The Fountainhead · Banner Board Member (uncredited)
- Manhattan Angel · J.C. Rayland
- South of St. Louis
- I Cheated the Law · District Attorney Randolph
- One Sunday Afternoon · Tredway
- Jiggs and Maggie in Court · Supreme Court Judge
- Studio One · Hinton
- My Dear Secretary · Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
- The Plunderers · Cavalry Colonel
- The Return of October · Taylor
- Race Street · Easy Mason
- The Velvet Touch · Actor 'Judge Brack'
- The Shanghai Chest · Frank Bronson, district attorney
- The Gallant Legion · Senator Beale
- Silver River · Edwards (uncredited)
- Assigned to Danger · Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
- The Hunted · Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
- The Noose Hangs High · Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
- The Black Arrow · Sir Harry Shelton
- The Judge Steps Out · Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
- Louisiana · Fred Astor
- Exposed · Col. Bentry
- Smoky River Serenade · J. Bricket Armstrong
- Dark Delusion · Mr. Logan (uncredited)
- Web of Danger · Gallagher
- Fun on a Weekend · John Biddle
- The Sea of Grass · Maj. Dell Harney
- Buck Privates Come Home · Mr. Appleby
- The Pilgrim Lady · Thackery Gibbs
- Till the Clouds Roll By · Producer (uncredited)
- The Show-Off · Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
- The Plainsman and the Lady · Sen. Twin
- G.I. War Brides · Insp. Ramsaye
- Dark Alibi · Warden Cameron
- The Hoodlum Saint · Marty Martindale (uncredited)
- Swing Parade of 1946 · Daniel Warren Sr.
- The Bandit of Sherwood Forest · Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
- Gay Blades · Buxton
- A Close Call for Boston Blackie · Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
- Scarlet Street · J.J. Hogarth
- Getting Gertie's Garter · Board Member (uncredited)
- A Game of Death · Mr. Whitney
- Apology for Murder · Harvey Kirkland
- First Yank into Tokyo · Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)