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