Russell Hicks
Known for Acting · 249 credits
- Born
- 1895-06-03
- Died
- 1957-06-01
- Place of birth
- Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Also known as
- Edward Russell Hicks · R. E. Hicks · R.E. Hicks
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
TV Shows (13)
The Secret Storm
1954
Studio One
1948
as Hinton
Cheyenne
1955
Telephone Time
1956
The Cisco Kid
1950
as Jasper King
Navy Log
1955
Racket Squad
1951
West Point
1956
Playwrights '56
1955
as Mr. More
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
Panic!
1957
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951
as J. Winston Fletcher
The Big Breakfast
2022
Movies (236)
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Bathing Beauty
1944
as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941
as General (uncredited)
The Return of Frank James
1940
as Prosecutor
The Westland Case
1937
as Mr. Woodbury
You Can't Take It with You
1938
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
1945
as J.J. Hogarth
Stanley and Livingstone
1939
as Commissioner
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
as Producer (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Lord of Ashkelon
The Valley of Decision
1945
as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
If You Could Only Cook
1935
as Dillon (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
1947
as Maj. Dell Harney
Air Raid Wardens
1943
as Major Scanlon
Woman Trap
1936
as Dodd
Sealed Lips
1942
as Dr. Charles Evans
Hold That Ghost
1941
as Bannister
The Little Foxes
1941
as William Marshall
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
as Extra (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
1949
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
Before Morning
1933
as Jim Nichols
Louisiana
1947
as Fred Astor
Silver River
1948
as Edwards (uncredited)
Man-Made Monster
1941
as Warden Harris (uncredited)
Western Union
1941
as Provisional Governor
Captain America
1944
as Mayor Randolph
Union Pacific
1939
as Sergeant (uncredited)
The Blue Bird
1940
as Daddy Tyl
Exposed
1947
as Col. Bentry
The Real Glory
1939
as Capt. Manning
Gentlemen Are Born
1934
as Newspaper Editor
The Mortal Storm
1940
as Rector
The Three Musketeers
1939
as Porthos
Northern Pursuit
1943
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
1947
as Mr. Appleby
In Old Chicago
1938
as Politician in Jack's Office
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
as Mr. Barrows
Dive Bomber
1941
as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
Santa Fe Trail
1940
as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
1940
as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
as Major Wilson
The Velvet Touch
1948
as Actor 'Judge Brack'
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
1942
as Mr. Edgerton
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1935
as James Andrews
Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
as Judge Abbotson
The Honeymoon's Over
1939
as J.P. Walker
Pick a Star
1937
as Mr. Stone
Virginia City
1940
as Armistead
King of the Cowboys
1943
as Texas Governor
Johnny Apollo
1940
as District Attorney
Old Oklahoma Plains
1952
as Colonel Charles Bigelow
Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
as Bert Taylor
First Yank into Tokyo
1945
as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Gay Blades
1946
as Buxton
15 Maiden Lane
1936
as Judge Graham
The Strawberry Blonde
1941
as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
as Captain Stafford
Fugitives for a Night
1938
as Maurice Tenwright
The Toast of New York
1937
as Lawyer
Girl Overboard
1937
as Sam Le Maire
Fingers at the Window
1942
as Dr. Chandley
Seven Sinners
1940
as First Governor
The General Died at Dawn
1936
as No Matches Man (uncredited)
The Great Lie
1941
as Colonel Harriston
The Hoodlum Saint
1946
as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
1941
as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
I Cheated the Law
1949
as District Attorney Randolph
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950
as James B. Armistead
Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942
as Samuel Thornton
The Bank Dick
1940
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946
as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
Fit for a King
1937
as Editor Hardwick
The Big Store
1941
as Arthur Hastings
The Accusing Finger
1936
as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
7th Cavalry
1956
as Col. Kellogg
Let Them Live
1937
as Newspaper Editor
Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
as Captain
The Flying Saucer
1950
as Hank Thorn
My Dear Secretary
1948
as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
Pacific Blackout
1941
as Commanding Officer
Blood and Sand
1941
as Marquis
Follow the Fleet
1936
as Jim Nolan
Lady with Red Hair
1940
as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
The Shanghai Chest
1948
as Frank Bronson, district attorney
The Woman in Red
1935
as Defense Attorney Clayton
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Perry
Tennessee Johnson
1942
as Lincoln's Emissary
The Show-Off
1946
as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
1941
as C.R. Pringle
Swanee River
1939
as Andrew McDowell
Kentucky
1938
as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
Honolulu
1939
as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
as Mr. Graves
Doctors Don't Tell
1941
as Supt. Duff
A Game of Death
1945
as Mr. Whitney
King of the Mounties
1942
as Marshal Carleton
Happiness Ahead
1934
as Jim Meehan
His Butler's Sister
1943
as Sanderson
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
as Harry Walsh
Two in the Dark
1936
as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
Men with Wings
1938
as Gen. Marlin
Our Leading Citizen
1939
as Chairman
The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
as Clinton Foley
23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937
as Capt. Barker
Special Investigator
1936
as Inspector Perkett
While the Patient Slept
1935
as Dr. Jay
Unmasked
1950
as George Richards
That Certain Age
1938
as Scout Leader (uncredited)
Getting Gertie's Garter
1945
as Board Member (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby
1942
as J. Wadsworth Carrington
The Pilgrim Lady
1947
as Thackery Gibbs
The Gallant Legion
1948
as Senator Beale
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
as Colonel (uncredited)
Pacific Rendezvous
1942
as John Carter
The Parson of Panamint
1941
as Prosecuting Attorney
One Sunday Afternoon
1948
as Tredway
Race Street
1948
as Easy Mason
About Russell Hicks
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… With 249 credits spanning from 1916 to 2022, Russell Hicks has appeared in 236 films and 13 TV shows.
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Most Popular Russell Hicks Movies
- Fourteen Hours (1951) — as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Bathing Beauty (1944) — as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
- Sergeant York (1941) — as General (uncredited)
- The Return of Frank James (1940) — as Prosecutor
- The Westland Case (1937) — as Mr. Woodbury
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