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