Acting
Russell Hicks
EN cinema · 237 credits
Born
3 June 1895
Died
1 June 1957 (aged 61)
Birthplace
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also known as Edward Russell Hicks · R. E. Hicks · R.E. 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.
Known for
Filmography
7th Cavalry
as Col. Kellogg
You Can't Run Away from It
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
The Studebaker Story
as Harold S. Vance
Man of Conflict
1953
Man of Conflict
as Mr. Murdock
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Col. Lockwood
The Maverick
as Col. Hook
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Colonel Charles Bigelow
Bowery Battalion
as Melvin Hatfield
As You Were
as Col. Lockwood
Overland Telegraph
as Col. Marvin
Kentucky Jubilee
as T.J. Hoarsely
Fourteen Hours
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
All That I Have
as Jess Northrup
The Big Hangover
as Steve Hughes
Blue Grass of Kentucky
as James B. Armistead
The Flying Saucer
as Hank Thorn
Again Pioneers
as Pete Galloway
Unmasked
as George Richards
Square Dance Katy
as Commissioner
I Cheated the Law
as District Attorney Randolph
Manhattan Angel
as J.C. Rayland
Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashkelon
The Fountainhead
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
Barbary Pirate
as Commodore Preble
The Velvet Touch
as Actor 'Judge Brack'
The Hunted
as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
Race Street
as Easy Mason
One Sunday Afternoon
as Tredway
My Dear Secretary
as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
The Black Arrow
as Sir Harry Shelton
The Gallant Legion
as Senator Beale
The Plunderers
as Cavalry Colonel
The Return of October
as Taylor
The Shanghai Chest
as Frank Bronson, district attorney
Assigned to Danger
as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
The Noose Hangs High
as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Supreme Court Judge
Silver River
as Edwards (uncredited)
Exposed
as Col. Bentry
Louisiana
as Fred Astor
The Pilgrim Lady
as Thackery Gibbs
The Judge Steps Out
as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
The Sea of Grass
as Maj. Dell Harney
Web of Danger
as Gallagher
Dark Delusion
as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
Fun on a Weekend
as John Biddle
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Appleby
Smoky River Serenade
as J. Bricket Armstrong
The Show-Off
as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
Dark Alibi
as Warden Cameron
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Sen. Twin
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Producer (uncredited)
G.I. War Brides
as Insp. Ramsaye
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
The Hoodlum Saint
as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
Gay Blades
as Buxton
Swing Parade of 1946
as Daniel Warren Sr.
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
Apology for Murder
as Harvey Kirkland
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
The Valley of Decision
as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth
A Game of Death
as Mr. Whitney
The Master Key
as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
First Yank into Tokyo
as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
She Gets Her Man
as Mayor
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Board Member (uncredited)
Louisiana Hayride
as H.C.Forbes
The Port of 40 Thieves
as Charles Farrington
Bathing Beauty
as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
Janie
as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
Captain America
as Mayor Randolph
Air Raid Wardens
as Major Scanlon
Northern Pursuit
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Three Hearts for Julia
as Colonel (uncredited)
Follow the Band
as Jeremiah K. Barton
Someone to Remember
as Mr. Stanton
The Woman of the Town
as Publisher
King of the Cowboys
as Texas Governor
His Butler's Sister
as Sanderson
Sealed Lips
as Dr. Charles Evans
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Judge Abbotson
Fingers at the Window
as Dr. Chandley
Butch Minds the Baby
as J. Wadsworth Carrington
Springtime in the Rockies
as Theatergoer in Blackout (uncredited)
We Were Dancing
as Mr. Bryce-Carew
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Major Wilson
Lady in a Jam
as Carter
King of the Mounties
as Marshal Carleton
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
Joe Smith, American
as Mr. Edgerton
Strictly in the Groove
as RC Saunders
Pacific Rendezvous
as John Carter
Ship Ahoy
as Capt. C.V. O'Brien
Tennessee Johnson
as Lincoln's Emissary
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Samuel Thornton
Doctors Don't Tell
as Supt. Duff
Hold That Ghost
as Bannister
The Little Foxes
as William Marshall
Western Union
as Provisional Governor
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Harry Walsh
Pacific Blackout
as Commanding Officer
Blood and Sand
as Marquis
Arkansas Judge
as Hetty's Attorney
The Big Store
as Arthur Hastings
Man-Made Monster
as Warden Harris (uncredited)
Great Guns
as Gen. Burns
The Great Lie
as Colonel Harriston
The Parson of Panamint
as Prosecuting Attorney
Here Comes Happiness
as John Vance
Buy Me That Town
as Malcolm
Sergeant York
as General (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Dive Bomber
as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
A Man Betrayed
as C.R. Pringle
The Pittsburgh Kid
as (uncredited)
The Strawberry Blonde
as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
The Bank Dick
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
The Mortal Storm
as Rector
Seven Sinners
as First Governor
Nobody's Children
as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
as Colonel Barton
Love Thy Neighbor
as Harrington
Earthbound
as Prosecutor
Virginia City
as Armistead
Sporting Blood
as 'Sneak' OBrien
Parole Fixer
as U.S. District Court Judge
The Blue Bird
as Daddy Tyl
Johnny Apollo
as District Attorney
Enemy Agent
as Lyman Scott
The Return of Frank James
as Prosecutor
Santa Fe Trail
as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
East of the River
as Warden
Lady with Red Hair
as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
Junior G-Men
as Col. Barton
A Night at Earl Carroll's
as Mayor Jones of Hollywood
North of Shanghai
as Rowley
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mr. Barrows
Bad Little Angel
as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
The Real Glory
as Capt. Manning
Boy Trouble
as Magistrate
Honolulu
as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
Swanee River
as Andrew McDowell
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Russell Hicks
East Side of Heaven
as Hinkle (uncredited)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Colonel (uncredited)
Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone
as Commissioner
Hotel for Women
as Van Ellis
Our Leading Citizen
as Chairman
Hotel Imperial
as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mr. Graves
Rulers of the Sea
as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
The Big Guy
as Lawson
America's Safest Tire
1939
America's Safest Tire
as Fisk Tire Official
The Honeymoon's Over
as J.P. Walker
You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway
as Perry
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Captain Stafford
Fugitives for a Night
as Maurice Tenwright
Kentucky
as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
Men with Wings
as Gen. Marlin
Kidnapped
as Bailiff
Gateway
as Ernest Porter
That Certain Age
as Scout Leader (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
as Politician in Jack's Office
Pick a Star
as Mr. Stone
The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Prosecuting Attorney
It Happened Out West
as Cooley
Secret Valley
as Lawyer Austin Martin
23 1/2 Hours Leave
as Capt. Barker
Fit for a King
as Editor Hardwick
Clipped Wings
as Capt. Morton
The Wildcatter
as Tom Frayne
Partners in Crime
as Mayor Callahan
On Again—Off Again
as George Dilwig
Midnight Taxi
as Barney Flagg
The Big Shot
as Martin Drake
We Who Are About to Die
as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
Espionage
as Alfred Hartrix
The Westland Case
as Mr. Woodbury
Girl Overboard
as Sam Le Maire
Fifty Roads to Town
as Police Official
The Toast of New York
as Lawyer
Let Them Live
as Newspaper Editor
Criminals of the Air
as Kurt Feldon
Follow the Fleet
as Jim Nolan
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Silk Taylor
Special Investigator
as Inspector Perkett
The Music Goes 'Round
as Mr. Cohn
The Accusing Finger
as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Grand Jury
as Jim Hanify
Ticket to Paradise
as Colton
Spendthrift
as Attorney
Fatal Lady
as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
Laughing at Trouble
as Cyrus Hall
Dodge City Trail
as Kenyon Phillips
Woman Trap
as Dodd
15 Maiden Lane
as Judge Graham
Sea Spoilers
as Phil Morgan
Two in the Dark
as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
Bunker Bean
as A. C. Jones
The General Died at Dawn
as No Matches Man (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as James Andrews
Sweet Music
as Mayor of New York City
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Bert Taylor
Honeymoon Limited
as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
Living on Velvet
as Major at Flying Field
Lady Tubbs
as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
While the Patient Slept
as Dr. Jay
Devil Dogs of the Air
as Captain
Thunder in the Night
as Prefect of Police
The Woman in Red
as Defense Attorney Clayton
Dante's Inferno
as Prosecuting Attorney
Go Into Your Dance
as Sam Rupert
If You Could Only Cook
as Dillon (uncredited)
Millions in the Air
as Davis
Mushrooms
as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Clinton Foley
The Firebird
as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
Happiness Ahead
as Jim Meehan
Gentlemen Are Born
as Newspaper Editor
The Secret Bride
as John F. Holdstock
Babbitt
as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
Murder in the Clouds
as Taggert
The St. Louis Kid
as Gorman (uncredited)
Before Morning
as Jim Nichols
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)