Russell Hicks

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1895-06-03 (62 years old)

Deathday

1957-06-01

Place of Birth

Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Russell 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 K...

Acting

1940

The Bank Dick

as J. Frothingham Waterbury

1946

The Show-Off

as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)

1940

1941

Doctors Don't Tell

as Supt. Duff

1939

1945

Apology for Murder

as Harvey Kirkland

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)

1935

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

as James Andrews

1942

Sealed Lips

as Dr. Charles Evans

1942

1936

Follow the Fleet

as Jim Nolan

1940

Seven Sinners

as First Governor

1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star

1948

The Velvet Touch

as Actor 'Judge Brack'

1941

Hold That Ghost

as Bannister

1944

Louisiana Hayride

as H.C.Forbes

1941

The Little Foxes

as William Marshall

1941

Western Union

as Provisional Governor

1956

Once Upon a Honeymoon

as Angel Chief

1945

The Valley of Decision

as Mr. Laurence Gaylord

1943

Air Raid Wardens

as Major Scanlon

1946

Dark Alibi

as Warden Cameron

1944

The Port of 40 Thieves

as Charles Farrington

1948

The Hunted

as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives

1942

Fingers at the Window

as Dr. Chandley

1945

Scarlet Street

as J.J. Hogarth

1940

Nobody's Children

as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)

1939

Bad Little Angel

as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)

1948

Race Street

as Easy Mason

1936

Laughing Irish Eyes

as Silk Taylor

1940

1943

Northern Pursuit

as Chief Inspector (uncredited)

1936

Special Investigator

as Inspector Perkett

1947

Exposed

as Col. Bentry

1942

Butch Minds the Baby

as J. Wadsworth Carrington

1937

Pick a Star

as Mr. Stone

1936

1939

The Real Glory

as Capt. Manning

1936

The Accusing Finger

as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator

1945

A Game of Death

as Mr. Whitney

1949

I Cheated the Law

as District Attorney Randolph

1942

Springtime in the Rockies

as Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)

1934

Mushrooms

as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)

1935

Sweet Music

as Mayor of New York City

1935

1951

Bowery Battalion

as Melvin Hatfield

1940

Love Thy Neighbor

as Harrington

1935

Honeymoon Limited

as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)

1936

Grand Jury

as Jim Hanify

1942

We Were Dancing

as Mr. Bryce-Carew

1936

1935

Living on Velvet

as Major at Flying Field

1951

As You Were

as Col. Lockwood

1950

The Big Hangover

as Steve Hughes

1948

1952

Mr. Walkie Talkie

as Col. Lockwood

1947

Louisiana

as Fred Astor

1937

The Man Who Cried Wolf

as Prosecuting Attorney

1935

Lady Tubbs

as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt

1937

Secret Valley

as Lawyer Austin Martin

1937

23 1/2 Hours Leave

as Capt. Barker

1937

Fit for a King

as Editor Hardwick

1937

Clipped Wings

as Capt. Morton

1939

Boy Trouble

as Magistrate

1945

The Master Key

as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien

1939

Honolulu

as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)

1937

The Wildcatter

as Tom Frayne

1937

Partners in Crime

as Mayor Callahan

1941

Pacific Blackout

as Commanding Officer

1946

Till the Clouds Roll By

as Producer (uncredited)

1938

The Big Broadcast of 1938

as Capt. Stafford

1934

1947

The Pilgrim Lady

as Thackery Gibbs

1934

The Firebird

as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager

1951

Overland Telegraph

as Col. Marvin

1938

Fugitives for a Night

as Maurice Tenwright

1951

Kentucky Jubilee

as T.J. Hoarsely

1937

On Again—Off Again

as George Dilwig

1944

Bathing Beauty

as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)

1950

Blue Grass of Kentucky

as James B. Armistead

1939

1943

Three Hearts for Julia

as Colonel (uncredited)

1938

Kentucky

as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861

1945

First Yank into Tokyo

as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)

1940

Earthbound

as Prosecutor

1937

Midnight Taxi

as Barney Flagg

1939

Swanee River

as Andrew McDowell

1934

Happiness Ahead

as Jim Meehan

1941

Blood and Sand

as Marquis

1942

1937

The Big Shot

as Martin Drake

1941

Arkansas Judge

as Hetty's Attorney

1937

We Who Are About to Die

as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)

1939

Hollywood Cavalcade

as Russell Hicks

1936

Spendthrift

as Attorney

1936

Fatal Lady

as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)

1933

Before Morning

as Jim Nichols

1936

Laughing at Trouble

as Cyrus Hall

1941

The Big Store

as Arthur Hastings

1934

Gentlemen Are Born

as Newspaper Editor

1938

Men with Wings

as Gen. Marlin

1949

Manhattan Angel

as J.C. Rayland

1940

Virginia City

as Armistead

1939

1939

East Side of Heaven

as Hinkle (uncredited)

1939

Union Pacific

as Sergeant (uncredited)

1939

1940

Sporting Blood

as 'Sneak' OBrien

1936

Dodge City Trail

as Kenyon Phillips

1950

The Flying Saucer

as Hank Thorn

1941

Man-Made Monster

as Warden Harris (uncredited)

1938

Kidnapped

as Bailiff

1953

The Studebaker Story

as Harold S. Vance

1940

Parole Fixer

as U.S. District Court Judge

1948

My Dear Secretary

as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)

1937

Espionage

as Alfred Hartrix

1946

G.I. War Brides

as Insp. Ramsaye

1947

The Judge Steps Out

as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)

1950

Again Pioneers

as Pete Galloway

1951

Fourteen Hours

as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)

1941

Great Guns

as Gen. Burns

1940

The Blue Bird

as Daddy Tyl

1941

The Great Lie

as Colonel Harriston

1942

Lady in a Jam

as Carter

1935

1935

Thunder in the Night

as Prefect of Police

1950

Unmasked

as George Richards

1946

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)

1936

Woman Trap

as Dodd

1934

The Secret Bride

as John F. Holdstock

1935

The Woman in Red

as Defense Attorney Clayton

1936

15 Maiden Lane

as Judge Graham

1941

The Parson of Panamint

as Prosecuting Attorney

1943

Follow the Band

as Jeremiah K. Barton

1936

Sea Spoilers

as Phil Morgan

1940

Johnny Apollo

as District Attorney

1941

1940

Enemy Agent

as Lyman Scott

1941

1947

The Sea of Grass

as Maj. Dell Harney

1948

The Black Arrow

as Sir Harry Shelton

1940

1940

Santa Fe Trail

as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)

1941

Sergeant York

as General (uncredited)

1936

Two in the Dark

as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)

1946

The Hoodlum Saint

as Marty Martindale (uncredited)

1938

Gateway

as Ernest Porter

1939

Hotel for Women

as Van Ellis

1940

No, No, Nanette

as 'Hutch' Hutchinson

1940

1940

Lady with Red Hair

as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)

1938

That Certain Age

as Scout Leader (uncredited)

1940

Junior G-Men

as Col. Barton

1943

Someone to Remember

as Mr. Stanton

1934

Babbitt

as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee

1948

The Gallant Legion

as Senator Beale

1947

Web of Danger

as Gallagher

1946

Gay Blades

as Buxton

1939

1939

Hotel Imperial

as Austrian Officer (uncredited)

1952

The Maverick

as Col. Hook

1952

Old Oklahoma Plains

as Colonel Charles Bigelow

1942

King of the Mounties

as Marshal Carleton

1943

1948

The Plunderers

as Cavalry Colonel

1942

Ride 'Em Cowboy

as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)

1943

King of the Cowboys

as Texas Governor

1941

They Died with Their Boots On

as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)

1935

Dante's Inferno

as Prosecuting Attorney

1947

Dark Delusion

as Mr. Logan (uncredited)

1937

The Westland Case

as Mr. Woodbury

1941

Dive Bomber

as Awards Speaker (uncredited)

1934

1951

All That I Have

as Jess Northrup

1937

Girl Overboard

as Sam Le Maire

1944

Janie

as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate

1937

Fifty Roads to Town

as Police Official

1942

Joe Smith, American

as Mr. Edgerton

1945

1938

In Old Chicago

as Politician in Jack's Office

1942

1936

Bunker Bean

as A. C. Jones

1949

Samson and Delilah

as Lord of Ashkelon

1943

1948

The Shanghai Chest

as Frank Bronson, district attorney

1947

Fun on a Weekend

as John Biddle

1935

Go Into Your Dance

as Sam Rupert

1937

Let Them Live

as Newspaper Editor

1939

Rulers of the Sea

as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)

1942

Pacific Rendezvous

as John Carter

1948

Assigned to Danger

as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)

1935

If You Could Only Cook

as Dillon (uncredited)

1949

The Fountainhead

as Banner Board Member (uncredited)

1949

Barbary Pirate

as Commodore Preble

1947

1948

The Noose Hangs High

as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)

1945

Getting Gertie's Garter

as Board Member (uncredited)

1946

Swing Parade of 1946

as Daniel Warren Sr.

1942

Ship Ahoy

as Capt. C.V. O'Brien

1956

7th Cavalry

as Col. Kellogg

1941

A Man Betrayed

as C.R. Pringle

1946

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington

1937

Criminals of the Air

as Kurt Feldon

1942

Tennessee Johnson

as Lincoln's Emissary

1942

Hitler- Dead or Alive

as Samuel Thornton

1939

The Big Guy

as Lawson

1947

Smoky River Serenade

as J. Bricket Armstrong

1956

You Can't Run Away from It

as Ship Captain (uncredited)

1936

The General Died at Dawn

as No Matches Man (uncredited)

1944

Captain America

as Mayor Randolph

1948

Jiggs and Maggie in Court

as Supreme Court Judge

1953

Man of Conflict

as Mr. Murdock

1943

1939

America's Safest Tire

as Fisk Tire Official

1940

A Night at Earl Carroll's

as Mayor Jones of Hollywood

1941

The Pittsburgh Kid

as (uncredited)

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