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
| Birth Location | Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1895-06-03 |
| Died | 1957-06-01 |
Movies
7th Cavalry
as Col. Kellogg
1956
You Can't Run Away from It
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
1956
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Angel Chief
1956
Man of Conflict
as Mr. Murdock
1953
The Studebaker Story
as Harold S. Vance
1953
The Maverick
as Col. Hook
1952
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Col. Lockwood
1952
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Colonel Charles Bigelow
1952
Overland Telegraph
as Col. Marvin
1951
As You Were
as Col. Lockwood
1951
All That I Have
as Jess Northrup
1951
Kentucky Jubilee
as T.J. Hoarsely
1951
Fourteen Hours
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1951
Bowery Battalion
as Melvin Hatfield
1951
Again Pioneers
as Pete Galloway
1950
The Big Hangover
as Steve Hughes
1950
Unmasked
as George Richards
1950
Blue Grass of Kentucky
as James B. Armistead
1950
The Flying Saucer
as Hank Thorn
1950
Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashkelon
1949
Barbary Pirate
as Commodore Preble
1949
The Fountainhead
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
1949
Manhattan Angel
as J.C. Rayland
1949
1949
I Cheated the Law
as District Attorney Randolph
1949
One Sunday Afternoon
as Tredway
1948
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Supreme Court Judge
1948
My Dear Secretary
as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
1948
The Plunderers
as Cavalry Colonel
1948
The Return of October
as Taylor
1948
Race Street
as Easy Mason
1948
The Velvet Touch
as Actor 'Judge Brack'
1948
Shanghai Chest
as Frank Bronson, district attorney
1948
The Gallant Legion
as Senator Beale
1948
Assigned to Danger
as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
1948
The Hunted
as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
1948
The Noose Hangs High
as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
1948
The Black Arrow
as Sir Harry Shelton
1948
The Judge Steps Out
as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
1947
Louisiana
as Fred Astor
1947
Exposed
as Col. Bentry
1947
Smoky River Serenade
as J. Bricket Armstrong
1947
Dark Delusion
as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
1947
Web of Danger
as Gallagher
1947
Fun on a Weekend
as John Biddle
1947
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Appleby
1947
The Pilgrim Lady
as Thackery Gibbs
1947
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Producer (uncredited)
1946
The Show-Off
as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
1946
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Sen. Twin
1946
G.I. War Brides
as Insp. Ramsaye
1946
Dark Alibi
as Warden Cameron
1946
The Hoodlum Saint
as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
1946
Swing Parade of 1946
as Daniel Warren Sr.
1946
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
1946
Gay Blades
as Buxton
1946
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
1946
Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth
1945
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Board Member (uncredited)
1945
A Game of Death
as Mr. Whitney
1945
Apology for Murder
as Harvey Kirkland
1945
First Yank into Tokyo
as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
1945
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
1945
The Valley of Decision
as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
1945
The Master Key
as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
1945
She Gets Her Man
as Mayor
1945
Janie
as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
1944
The Port of 40 Thieves
as Charles Farrington
1944
Louisiana Hayride
as H.C.Forbes
1944
Bathing Beauty
as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
1944
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
as Colonel
1944
Captain America
as Mayor Randolph
1944
The Woman of the Town
as Publisher
1943
His Butler's Sister
as Sanderson
1943
Northern Pursuit
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
1943
Someone to Remember
as Mr. Stanton
1943
Three Hearts for Julia
as Colonel (uncredited)
1943
King of the Cowboys
as Texas Governor
1943
Air Raid Wardens
as Major Scanlon
1943
Follow the Band
as Jeremiah K. Barton
1943
Tennessee Johnson
as Lincoln's Emissary
1942
Strictly in the Groove
as RC Saunders
1942
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Samuel Thornton
1942
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Major Wilson
1942
Springtime in the Rockies
as Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
1942
King of the Mounties
as Marshal Carleton
1942
Lady in a Jam
as Carter
1942
Pacific Rendezvous
as John Carter
1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Judge Abbotson
1942
We Were Dancing
as Mr. Bryce-Carew
1942
Fingers at the Window
as Dr. Chandley
1942
Ship Ahoy
as Capt. C.V. O'Brien
1942
Butch Minds the Baby
as J. Wadsworth Carrington
1942
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
1942
Joe Smith, American
as Mr. Edgerton
1942
Sealed Lips
as Dr. Charles Evans
1942
Pacific Blackout
as Commanding Officer
1941
They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
1941
Great Guns
as Gen. Burns
1941
Buy Me That Town
as Malcolm
1941
Sergeant York
as General (uncredited)
1941
Doctors Don't Tell
as Supt. Duff
1941
Dive Bomber
as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
1941
The Little Foxes
as William Marshall
1941
Hold That Ghost
as Bannister
1941
The Parson of Panamint
as Prosecuting Attorney
1941
The Big Store
as Arthur Hastings
1941
Blood and Sand
as Marquis
1941
The Great Lie
as Colonel Harriston
1941
Man-Made Monster
as Warden Harris (uncredited)
1941
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Harry Walsh
1941
Here Comes Happiness
as John Vance
1941
A Man Betrayed
as C.R. Pringle
1941
Western Union
as Provisional Governor
1941
Arkansas Judge
as Hetty's Attorney
1941
Love Thy Neighbor
as Harrington
1940
Santa Fe Trail
as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
1940
No, No, Nanette
as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
1940
Nobody's Children
as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
1940
Lady with Red Hair
as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
1940
The Bank Dick
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
1940
East of the River
as Warden
1940
Junior G-Men
as Col. Barton
1940
Seven Sinners
as First Governor
1940
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
as Colonel Barton
1940
The Return of Frank James
as Prosecutor
1940
Sporting Blood
as 'Sneak' OBrien
1940
The Mortal Storm
as Rector
1940
Earthbound
as Prosecutor
1940
Johnny Apollo
as District Attorney
1940
Enemy Agent
as Lyman Scott
1940
Virginia City
as Armistead
1940
Parole Fixer
as U.S. District Court Judge
1940
The Blue Bird
as Daddy Tyl
1940
Swanee River
as Andrew McDowell
1939
The Big Guy
as Lawson
1939
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mr. Graves
1939
Rulers of the Sea
as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
1939
Bad Little Angel
as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
1939
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Russell Hicks
1939
The Real Glory
as Capt. Manning
1939
Our Leading Citizen
as Chairman
1939
Stanley and Livingstone
as Commissioner
1939
Hotel for Women
as Van Ellis
1939
Hotel Imperial
as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
1939
Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
East Side of Heaven
as Hinkle (uncredited)
1939
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mr. Barrows
1939
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Colonel (uncredited)
1939
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
1939
Honolulu
as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
1939
Boy Trouble
as Magistrate
1939
North of Shanghai
as Rowley
1939
Kentucky
as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
1938
That Certain Age
as Scout Leader (uncredited)
1938
Fugitives for a Night
as Maurice Tenwright
1938
You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
1938
Gateway
as Ernest Porter
1938
Little Miss Broadway
as Perry
1938
Men with Wings
as Gen. Marlin
1938
Kidnapped
as Bailiff
1938
In Old Chicago
as Politician in Jack's Office
1938
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Capt. Stafford
1938
Clipped Wings
as Capt. Morton
1937
The Westland Case
as Mr. Woodbury
1937
Partners in Crime
as Mayor Callahan
1937
Fit for a King
as Editor Hardwick
1937
The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Prosecuting Attorney
1937
The Big Shot
as Martin Drake
1937
The Toast of New York
as Lawyer
1937
A Dangerous Adventure
as Allen
1937
On Again—Off Again
as George Dilwig
1937
The Wildcatter
as Tom Frayne
1937
Fifty Roads to Town
as Police Official
1937
Pick a Star
as Mr. Stone
1937
It Happened Out West
as Cooley
1937
Criminals of the Air
as Kurt Feldon
1937
Let Them Live
as Newspaper Editor
1937
Midnight Taxi
as Barney Flagg
1937
23 1/2 Hours Leave
as Capt. Barker
1937
Espionage
as Alfred Hartrix
1937
Girl Overboard
as Sam Le Maire
1937
Secret Valley
as Lawyer Austin Martin
1937
We Who Are About to Die
as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
1937
Dodge City Trail
as Kenyon Phillips
1936
Laughing at Trouble
as Cyrus Hall
1936
The General Died at Dawn
as No Matches Man (uncredited)
1936
The Accusing Finger
as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
1936
15 Maiden Lane
as Judge Graham
1936
Sea Spoilers
as Phil Morgan
1936
Grand Jury
as Jim Hanify
1936
Spendthrift
as Attorney
1936
Bunker Bean
as A. C. Jones
1936
Ticket to Paradise
as Colton
1936
Fatal Lady
as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
1936
Special Investigator
as Inspector Perkett
1936
Woman Trap
as Dodd
1936
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Silk Taylor
1936
The Music Goes 'Round
as Mr. Cohn
1936
Follow the Fleet
as Jim Nolan
1936
Two in the Dark
as Police Officer McCord
1936
If You Could Only Cook
as Dillon (uncredited)
1935
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as James Andrews
1935
Thunder in the Night
as Prefect of Police
1935
Dante's Inferno
as Prosecuting Attorney
1935
Lady Tubbs
as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
1935
Honeymoon Limited
as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
1935
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Bert Taylor
1935
Go Into Your Dance
as Sam Rupert
1935
While the Patient Slept
as Dr. Jay
1935
Living on Velvet
as Major at Flying Field
1935
Sweet Music
as Mayor of New York City
1935
The Woman in Red
as Defense Attorney Clayton
1935
Devil Dogs of the Air
as Captain
1935
The Secret Bride
as John F. Holdstock
1934
Murder in the Clouds
as Taggert
1934
Babbitt
as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
1934
Gentlemen Are Born
as Newspaper Editor
1934
The Firebird
as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
1934
Happiness Ahead
as Jim Meehan
1934
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Clinton Foley
1934
Mushrooms
as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
1934
Before Morning
as Jim Nichols
1933
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
1916
Russell Hicks hasn't worked on any movies or TV shows
