
Russell Hicks
Born: 1895-06-03
Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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

The Big Broadcast of 1938

The Toast of New York

Ticket to Paradise

Dark Delusion

Seven Sinners

The Hunted

Grand Jury

A Game of Death

The Valley of Decision

Arkansas Judge

The Fountainhead

Samson and Delilah

Again Pioneers

Western Union

Honolulu

Bathing Beauty

While the Patient Slept

Northern Pursuit

Pacific Blackout

Dark Alibi

Boy Trouble

Sergeant York

The Little Foxes

Sporting Blood

The Port of 40 Thieves

Tennessee Johnson

Silver River

Dive Bomber

Kentucky Jubilee

Bunker Bean

7th Cavalry

Virginia City

Special Investigator

Race Street

Manhattan Angel

Kentucky

Louisiana Hayride

Secret Valley

The Maverick

The Studebaker Story

Earthbound

Gay Blades

You Can't Take It with You

Parole Fixer

The Sea of Grass

Laughing at Trouble

Fourteen Hours

Hollywood Cavalcade

Flame of Barbary Coast

Hotel Imperial

The Mortal Storm

Unmasked

Spendthrift

Sweet Music

Tarzan's New York Adventure

Kidnapped

Buy Me That Town

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery

Exposed

Great Guns

Follow the Fleet

The Plunderers

Lady Tubbs

The Real Glory

Little Miss Broadway

Sealed Lips

The Gallant Legion

Janie

Ship Ahoy

Woman Trap

The Parson of Panamint

Stanley and Livingstone

Overland Telegraph

The Blue Bird

The Master Key

North of Shanghai

23 1/2 Hours Leave

Honeymoon Limited

Scarlet Street

We Were Dancing

The Westland Case

The Bank Dick

The Big Shot

Buck Privates Come Home

Before Morning

Strictly in the Groove

Girl Overboard

King of the Cowboys

The Shanghai Chest

Fun on a Weekend

Hold That Ghost

Blue Grass of Kentucky

The Strawberry Blonde

Bowery Battalion

Ladies Crave Excitement

Rulers of the Sea

The Black Arrow

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

The Three Musketeers

Bad Little Angel

The Secret Bride

The Man Who Cried Wolf

Hotel for Women

The Hoodlum Saint

Getting Gertie's Garter

The Noose Hangs High

The Show-Off

The Return of Frank James

The Return of October

In Old Chicago

Union Pacific

Blood and Sand

Dodge City Trail

Air Raid Wardens

Louisiana

Living on Velvet

Santa Fe Trail

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Flying Saucer

Dante's Inferno

If You Could Only Cook

His Butler's Sister

I Cheated the Law

They Died with Their Boots On

No, No, Nanette

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell

Old Oklahoma Plains

The Accusing Finger

Captain America

Till the Clouds Roll By

Butch Minds the Baby

That Certain Age

The Big Store

The Big Guy

My Dear Secretary

Gentlemen Are Born

15 Maiden Lane

The Great Lie

East Side of Heaven

Joe Smith, American

The Velvet Touch

Man-Made Monster

King of the Mounties

Fit for a King

Lady in a Jam

Fatal Lady

The Pilgrim Lady

The Big Hangover

A Man Betrayed

Assigned to Danger

South of St. Louis

To the Shores of Tripoli

You Can't Run Away from It

Smoky River Serenade

Babbitt

The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle

One Sunday Afternoon

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

East of the River

Here Comes Happiness

Men with Wings

Ride 'Em Cowboy

Criminals of the Air

Mr. Walkie Talkie

Nobody's Children

The Pittsburgh Kid

Let Them Live

The Woman in Red

The General Died at Dawn

She Gets Her Man

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Pick a Star

Swanee River

Laughing Irish Eyes

G.I. War Brides

Espionage

Someone to Remember

Love Thy Neighbor

As You Were

Springtime in the Rockies

Gateway

The Case of the Howling Dog

Fugitives for a Night

Two in the Dark

Happiness Ahead

Hitler- Dead or Alive

Our Leading Citizen

All That I Have

Sea Spoilers

Lady with Red Hair

The Judge Steps Out

Murder in the Clouds

The Wildcatter

First Yank into Tokyo

Johnny Apollo

Swing Parade of 1946

A Close Call for Boston Blackie

Devil Dogs of the Air

Web of Danger

Barbary Pirate

The Music Goes 'Round

The Woman of the Town

Jiggs and Maggie in Court

Fingers at the Window

On Again—Off Again

We Who Are About to Die

Three Hearts for Julia

Enemy Agent

The Firebird

Follow the Band

Clipped Wings

Go Into Your Dance

Midnight Taxi

Junior G-Men

The Plainsman and the Lady

Pacific Rendezvous

A Dangerous Adventure

A Night at Earl Carroll's

Partners in Crime

Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.

Mushrooms

Doctors Don't Tell

Apology for Murder

Fifty Roads to Town

Thunder in the Night
