Russell Hicks
Edward Russell Hicks was an American film character actor. Hicks was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in France. He later became a lieutenant colonel in the California State Guard.
Hicks was a character actor appearing in bit parts and small supporting roles in nearly 300 films between 1933 and 1956. He was often cast as a smooth-talking confidence man, or swindler, as in the W.C. Fields comedy classic The Bank Dick. Hicks played a variety of judges, attorneys, corrupt officials and crooked businessmen in a variety of mediums until shortly before his death in 1957. Hicks appeared once in the syndicated western television series The Cisco Kid.
Broadway plays in which Hicks acted included The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial, On Borrowed Time, Time for Elizabeth, All the King's Horses, The Little Black Book, Nona, Torch Song, Goin' Home, No Trespassing, and The Wisecrackers.
On June 1, 1957, Hicks, aged 61, was involved in an automobile accident and suffered a heart attack afterward; he died on route to Santa Monica Receiving Hospital.
Filmography
The Birth of a Nation as Minor Role Intolerance as Extra Before Morning as James NicholsEnlighten Thy Daughter as Daniel StevensThe Case of the Howling Dog as Clinton FoleyHappiness Ahead as Jim MeehanThe St. Louis Kid as Gorman The Firebird as Mr. Beyer – the Stage ManagerGentlemen Are Born as Newspaper EditorBabbitt as Commissioner Lyle GurneeMurder in the Clouds as TaggartThe Secret Bride as John F. HoldstockDevil Dogs of the Air as CaptainThe Woman in Red as Clayton – Defense AttorneySweet Music as The MayorLiving on Velvet as MajorWhile the Patient Slept as Dr. JayCardinal Richelieu as Le MoyneGo Into Your Dance as Sam Rupert $10 Raise as Hendricks Ladies Crave Excitement as Bert TaylorHoneymoon Limited as Slug Gorman / Sugar CarverLady Tubbs as Mr. Ronald Ash-OrcuttDante's Inferno as Prosecuting Attorney Ladies Love Danger as MelvinThunder in the Night as Prefect of PoliceCharlie Chan in Shanghai as James Andrews1,000 Dollars a Minute as Sonny RycrossGrand Exit as Drake Millions in the Air as DavisIf You Could Only Cook as Dillon Two in the Dark as McCord – Police Officer Tough Guy as Corbin Rose Marie as Commandant Follow the Fleet as Jim NolanThe Music Goes 'Round as Mr. Cohn Laughing Irish Eyes as Silk TaylorWoman Trap as DoddSpecial Investigator as Insp. PerkettFatal Lady as American Opera House Manager Hearts in Bondage as Sen. PillsburyTrapped by Television as J.F. Howland – Board Member Ticket to Paradise as ColtonBunker Bean as A.C. JonesSpendthrift as Attorney Grand Jury as Jim HanifyStraight from the Shoulder as Capt. Daniels The General Died at Dawn as American with No Matches Sea Spoilers as Phil Morgan15 Maiden Lane as Judge GrahamThe Accusing Finger as Senator ForrestLaughing at Trouble as Cyrus HallDodge City Trail as Kenyon PhillipsWe Who Are About to Die as District Attorney Knight Secret Valley as Austin MartinGirl Overboard as Sam Le MaireEspionage as Alfred Hartrix 23 1/2 Hours' Leave as Capt. BarkerMaytime as Monsieur Bulliet Midnight Taxi as Barney FlaggKing of Gamblers as Man at Temple's Table Maytime as Monsieur Bulliet Let Them Live as Newspaper Editor Criminals of the Air as Kurt FeldonIt Happened Out West as CooleyPick a Star as Mr. StoneFifty Roads to Town as Police OfficialThe Wildcatter as Tom FrayneOn Again-Off Again as George DilwigA Dangerous Adventure as AllenThe Toast of New York as LawyerThe Big Shot as Martin DrakeThe Man Who Cried Wolf as Prosecuting Attorney Fit for a King as Editor HardwickPartners in Crime as Mayor CallahanThe Westland Case as Mr. WoodburyClipped Wings as Capt. MortonWise Girl as David Larrimore In Old Chicago as Politician in Jack's OfficeThe Big Broadcast of 1938 as Capt. StaffordKidnapped as BailiffMen with Wings as Gen. Marlin Little Miss Broadway as PerryGateway as Ernest PorterYou Can't Take It with You as Attorney to Kirby Fugitives for a Night as Maurice TenwrightThat Certain Age as Scout Leader Kentucky as Thad Goodwin Sr. – 1861North of Shanghai as RowleyBoy Trouble as MagistrateBoy Slaves as Albee's Attorney Honolulu as Mr. Clifford Jones The Three Musketeers as PorthosI Was a Convict as District AttorneyThe Story of Vernon and Irene Castle as Colonel The Story of Alexander Graham Bell as Mr. BarrowsEast Side of Heaven as Hinkle Hotel Imperial as Austrian Officer Union Pacific as Sergeant Man of Conquest as Mr. Allen Hotel for Women as Van Ellis Stanley and Livingstone as CommissionerOur Leading Citizen as Chairman The Real Glory as Capt. George ManningRio as Banker Hollywood Cavalcade as RobertsBad Little Angel as Maj. Ellwood – Newspaper Owner Rulers of the Sea as Mr. Cunard Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President as Mr. GravesThe Honeymoon's Over as J.P. WalkerThe Big Guy as LawsonSwanee River as Andrew McDowellThe Blue Bird as Daddy TylParole Fixer as U.S. District Court JudgeJohnny Apollo as District AttorneyVirginia City as John ArmisteadEnemy Agent as Lyman ScottEarthbound as ProsecutorThe Mortal Storm as RectorQueen of the Mob as Judge Sporting Blood as 'Sneak' OBrienThe Return of Frank James as ProsecutorJunior G-Men as Col. BartonFugitive from a Prison Camp as Minor Role Nobody's Children as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave Seven Sinners as First GovernorEast of the River as WardenThe Bank Dick as J. Frothingham WaterburyLady with Red Hair Wealthy London Host A Night at Earl Carroll's as Mayor Jones of HollywoodNo, No, Nanette as 'Hutch' HutchinsonSanta Fe Trail as Dr. J. Boyce Russell Love Thy Neighbor as Mr. HarringtonArkansas Judge as John Root – AttorneyWestern Union as GovernorThe Strawberry Blonde as Treadway – Hugo's Lawyer A Man Betrayed as C.R. PringleEllery Queen's Penthouse Mystery as WalshHere Comes Happiness as John VanceThe Man Who Lost Himself as Mr. Van der GirtMan Made Monster as Prison Warden Harris The Great Lie as Col. HarristonBlood and Sand as MarquisThe Big Store as Arthur HastingsSergeant York as General The Parson of Panamint as Prosecuting AttorneyHold That Ghost as BannisterDive Bomber as Admiral – Speaks at Final Awards The Little Foxes as William MarshallThe Pittsburgh Kid Doctors Don't Tell as Supt. DuffUnexpected Uncle as Tony Buy Me That Town as MalcolmGreat Guns as Gen. BurnsPublic Enemies as TregarThey Died with Their Boots On as Colonel of 1st Michigan Pacific Blackout as Commanding OfficerSealed Lips as Dr. Charles EvansRide 'Em Cowboy as Rodeo Announcer #1 We Were Dancing as Mr. Bryce-CarewJoe Smith, American as Mr. EdgertonButch Minds the Baby as J. Wadsworth CarringtonTo the Shores of Tripoli as Maj. WilsonShip Ahoy as Capt. C.V. O'Brien Fingers at the Window as Dr. ChandleyPacific Rendezvous as John CarterTarzan's New York Adventure as Judge AbbotsonLady in a Jam as CarterWings for the Eagle as Committee Speaker Blondie for Victory as Colonel King of the Mounties as Marshal CarletonSpringtime in the Rockies as Man in Dark with Lighter Hitler – Dead or Alive as Samuel ThorntonStrictly in the Groove as R.C. SaundersBehind the Eight Ball as Harry B. KempTennessee Johnson as Lincoln's EmissaryHarrigan's Kid as Col. LowryAir Raid Wardens as Maj. ScanlonKing of the Cowboys as Texas Governor ShuvilleFollow the Band as Jeremiah K. BartonThree Hearts for Julia as Army Colonel Someone to Remember as Mr. StantonNorthern Pursuit as Chief Inspector His Butler's Sister as SandersonThere's Something About a Soldier as Mr. Edwards What a Woman! as Sutton The Woman of the Town as PublisherCaptain America as RandolphHat Check Honey as J.J. WorthingtonBathing Beauty as Mr. Allenwood Louisiana Hayride as H.C. ForbesJanie as Col. Lucas – Commander Camp WingateThe Port of 40 Thieves as Charles FarringtonThe Captain from Köpenick as Police CommissionerShe Gets Her Man as MayorA Guy, a Gal and a Pal as General The Master Key as Police Chief Michael J. O'BrienThe Valley of Decision as Mr. Laurence GaylordFlame of Barbary Coast as Cyrus DanverFirst Yank Into Tokyo as Col. Thompson Apology for Murder as Harvey KirklandThat Night with You as Henry Brock A Game of Death as Mr. WhitneyShe Wouldn't Say Yes as Mr. Lindsay – Patient Getting Gertie's Garter as Board Member Scarlet Street as J.J. HogarthA Close Call for Boston Blackie as Harcourt Gay Blades as BuxtonThe Bandit of Sherwood Forest as Robin Hood – Earl of HuntingtonSwing Parade of 1946 as Daniel Warren Sr.The Hoodlum Saint as Marty Martindale Dark Alibi as Warden CameronThe Unknown as Col. Wetherford G.I. War Brides as Insp. RamsayeEarl Carroll Sketchbook as John Hawks The Bachelor's Daughters as John Llewelyn DillonPlainsman and the Lady as Sen. GwinTill the Clouds Roll By as Producer The Show-Off as Mr. Thorbison The Pilgrim Lady as Thackery GibbsThe Beginning or the End as General The Sea of Grass as Maj. Dell HarneyBuck Privates Come Home as Mr. ApplebyFun on a Weekend as John BiddleWeb of Danger as Mr. GallagherDark Delusion as Mr. Logan – Patient Smoky River Serenade as J. Bricket ArmstrongVariety Girl as Man at Steambath Exposed as Col. William K. BentryLouisiana as Fred AstorThe Fabulous Texan as Gen. Sheridan The Judge Steps Out as Superior Court Judge The Mating of Millie as Kirkland The Black Arrow as Sir Harry SheltonThe Noose Hangs High as Johnny – Copper Club Manager The Hunted as Dan Meredith – Chief of DetectivesSilver River as Edwards Assigned to Danger as Thomas A. Rivers The Gallant Legion as Satate Senator BealeRace Street as Easy MasonShanghai Chest as Dist. Atty. Frank BronsonThe Velvet Touch as Judge Brack / Actor in 'Hedda Gabler': Judge BrackThe Return of October as Taylor The Plunderers as Cavalry ColonelMy Dear Secretary as Dick Fulton – Publisher Jiggs and Maggie in Court as Supreme Court JudgeOne Sunday Afternoon as Tredway – Barnstead's Attorney South of St. Louis as Col. Kirby I Cheated the Law as District Attorney RandolphManhattan Angel as J.C. RaylandThe Fountainhead as Banner Board Member Barbary Pirate as Commodore PrebleSamson and Delilah as Lord of AshkelonMalaya as Businessman with Cigar The Flying Saucer as Intelligence Chief Hank ThornBlue Grass of Kentucky as James B. ArmisteadUnmasked as George Richards – District AttorneySquare Dance Katy as CommissionerThe Big Hangover as Steve HughesDuchess of Idaho as Contest Judge The Petty Girl as Tycoon Again Pioneers as Pete GallowayThe Du Pont Story as Businessman Bowery Battalion as Col. Melvin HatfieldBelle Le Grand as Exchange Chairman Fourteen Hours as Regan, Hotel Manager Kentucky Jubilee as T.J. HoarselyAll That I Have as Jess NorthrupAs You Were as Col. LockwoodCrazy Over Horses as RandallOverland Telegraph as Col. MarvinRodeo as Allen H. Grandstead Old Oklahoma Plains as Colonel Charles BigelowMr. Walkie Talkie as Col. LockwoodThe Maverick as Col. HookMan of Conflict as Mr. MurdockYou Can't Run Away from It as Ship Captain 7th Cavalry as Col. Kellogg Once Upon a Honeymoon as Angel Chief