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Known For
Acting
Birthday
June 3, 1895
Died
June 1, 1957
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
- Edward Russell Hicks
- R. E. Hicks
- R.E. Hicks
Russell Hicks
0.7 Popularity
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
Credits
The Big Breakfast
2022
0.0
Panic!
1957
0.0
7th Cavalry
as Col. Kellogg
1956
5.9
You Can't Run Away from It
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
1956
4.7
West Point
1956
5.0
Telephone Time
1956
6.3
🎬
Once Upon a Honeymoon
as Angel Chief
1956
4.0
🎬
Playwrights '56
1955
6.0
🎬
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1955
0.0
Cheyenne
1955
6.0
🎬
Navy Log
1955
4.5
🎬
The Secret Storm
1954
3.7
🎬
Man of Conflict
as Mr. Murdock
1953
5.0
The Studebaker Story
as Harold S. Vance
1953
0.0
The Maverick
as Col. Hook
1952
0.0
Mr. Walkie Talkie
as Col. Lockwood
1952
5.0
Old Oklahoma Plains
as Colonel Charles Bigelow
1952
5.0
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
8.6
Overland Telegraph
as Col. Marvin
1951
6.7
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as J. Winston Fletcher
1951
7.2
As You Were
as Col. Lockwood
1951
5.0
All That I Have
as Jess Northrup
1951
5.0
Racket Squad
1951
6.0
Kentucky Jubilee
as T.J. Hoarsely
1951
5.0
Fourteen Hours
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1951
7.2
Bowery Battalion
as Melvin Hatfield
1951
8.0
Again Pioneers
as Pete Galloway
1950
3.5
🎬
The Cisco Kid
as Jasper King
1950
5.9
The Big Hangover
as Steve Hughes
1950
6.1
Unmasked
as George Richards
1950
4.8
Blue Grass of Kentucky
as James B. Armistead
1950
0.0
The Flying Saucer
as Hank Thorn
1950
3.6
Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashkelon
1949
6.5
Barbary Pirate
as Commodore Preble
1949
6.0
The Fountainhead
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
1949
6.8
Manhattan Angel
as J.C. Rayland
1949
0.0
South of St. Louis
1949
5.6
I Cheated the Law
as District Attorney Randolph
1949
0.0
One Sunday Afternoon
as Tredway
1948
6.0
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Supreme Court Judge
1948
0.0
Studio One
as Hinton
1948
5.0
My Dear Secretary
as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
1948
5.9
The Plunderers
as Cavalry Colonel
1948
5.6
The Return of October
as Taylor
1948
5.8
Race Street
as Easy Mason
1948
5.8
The Velvet Touch
as Actor 'Judge Brack'
1948
6.2
The Shanghai Chest
as Frank Bronson, district attorney
1948
6.1
The Gallant Legion
as Senator Beale
1948
7.0
Silver River
as Edwards (uncredited)
1948
5.9
Assigned to Danger
as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
1948
5.0
The Hunted
as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
1948
5.2
The Noose Hangs High
as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
1948
6.8
The Black Arrow
as Sir Harry Shelton
1948
5.2
The Judge Steps Out
as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
1947
7.0
Louisiana
as Fred Astor
1947
0.0
Exposed
as Col. Bentry
1947
5.8
Smoky River Serenade
as J. Bricket Armstrong
1947
0.0
Dark Delusion
as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
1947
6.0
Web of Danger
as Gallagher
1947
4.8
Fun on a Weekend
as John Biddle
1947
7.0
The Sea of Grass
as Maj. Dell Harney
1947
6.1
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Appleby
1947
6.3
The Pilgrim Lady
as Thackery Gibbs
1947
5.0
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Producer (uncredited)
1946
5.7
The Show-Off
as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
1946
7.0
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Sen. Twin
1946
3.0
G.I. War Brides
as Insp. Ramsaye
1946
0.0
Dark Alibi
as Warden Cameron
1946
6.1
The Hoodlum Saint
as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
1946
5.2
Swing Parade of 1946
as Daniel Warren Sr.
1946
4.2
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
1946
5.0
Gay Blades
as Buxton
1946
0.0
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
1946
4.9
Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth
1945
7.6
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Board Member (uncredited)
1945
3.0
A Game of Death
as Mr. Whitney
1945
6.2
Apology for Murder
as Harvey Kirkland
1945
4.6
First Yank into Tokyo
as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
1945
5.4
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
1945
5.3
The Valley of Decision
as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
1945
7.3
The Master Key
as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
1945
0.0
She Gets Her Man
as Mayor
1945
3.7
Janie
as Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
1944
5.5
The Port of 40 Thieves
as Charles Farrington
1944
6.7
Louisiana Hayride
as H.C.Forbes
1944
6.0
Bathing Beauty
as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
1944
5.7
🎬
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
as Colonel
1944
0.0
Captain America
as Mayor Randolph
1944
5.4
The Woman of the Town
as Publisher
1943
6.2
His Butler's Sister
as Sanderson
1943
7.1
Northern Pursuit
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
1943
6.0
🎬
Proceed and Report
as Captain
1943
0.0
Someone to Remember
as Mr. Stanton
1943
7.0
Three Hearts for Julia
as Colonel (uncredited)
1943
6.0
King of the Cowboys
as Texas Governor
1943
5.5
Air Raid Wardens
as Major Scanlon
1943
7.1
Follow the Band
as Jeremiah K. Barton
1943
0.0
Tennessee Johnson
as Lincoln's Emissary
1942
6.1
Strictly in the Groove
as RC Saunders
1942
0.0
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Samuel Thornton
1942
4.5
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Major Wilson
1942
5.4
Springtime in the Rockies
as Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
1942
6.7
King of the Mounties
as Marshal Carleton
1942
0.0
Lady in a Jam
as Carter
1942
5.3
Pacific Rendezvous
as John Carter
1942
6.0
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Judge Abbotson
1942
6.3
We Were Dancing
as Mr. Bryce-Carew
1942
3.6
Fingers at the Window
as Dr. Chandley
1942
5.5
Ship Ahoy
as Capt. C.V. O'Brien
1942
5.9
Butch Minds the Baby
as J. Wadsworth Carrington
1942
0.0
Joe Smith, American
as Mr. Edgerton
1942
5.8
Sealed Lips
as Dr. Charles Evans
1942
5.8
Pacific Blackout
as Commanding Officer
1941
6.3
They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
1941
6.6
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
1941
5.9
Great Guns
as Gen. Burns
1941
5.9
Buy Me That Town
as Malcolm
1941
6.0
Sergeant York
as General (uncredited)
1941
7.2
Doctors Don't Tell
as Supt. Duff
1941
4.9
Dive Bomber
as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
1941
6.4
The Little Foxes
as William Marshall
1941
7.5
The Pittsburgh Kid
as (uncredited)
1941
0.0
Hold That Ghost
as Bannister
1941
6.8
The Parson of Panamint
as Prosecuting Attorney
1941
5.0
The Big Store
as Arthur Hastings
1941
6.2
Blood and Sand
as Marquis
1941
6.5
The Great Lie
as Colonel Harriston
1941
6.9
Man-Made Monster
as Warden Harris (uncredited)
1941
6.1
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Harry Walsh
1941
5.3
Here Comes Happiness
as John Vance
1941
5.0
A Man Betrayed
as C.R. Pringle
1941
5.4
Western Union
as Provisional Governor
1941
6.0
The Strawberry Blonde
as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
1941
6.9
Arkansas Judge
as Hetty's Attorney
1941
0.0
Love Thy Neighbor
as Harrington
1940
6.5
Santa Fe Trail
as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
1940
5.7
No, No, Nanette
as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
1940
6.0
Nobody's Children
as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
1940
0.0
A Night at Earl Carroll's
as Mayor Jones of Hollywood
1940
3.4
Lady with Red Hair
as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
1940
6.5
The Bank Dick
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
1940
6.5
East of the River
as Warden
1940
5.7
Junior G-Men
as Col. Barton
1940
6.1
Seven Sinners
as First Governor
1940
5.8
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
as Colonel Barton
1940
0.0
The Return of Frank James
as Prosecutor
1940
6.3
Sporting Blood
as 'Sneak' OBrien
1940
3.5
The Mortal Storm
as Rector
1940
7.3
Earthbound
as Prosecutor
1940
4.0
Johnny Apollo
as District Attorney
1940
6.8
Enemy Agent
as Lyman Scott
1940
5.5
Virginia City
as Armistead
1940
6.1
Parole Fixer
as U.S. District Court Judge
1940
6.0
The Blue Bird
as Daddy Tyl
1940
5.7
Swanee River
as Andrew McDowell
1939
6.7
The Big Guy
as Lawson
1939
0.0
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mr. Graves
1939
2.0
Rulers of the Sea
as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
1939
6.5
Bad Little Angel
as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
1939
4.9
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Russell Hicks
1939
5.3
The Real Glory
as Capt. Manning
1939
6.3
🎬
America's Safest Tire
as Fisk Tire Official
1939
0.0
Our Leading Citizen
as Chairman
1939
0.0
Stanley and Livingstone
as Commissioner
1939
6.3
Hotel for Women
as Van Ellis
1939
6.0
Hotel Imperial
as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
1939
6.0
Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
6.6
East Side of Heaven
as Hinkle (uncredited)
1939
7.1
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mr. Barrows
1939
6.0
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Colonel (uncredited)
1939
6.9
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
1939
5.8
Honolulu
as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
1939
6.1
Boy Trouble
as Magistrate
1939
5.0
North of Shanghai
as Rowley
1939
0.0
Kentucky
as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
1938
5.8
That Certain Age
as Scout Leader (uncredited)
1938
5.1
Fugitives for a Night
as Maurice Tenwright
1938
6.0
You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Gateway
as Ernest Porter
1938
6.5
Little Miss Broadway
as Perry
1938
6.4
Men with Wings
as Gen. Marlin
1938
5.0
Kidnapped
as Bailiff
1938
4.7
In Old Chicago
as Politician in Jack's Office
1938
6.6
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Capt. Stafford
1938
6.3
Clipped Wings
as Capt. Morton
1937
3.5
The Westland Case
as Mr. Woodbury
1937
6.0
Partners in Crime
as Mayor Callahan
1937
0.0
Fit for a King
as Editor Hardwick
1937
5.0
The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Prosecuting Attorney
1937
5.5
The Big Shot
as Martin Drake
1937
5.0
The Toast of New York
as Lawyer
1937
5.8
A Dangerous Adventure
as Allen
1937
1.0
On Again—Off Again
as George Dilwig
1937
7.0
The Wildcatter
as Tom Frayne
1937
0.0
Fifty Roads to Town
as Police Official
1937
0.0
Pick a Star
as Mr. Stone
1937
4.5
It Happened Out West
as Cooley
1937
0.0
Criminals of the Air
as Kurt Feldon
1937
5.5
Let Them Live
as Newspaper Editor
1937
0.0
Midnight Taxi
as Barney Flagg
1937
5.0
23 1/2 Hours Leave
as Capt. Barker
1937
5.0
Espionage
as Alfred Hartrix
1937
6.8
Girl Overboard
as Sam Le Maire
1937
0.0
Secret Valley
as Lawyer Austin Martin
1937
4.0
We Who Are About to Die
as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
1937
6.8
Dodge City Trail
as Kenyon Phillips
1936
3.0
Laughing at Trouble
as Cyrus Hall
1936
6.0
The Accusing Finger
as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
1936
4.7
The General Died at Dawn
as No Matches Man (uncredited)
1936
6.3
15 Maiden Lane
as Judge Graham
1936
6.0
Sea Spoilers
as Phil Morgan
1936
4.5
Grand Jury
as Jim Hanify
1936
7.0
Spendthrift
as Attorney
1936
5.0
Bunker Bean
as A. C. Jones
1936
4.6
Ticket to Paradise
as Colton
1936
6.0
Fatal Lady
as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
1936
0.0
Special Investigator
as Inspector Perkett
1936
5.2
Woman Trap
as Dodd
1936
0.0
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Silk Taylor
1936
0.0
The Music Goes 'Round
as Mr. Cohn
1936
0.0
Follow the Fleet
as Jim Nolan
1936
6.8
Two in the Dark
as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
1936
5.9
If You Could Only Cook
as Dillon (uncredited)
1935
7.4
🎬
Millions in the Air
as Davis
1935
0.0
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as James Andrews
1935
6.6
Thunder in the Night
as Prefect of Police
1935
5.7
Dante's Inferno
as Prosecuting Attorney
1935
6.2
Lady Tubbs
as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
1935
5.0
Honeymoon Limited
as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
1935
5.3
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Bert Taylor
1935
4.5
Go Into Your Dance
as Sam Rupert
1935
6.8
While the Patient Slept
as Dr. Jay
1935
6.4
Living on Velvet
as Major at Flying Field
1935
5.5
Sweet Music
as Mayor of New York City
1935
5.7
The Woman in Red
as Defense Attorney Clayton
1935
6.0
Devil Dogs of the Air
as Captain
1935
6.4
The Secret Bride
as John F. Holdstock
1934
5.9
Murder in the Clouds
as Taggert
1934
4.7
Babbitt
as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
1934
6.0
Gentlemen Are Born
as Newspaper Editor
1934
6.5
The Firebird
as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
1934
5.5
Happiness Ahead
as Jim Meehan
1934
6.0
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Clinton Foley
1934
6.2
Mushrooms
as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
1934
0.0
Before Morning
as Jim Nichols
1933
3.7
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
1916
7.1