Personal Info
- Known ForActing
- GenderMale
- Birthday1895-06-03
- Day of Death1957-06-01 (61 years)
- Place of BirthBaltimore, Maryland, USA
- Also Known AsEdward Russell HicksR. E. HicksR.E. Hicks
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)....Read More
Acting Career
- 1956
7th Cavalry
As: Col. Kellogg
- 1956
You Can't Run Away from It
As: Ship Captain (uncredited)
- 1953
Man of Conflict
As: Mr. Murdock
- 1953
The Studebaker Story
As: Harold S. Vance
- 1952
The Maverick
As: Col. Hook
- 1952
Mr. Walkie Talkie
As: Col. Lockwood
- 1952
Old Oklahoma Plains
As: Colonel Charles Bigelow
- 1951
Overland Telegraph
As: Col. Marvin
1951As You Were
As: Col. Lockwood
1951Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
As: J. Winston Fletcher
1951All That I Have
As: Jess Northrup
1951Kentucky Jubilee
As: T.J. Hoarsely
1951Fourteen Hours
As: Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1951Bowery Battalion
As: Melvin Hatfield
1950Again Pioneers
As: Pete Galloway
1950The Cisco Kid
As: Jasper King
1950The Big Hangover
As: Steve Hughes
1950Unmasked
As: George Richards
1950Blue Grass of Kentucky
As: James B. Armistead
1950The Flying Saucer
As: Hank Thorn
- 1949
Samson and Delilah
As: Lord of Ashkelon
1949Barbary Pirate
As: Commodore Preble
1949The Fountainhead
As: Banner Board Member (uncredited)
1949Manhattan Angel
As: J.C. Rayland
1949I Cheated the Law
As: District Attorney Randolph
1948One Sunday Afternoon
As: Tredway
1948Jiggs and Maggie in Court
As: Supreme Court Judge
1948Studio One
As: Hinton
1948My Dear Secretary
As: Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
1948The Plunderers
As: Cavalry Colonel
1948The Return of October
As: Taylor
1948Race Street
As: Easy Mason
1948The Velvet Touch
As: Actor 'Judge Brack'
1948The Shanghai Chest
As: Frank Bronson, district attorney
1948The Gallant Legion
As: Senator Beale
1948Assigned to Danger
As: Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
1948The Hunted
As: Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
1948The Noose Hangs High
As: Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
1948The Black Arrow
As: Sir Harry Shelton
1947The Judge Steps Out
As: Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
1947Louisiana
As: Fred Astor
1947Exposed
As: Col. Bentry
1947Smoky River Serenade
As: J. Bricket Armstrong
1947Dark Delusion
As: Mr. Logan (uncredited)
1947Web of Danger
As: Gallagher
1947Fun on a Weekend
As: John Biddle
1947The Sea of Grass
As: Maj. Dell Harney
1947Buck Privates Come Home
As: Mr. Appleby
1947The Pilgrim Lady
As: Thackery Gibbs
1946Till the Clouds Roll By
As: Producer (uncredited)
1946The Show-Off
As: Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
1946The Plainsman and the Lady
As: Sen. Twin
1946G.I. War Brides
As: Insp. Ramsaye
1946Dark Alibi
As: Warden Cameron
1946The Hoodlum Saint
As: Marty Martindale (uncredited)
1946Swing Parade of 1946
As: Daniel Warren Sr.
1946The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
As: Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
1946Gay Blades
As: Buxton
1946A Close Call for Boston Blackie
As: Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
- 1945
Scarlet Street
As: J.J. Hogarth
1945Getting Gertie's Garter
As: Board Member (uncredited)
1945A Game of Death
As: Mr. Whitney
1945Apology for Murder
As: Harvey Kirkland
1945First Yank into Tokyo
As: Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
1945Flame of Barbary Coast
As: Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
1945The Valley of Decision
As: Mr. Laurence Gaylord
1945The Master Key
As: Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
1945She Gets Her Man
As: Mayor
1944Janie
As: Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
1944The Port of 40 Thieves
As: Charles Farrington
1944Louisiana Hayride
As: H.C.Forbes
1944Bathing Beauty
As: Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
1944Captain America
As: Mayor Randolph
1943The Woman of the Town
As: Publisher
1943His Butler's Sister
As: Sanderson
1943Northern Pursuit
As: Chief Inspector (uncredited)
1943Someone to Remember
As: Mr. Stanton
1943Three Hearts for Julia
As: Colonel (uncredited)
1943King of the Cowboys
As: Texas Governor
1943Air Raid Wardens
As: Major Scanlon
1943Follow the Band
As: Jeremiah K. Barton
1942Tennessee Johnson
As: Lincoln's Emissary
1942Strictly in the Groove
As: RC Saunders
1942Hitler- Dead or Alive
As: Samuel Thornton
1942To the Shores of Tripoli
As: Major Wilson
1942Springtime in the Rockies
As: Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
1942King of the Mounties
As: Marshal Carleton
1942Lady in a Jam
As: Carter
1942Pacific Rendezvous
As: John Carter
1942Tarzan's New York Adventure
As: Judge Abbotson
1942We Were Dancing
As: Mr. Bryce-Carew
1942Fingers at the Window
As: Dr. Chandley
1942Ship Ahoy
As: Capt. C.V. O'Brien
1942Butch Minds the Baby
As: J. Wadsworth Carrington
1942Ride 'Em Cowboy
As: Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
1942Joe Smith, American
As: Mr. Edgerton
1942Sealed Lips
As: Dr. Charles Evans
1941Pacific Blackout
As: Commanding Officer
1941They Died with Their Boots On
As: Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
1941Great Guns
As: Gen. Burns
1941Buy Me That Town
As: Malcolm
- 1941
Sergeant York
As: General (uncredited)
1941Doctors Don't Tell
As: Supt. Duff
1941The Little Foxes
As: William Marshall
1941Hold That Ghost
As: Bannister
1941The Parson of Panamint
As: Prosecuting Attorney
1941The Big Store
As: Arthur Hastings
1941Blood and Sand
As: Marquis
1941The Great Lie
As: Colonel Harriston
1941Man-Made Monster
As: Warden Harris (uncredited)
1941Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
As: Harry Walsh
1941Here Comes Happiness
As: John Vance
1941A Man Betrayed
As: C.R. Pringle
1941Western Union
As: Provisional Governor
1941Arkansas Judge
As: Hetty's Attorney
1941Dive Bomber
As: Awards Speaker (uncredited)
1940Love Thy Neighbor
As: Harrington
1940Santa Fe Trail
As: Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
1940No, No, Nanette
As: 'Hutch' Hutchinson
1940Nobody's Children
As: Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
1940A Night at Earl Carroll's
As: Mayor Jones of Hollywood
1940Lady with Red Hair
As: Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
1940The Bank Dick
As: J. Frothingham Waterbury
1940East of the River
As: Warden
1940Junior G-Men
As: Col. Barton
1940Seven Sinners
As: First Governor
1940Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
As: Colonel Barton
1940The Return of Frank James
As: Prosecutor
1940Sporting Blood
As: 'Sneak' OBrien
1940The Mortal Storm
As: Rector
1940Earthbound
As: Prosecutor
1940Johnny Apollo
As: District Attorney
1940Enemy Agent
As: Lyman Scott
1940Virginia City
As: Armistead
1940Parole Fixer
As: U.S. District Court Judge
1940The Blue Bird
As: Daddy Tyl
1939Swanee River
As: Andrew McDowell
1939The Big Guy
As: Lawson
1939Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
As: Mr. Graves
1939Rulers of the Sea
As: Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
1939Bad Little Angel
As: Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
1939Hollywood Cavalcade
As: Russell Hicks
1939The Real Glory
As: Capt. Manning
1939Our Leading Citizen
As: Chairman
1939Stanley and Livingstone
As: Commissioner
1939Hotel for Women
As: Van Ellis
1939Hotel Imperial
As: Austrian Officer (uncredited)
1939Union Pacific
As: Sergeant (uncredited)
1939East Side of Heaven
As: Hinkle (uncredited)
1939The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
As: Mr. Barrows
1939The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
As: Colonel (uncredited)
1939The Three Musketeers
As: Porthos
1939Honolulu
As: Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
1939Boy Trouble
As: Magistrate
1939North of Shanghai
As: Rowley
1938Kentucky
As: Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
1938That Certain Age
As: Scout Leader (uncredited)
1938Fugitives for a Night
As: Maurice Tenwright
- 1938
You Can't Take It with You
As: Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
1938Gateway
As: Ernest Porter
1938Little Miss Broadway
As: Perry
1938Men with Wings
As: Gen. Marlin
1938Kidnapped
As: Bailiff
1938In Old Chicago
As: Politician in Jack's Office
1938The Big Broadcast of 1938
As: Capt. Stafford
1937Clipped Wings
As: Capt. Morton
1937The Westland Case
As: Mr. Woodbury
1937Partners in Crime
As: Mayor Callahan
1937Fit for a King
As: Editor Hardwick
1937The Man Who Cried Wolf
As: Prosecuting Attorney
1937The Big Shot
As: Martin Drake
1937The Toast of New York
As: Lawyer
1937A Dangerous Adventure
As: Allen
1937On Again—Off Again
As: George Dilwig
1937The Wildcatter
As: Tom Frayne
1937Fifty Roads to Town
As: Police Official
1937Pick a Star
As: Mr. Stone
1937It Happened Out West
As: Cooley
1937Criminals of the Air
As: Kurt Feldon
1937Let Them Live
As: Newspaper Editor
1937Midnight Taxi
As: Barney Flagg
193723 1/2 Hours Leave
As: Capt. Barker
1937Espionage
As: Alfred Hartrix
1937Girl Overboard
As: Sam Le Maire
1937Secret Valley
As: Lawyer Austin Martin
1937We Who Are About to Die
As: District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
1936Dodge City Trail
As: Kenyon Phillips
1936Laughing at Trouble
As: Cyrus Hall
1936The Accusing Finger
As: Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
1936The General Died at Dawn
As: No Matches Man (uncredited)
193615 Maiden Lane
As: Judge Graham
1936Sea Spoilers
As: Phil Morgan
1936Grand Jury
As: Jim Hanify
1936Spendthrift
As: Attorney
1936Bunker Bean
As: A. C. Jones
1936Ticket to Paradise
As: Colton
1936Fatal Lady
As: American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
1936Special Investigator
As: Inspector Perkett
1936Woman Trap
As: Dodd
1936Laughing Irish Eyes
As: Silk Taylor
1936The Music Goes 'Round
As: Mr. Cohn
1936Follow the Fleet
As: Jim Nolan
1936Two in the Dark
As: Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
1935If You Could Only Cook
As: Dillon (uncredited)
1935Charlie Chan in Shanghai
As: James Andrews
1935Thunder in the Night
As: Prefect of Police
1935Dante's Inferno
As: Prosecuting Attorney
1935Lady Tubbs
As: Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
1935Honeymoon Limited
As: Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
1935Ladies Crave Excitement
As: Bert Taylor
1935Go Into Your Dance
As: Sam Rupert
1935While the Patient Slept
As: Dr. Jay
1935Living on Velvet
As: Major at Flying Field
1935Sweet Music
As: Mayor of New York City
1935The Woman in Red
As: Defense Attorney Clayton
1935Devil Dogs of the Air
As: Captain
1934The Secret Bride
As: John F. Holdstock
1934Murder in the Clouds
As: Taggert
1934Babbitt
As: Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
1934Gentlemen Are Born
As: Newspaper Editor
1934The Firebird
As: Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
1934Happiness Ahead
As: Jim Meehan
1934The Case of the Howling Dog
As: Clinton Foley
1934Mushrooms
As: President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
1933Before Morning
As: Jim Nichols
- 1916
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
As: Extra (uncredited)