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Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Birthday: 1895-06-04 | Place of Birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1952
Old Oklahoma Plains

as    Colonel Charles Bigelow

1951
Overland Telegraph

as    Col. Marvin

1951
Kentucky Jubilee

as    T.J. Hoarsely

1950
The Flying Saucer

as    Hank Thorn

1949
I Cheated the Law

as    District Attorney Randolph

1948
The Hunted

as    Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives

1948
Race Street

as    Easy Mason

1948
Shanghai Chest

as    Frank Bronson, district attorney

1948
One Sunday Afternoon

as    Tredway

1947
Exposed

as    Col. Bentry

1946
A Close Call for Boston Blackie

as    Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)

1946
Swing Parade of 1946

as    Daniel Warren Sr.

1946
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

as    Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington

1946
The Plainsman and the Lady

as    Sen. Twin

1946
Dark Alibi

as    Warden Cameron

1945
Flame of Barbary Coast

as    Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star

1945
First Yank into Tokyo

as    Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)

1945
She Gets Her Man

as    Mayor

1945
A Game of Death

as    Mr. Whitney

1945
The Master Key

as    Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien

1944
The Port of 40 Thieves

as    Charles Farrington

1943
Follow the Band

as    Jeremiah K. Barton

1943
King of the Cowboys

as    Texas Governor

1942
Sealed Lips

as    Dr. Charles Evans

1942
Pacific Rendezvous

as    John Carter

1942
Tarzan's New York Adventure

as    Judge Abbotson

1942
To the Shores of Tripoli

as    Major Wilson

1942
Joe Smith, American

as    Mr. Edgerton

1942
Hitler- Dead or Alive

as    Samuel Thornton