Russell Hicks
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth 1945
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited) 1916
Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashkelon 1949
Sergeant York
as General (uncredited) 1941
The Little Foxes
as William Marshall 1941
The Fountainhead
as Banner Board Member (uncredited) 1949
The Return of Frank James
as Prosecutor 1940
The Bank Dick
as J. Frothingham Waterbury 1940
They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited) 1941
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Judge Abbotson 1942
The Mortal Storm
as Rector 1940
Western Union
as Provisional Governor 1941
Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited) 1939
The Big Store
as Arthur Hastings 1941
Follow the Fleet
as Jim Nolan 1936
Hold That Ghost
as Bannister 1941