Russell Hicks
Known for ActingBorn 1895-06-03 — died 1957-06-01Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Edward Russell Hicks (June 4, 1895 – June 1, 1957) was an American film actor.
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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
Samson and Delilah
1949 · as Lord of Ashkelon
Bathing Beauty
1944 · as Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
Fourteen Hours
1951 · as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Blood and Sand
1941 · as Marquis
You Can't Take It with You
1938 · as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
1941 · as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Sergeant York
1941 · as General (uncredited)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916 · as Extra (uncredited)
The Little Foxes
1941 · as William Marshall
Till the Clouds Roll By
1946 · as Producer (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
1945 · as J.J. Hogarth
Sealed Lips
1942 · as Dr. Charles Evans
Man-Made Monster
1941 · as Warden Harris (uncredited)
In Old Chicago
1938 · as Politician in Jack's Office
The Fountainhead
1949 · as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
Santa Fe Trail
1940 · as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
Louisiana
1947 · as Fred Astor
Union Pacific
1939 · as Sergeant (uncredited)