
Russell Hicks
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.
Acting (227 movies)

The Bank Dick
1940

The Show-Off
1946

The Mortal Storm
1940

Doctors Don't Tell
1941

North of Shanghai
1939

Apology for Murder
1945

You Can't Take It with You
1938

Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1935

Sealed Lips
1942

Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942

Follow the Fleet
1936

Seven Sinners
1940

Flame of Barbary Coast
1945

The Velvet Touch
1948

Hold That Ghost
1941

Louisiana Hayride
1944

The Little Foxes
1941

Western Union
1941

The Valley of Decision
1945

Air Raid Wardens
1943

Dark Alibi
1946

The Port of 40 Thieves
1944

The Hunted
1948

Fingers at the Window
1942

Scarlet Street
1945

The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939

Nobody's Children
1940

Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941

Bad Little Angel
1939

Race Street
1948

Laughing Irish Eyes
1936

Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
1940

Northern Pursuit
1943

Special Investigator
1936

Exposed
1947

Butch Minds the Baby
1942

Pick a Star
1937

The Music Goes 'Round
1936

The Real Glory
1939

The Accusing Finger
1936

A Game of Death
1945

I Cheated the Law
1949

Springtime in the Rockies
1942

Mushrooms
1934

Sweet Music
1935

Ladies Crave Excitement
1935

Bowery Battalion
1951

Love Thy Neighbor
1940

Honeymoon Limited
1935

Grand Jury
1936

We Were Dancing
1942

Ticket to Paradise
1936

Living on Velvet
1935

As You Were
1951

South of St. Louis
1949

The Big Hangover
1950

One Sunday Afternoon
1948

Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952

Louisiana
1947

The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937

Lady Tubbs
1935

It Happened Out West
1937

The Plainsman and the Lady
1946

Secret Valley
1937

23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937

Fit for a King
1937

Clipped Wings
1937

Boy Trouble
1939

The Master Key
1945

Honolulu
1939

The Wildcatter
1937

Partners in Crime
1937

Little Miss Broadway
1938

Pacific Blackout
1941

Till the Clouds Roll By
1946

The Case of the Howling Dog
1934

The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938

The Pilgrim Lady
1947

The Firebird
1934

Overland Telegraph
1951

Fugitives for a Night
1938

Kentucky Jubilee
1951

On Again—Off Again
1937

Bathing Beauty
1944

Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950

The Three Musketeers
1939

Three Hearts for Julia
1943

Kentucky
1938

First Yank into Tokyo
1945

Earthbound
1940

Midnight Taxi
1937

Swanee River
1939

Happiness Ahead
1934

Blood and Sand
1941

To the Shores of Tripoli
1942

The Big Shot
1937

Arkansas Judge
1941

We Who Are About to Die
1937

Hollywood Cavalcade
1939

Spendthrift
1936
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