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.
Filmography
7th Cavalry
1956
as Col. Kellogg
You Can't Run Away from It
1956
as Ship Captain (uncredited)
- No poster
Once Upon a Honeymoon
1956
as Angel Chief
- No poster
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1955
- No poster
Man of Conflict
1953
as Mr. Murdock
The Studebaker Story
1953
as Harold S. Vance
The Maverick
1952
as Col. Hook
Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
as Col. Lockwood
Old Oklahoma Plains
1952
as Colonel Charles Bigelow
Overland Telegraph
1951
as Col. Marvin
As You Were
1951
as Col. Lockwood
All That I Have
1951
as Jess Northrup
Kentucky Jubilee
1951
as T.J. Hoarsely
Fourteen Hours
1951
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Bowery Battalion
1951
as Melvin Hatfield
Again Pioneers
1950
as Pete Galloway
The Big Hangover
1950
as Steve Hughes
Square Dance Katy
1950
as Commissioner
Unmasked
1950
as George Richards
Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950
as James B. Armistead
The Flying Saucer
1950
as Hank Thorn
Samson and Delilah
1949
as Lord of Ashkelon
Barbary Pirate
1949
as Commodore Preble
The Fountainhead
1949
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)