Russell Hicks
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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
Movie
You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
1938
Movie
Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth
1945
Movie
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
as Extra (uncredited)
1916
Movie
Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashkelon
1949
Movie
Sergeant York
as General (uncredited)
1941
Movie
The Little Foxes
as William Marshall
1941
Movie
The Fountainhead
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
1949
Movie
The Return of Frank James
as Prosecutor
1940
Movie
The Bank Dick
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
1940
Movie
They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
1941
Movie
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Judge Abbotson
1942
Movie
The Mortal Storm
as Rector
1940
Movie
Western Union
as Provisional Governor
1941
Movie
Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited)
1939
Movie
Follow the Fleet
as Jim Nolan
1936
Movie
Hold That Ghost
as Bannister
1941
Movie
The Big Store
as Arthur Hastings
1941
Movie
The Strawberry Blonde
as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
1941
Movie
Blood and Sand
as Marquis
1941
Movie
Santa Fe Trail
as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
1940
Movie
Fourteen Hours
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1951
Movie
The Great Lie
as Colonel Harriston
1941
Movie
In Old Chicago
as Politician in Jack's Office
1938
Movie
The Blue Bird
as Daddy Tyl
1940