Russell Hicks
Biography
Russell Hicks Born 4 June, 1895 Died 1 June, 1957 He was an American film actor and appeared in nearly 300 films between 1915 and 1956. His first appearance was an uncredited role in The Birth of a Nation. He often appeared as a smooth talking confidence man, as in the W.C. Fields film, The Bank Dick (1940). Distinguished, sauve, and a consummate journeyman actor, Hicks played a variety of judges, corrupt officials and attorneys, working in a variety of mediums almost up until the date of his death. Hicks appeared once in the syndicated western television series The Cisco Kid as an uncle of the Gail Davis character, whom he threatends to disinherit if she marries a known gangster. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack.
Trapped by Television
J.F. Howland - Board Member (uncredited)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
James Andrews
Movie Struck
Mr. Stone
My Mummy's Arms
Mr. Smith
John Vance
I Cheated the Law
District Attorney Randolph
The Sea Spoilers
Phil Morgan
The Most Dangerous Game
Mr. Whitney
The Hunted
Dan Meredith - Chief of Detectives
Assigned to Danger
Thomas A. Rivers
The Running Man
Warm Up Guy
the three musketeers
Porthos
You Can't Run Away from It
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Crazy Over Horses
Randall
Fourteen Hours
Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Bowery Battalion
Col. Melvin Hatfield
Duchess of Idaho
Contest Judge (uncredited)
La Sbornia di David
Steve Hughes
George Richards
The Flying Saucer
Hank Thorn
Malaya
Businessman with Cigar (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
Lord of Ashkelon
Barbary Pirate
Commodore Preble
The Fountainhead
Banner board member (uncredited)
Konterbande
Colonel Kirby (uncredited)
I Cheated the Law
District Attorney Randolph
My Dear Secretary
Dick Fulton (publisher) (uncredited)
Cavalry Colonel
The Return of October
Taylor (uncredited)
Race Street
Easy Mason
The Velvet Touch
Actor 'Judge Brack'
The Shanghai Chest
Dist. Atty. Frank Bronson
Silver River
Edwards (uncredited)
Assigned to Danger
Thomas A. Rivers
The Hunted
Dan Meredith - Chief of Detectives
The Noose Hangs High
Johnny, Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
The Black Arrow Strikes
Sir Harry Shelton
Ein Mann für Millie
Kirkland (uncredited)
The Fabulous Texan
Gen. Sheridan (uncredited)
Exposed
Col. William K. Bentry
Variety Girl
Man at Steambath (uncredited)
Mr. Logan (uncredited)
Web of Danger
Mr. Gallagher
The Sea of Grass
Major Dell Harney
Buck Privates Come Home
William Appleby (president, Appleby Motors)
The Beginning or the End
General (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By
Producer (uncredited)
The Show-Off
Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
Plainsman and the Lady
Sen. Gwin
The Unknown
Col. Wetherford (uncredited)
Charlie Chan - Ein fast perfektes Alibi
Warden Cameron
The Hoodlum Saint
Marty Martindale (uncredited)
Swing Parade of 1946
Daniel Warren Sr.
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Harcourt (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
J.J. Hogarth
She Wouldn't Say Yes
Mr. Lindsay - Patient
Board Member (uncredited)
The Most Dangerous Game
Mr. Whitney
The Valley of Decision
Mr. Laurence Gaylord
Flame of Barbary Coast
Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
Bathing Beauty
Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
Captain America The Serial
Randolph
His Butler's Sister
Sanderson
Northern Pursuit
Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Mr. Stanton
King of the Cowboys
Texas Governor Shuville
Harrigan's Kid
Col. Lowry
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Judge Abbotson
Behind the Eight Ball
Harry B. Kemp
Tennessee Johnson
Lincoln's Emissary
Hitler, Dead or Alive
Samuel Thornton
Springtime in the Rockies
Man in Dark with Lighter (uncredited)
Through Troubles Billets
Colonel (uncredited)
To the Shores of Tripoli
Maj. Wilson
Lady in a Jam
Carter
Mr. Bryce-Carew
Fingers at the Window
Dr. Chandley
Ship Ahoy
Capt. C.V. O'Brien (uncredited)
Ride `Em Cowboy
Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
Midnight Angel
Commanding Officer
They Died with Their Boots On
Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Unexpected Uncle
Tony (uncredited)
Great Guns
Gen. Burns
Honky Tonk
Dr. Otis
Dive Bomber
Admiral - Speaks at Final Awards (uncredited)
The Little Foxes
William Marshall
Hold that Ghost
Bannister
Sergeant York
General (uncredited)
The Big Store
Arthur Hastings
Blood And Sand
Marquis
The Great Lie
Colonel Harriston
Man Made Monster
Warden Harris
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Walsh
John Vance
A Man Betrayed
Pringle
The Strawberry Blonde
Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
Western Union
Governor
Love Thy Neighbor
Mr. Harrington
No, No, Nanette
'Hutch' Hutchinson
Santa Fe Trail
Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
The Bank Dick
J. Frothingham Waterbury
East of the River
Warden
Seven Sinners
First Governor
Junior G-Men
Col. Barton
Return of Frank James, The
Prosecutor
The Mortal Storm
Rector
Johnny Apollo
District Attorney
Virginia City
John Armistead
The Blue Bird
Daddy Tyl
Swanee River
Andrew McDowell
Hollywood Cavalcade
Mr. Roberts, Movie Backer
Rio
Banker (uncredited)
The Real Glory
Capt. Manning
Stanley and Livingstone
Commissioner
Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women
Van Ellis
Man of Conquest
Mr. Allen (uncredited)
Union Pacific
Sergeant (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
Hinkle (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Mr. Barrows
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Colonel (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
Porthos
Honolulu
Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
Kentucky
Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
That Certain Age
Scout Leader (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway
Perry, prosecuting attorney
Entführt
Bailiff
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Captain Stafford
In Old Chicago
Man in Jack's Office
Wise Girl
David Larrimore (uncredited)
The Westland Case
Mr. Woodbury
Fit for a King
Mr. Hardwick
The Toast of New York
Lawyer
On Again-Off Again
George Dilwig
Movie Struck
Mr. Stone
King of Gamblers
Man at Temple's Table (uncredited)
Maytime
Monsieur Bulliet (uncredited)
Espionage
Alfred Hartrix (uncredited)
The Sea Spoilers
Phil Morgan
The General Died at Dawn
American with No Matches (uncredited)
Trapped by Television
J.F. Howland - Board Member (uncredited)
Hearts in Bondage
Sen. Pillsbury
Follow the Fleet
Jim Nolan
Rose-Marie
Commandant (uncredited)
Tough Guy
Corbin (uncredited)
Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
If You Could Only Cook
Dillon
Grand Exit
Drake (uncredited)
$1000 a Minute
Sonny Rycross
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
James Andrews
Dante's Inferno
Prosecuting Attorney (uncredited)
Honeymoon Limited
Slug Gorman / Sugar Carver
Ladies Crave Excitement
Bert Taylor
El casino de París
Sam Rupert (uncredited)
Dr. Jay
Major at Flying Field
Shadow of Doubt
Chief of Detectives (scenes deleted)
Devil Dogs of the Air
Captain
The Secret Bride
John F. Holdstock
Babbitt
Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
Gentlemen Are Born
Newspaper Editor
The St. Louis Kid
Gorman (uncredited)
The Firebird
Mr. Beyer - the Stage Manager
Jim Meehan
The Case of the Howling Dog
Clinton Foley
My Mummy's Arms
Mr. Smith
Mushrooms
President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
Intolerance
Extra (uncredited)
The Birth of a Nation
Minor Role (uncredited)
