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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
Col. Kellogg
Details You Can't Run Away from It
1956
Ship Captain (uncredited)
Details Once Upon a Honeymoon
1956
Angel Chief
Details The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
1955
Character TBA
Details Man of Conflict
1953
Mr. Murdock
Details The Studebaker Story
1953
Harold S. Vance
Details Mr. Walkie Talkie
1952
Col. Lockwood
Details Old Oklahoma Plains
1952
Colonel Charles Bigelow
Details Overland Telegraph
1951
Col. Marvin
Details As You Were
1951
Col. Lockwood
Details All That I Have
1951
Jess Northrup
Details Kentucky Jubilee
1951
T.J. Hoarsely
Details Fourteen Hours
1951
Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Details Bowery Battalion
1951
Melvin Hatfield
Details Again Pioneers
1950
Pete Galloway
Details The Big Hangover
1950
Steve Hughes
Details Unmasked
1950
George Richards
Details Blue Grass of Kentucky
1950
James B. Armistead
Details The Flying Saucer
1950
Hank Thorn
Details Samson and Delilah
1949
Lord of Ashkelon
Details Barbary Pirate
1949
Commodore Preble
Details The Fountainhead
1949
Banner Board Member (uncredited)
Details Manhattan Angel
1949
J.C. Rayland
Details South of St. Louis
1949
Character TBA
Details I Cheated the Law
1949
District Attorney Randolph
Details One Sunday Afternoon
1948
Tredway
Details Jiggs and Maggie in Court
1948
Supreme Court Judge
Details My Dear Secretary
1948
Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
Details The Plunderers
1948
Cavalry Colonel
Details The Return of October
1948
Taylor
Details The Velvet Touch
1948
Actor 'Judge Brack'
Details The Shanghai Chest
1948
Frank Bronson, district attorney
Details The Gallant Legion
1948
Senator Beale
Details Assigned to Danger
1948
Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
Details The Hunted
1948
Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
Details The Noose Hangs High
1948
Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
Details The Black Arrow
1948
Sir Harry Shelton
Details The Judge Steps Out
1947
Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
Details Smoky River Serenade
1947
J. Bricket Armstrong
Details Dark Delusion
1947
Mr. Logan (uncredited)
Details Fun on a Weekend
1947
John Biddle
Details The Sea of Grass
1947
Maj. Dell Harney
Details Buck Privates Come Home
1947
Mr. Appleby
Details The Pilgrim Lady
1947
Thackery Gibbs
Details Till the Clouds Roll By
1946
Producer (uncredited)
Details The Show-Off
1946
Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
Details The Plainsman and the Lady
1946
Sen. Twin
Details G.I. War Brides
1946
Insp. Ramsaye
Details Dark Alibi
1946
Warden Cameron
Details The Hoodlum Saint
1946
Marty Martindale (uncredited)
Details Swing Parade of 1946
1946
Daniel Warren Sr.
Details The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
1946
Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
Details A Close Call for Boston Blackie
1946
Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
Details Scarlet Street
1945
J.J. Hogarth
Details Getting Gertie's Garter
1945
Board Member (uncredited)
Details A Game of Death
1945
Mr. Whitney
Details Apology for Murder
1945
Harvey Kirkland
Details First Yank into Tokyo
1945
Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Details Flame of Barbary Coast
1945
Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
Details The Valley of Decision
1945
Mr. Laurence Gaylord
Details The Master Key
1945
Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
Details Janie
1944
Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
Details The Port of 40 Thieves
1944
Charles Farrington
Details Louisiana Hayride
1944
H.C.Forbes
Details Bathing Beauty
1944
Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
Details The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
1944
Colonel
Details Captain America
1944
Mayor Randolph
Details The Woman of the Town
1943
Publisher
Details His Butler's Sister
1943
Sanderson
Details Northern Pursuit
1943
Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Details Proceed and Report
1943
Captain
Details Someone to Remember
1943
Mr. Stanton
Details Three Hearts for Julia
1943
Colonel (uncredited)
Details King of the Cowboys
1943
Texas Governor
Details Air Raid Wardens
1943
Major Scanlon
Details Follow the Band
1943
Jeremiah K. Barton
Details Tennessee Johnson
1942
Lincoln's Emissary
Details Strictly in the Groove
1942
RC Saunders
Details Hitler- Dead or Alive
1942
Samuel Thornton
Details To the Shores of Tripoli
1942
Major Wilson
Details Springtime in the Rockies
1942
Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
Details King of the Mounties
1942
Marshal Carleton
Details Pacific Rendezvous
1942
John Carter
Details Tarzan's New York Adventure
1942
Judge Abbotson
Details We Were Dancing
1942
Mr. Bryce-Carew
Details Fingers at the Window
1942
Dr. Chandley
Details Ship Ahoy
1942
Capt. C.V. O'Brien
Details Butch Minds the Baby
1942
J. Wadsworth Carrington
Details Ride 'Em Cowboy
1942
Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
Details Joe Smith, American
1942
Mr. Edgerton
Details Sealed Lips
1942
Dr. Charles Evans
Details Pacific Blackout
1941
Commanding Officer
Details They Died with Their Boots On
1941
Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Details Buy Me That Town
1941
Malcolm
Details Sergeant York
1941
General (uncredited)
Details Doctors Don't Tell
1941
Supt. Duff
Details The Little Foxes
1941
William Marshall
Details Hold That Ghost
1941
Bannister
Details The Parson of Panamint
1941
Prosecuting Attorney
Details The Big Store
1941
Arthur Hastings
Details The Great Lie
1941
Colonel Harriston
Details Man-Made Monster
1941
Warden Harris (uncredited)
Details Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
1941
Harry Walsh
Details Here Comes Happiness
1941
John Vance
Details A Man Betrayed
1941
C.R. Pringle
Details Western Union
1941
Provisional Governor
Details Arkansas Judge
1941
Hetty's Attorney
Details Dive Bomber
1941
Awards Speaker (uncredited)
Details Love Thy Neighbor
1940
Harrington
Details Santa Fe Trail
1940
Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
Details No, No, Nanette
1940
'Hutch' Hutchinson
Details Nobody's Children
1940
Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
Details Lady with Red Hair
1940
Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
Details The Bank Dick
1940
J. Frothingham Waterbury
Details East of the River
1940
Warden
Details Junior G-Men
1940
Col. Barton
Details Seven Sinners
1940
First Governor
Details Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
1940
Colonel Barton
Details The Return of Frank James
1940
Prosecutor
Details Sporting Blood
1940
'Sneak' OBrien
Details Johnny Apollo
1940
District Attorney
Details Parole Fixer
1940
U.S. District Court Judge
Details Swanee River
1939
Andrew McDowell
Details Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939
Mr. Graves
Details Rulers of the Sea
1939
Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
Details Bad Little Angel
1939
Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Details Hollywood Cavalcade
1939
Russell Hicks
Details The Real Glory
1939
Capt. Manning
Details America's Safest Tire
1939
Fisk Tire Official
Details Our Leading Citizen
1939
Chairman
Details Stanley and Livingstone
1939
Commissioner
Details Hotel for Women
1939
Van Ellis
Details Hotel Imperial
1939
Austrian Officer (uncredited)
Details Union Pacific
1939
Sergeant (uncredited)
Details East Side of Heaven
1939
Hinkle (uncredited)
Details The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
1939
Mr. Barrows
Details The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
1939
Colonel (uncredited)
Details The Three Musketeers
1939
Porthos
Details Honolulu
1939
Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
Details North of Shanghai
1939
Rowley
Details Kentucky
1938
Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
Details That Certain Age
1938
Scout Leader (uncredited)
Details Fugitives for a Night
1938
Maurice Tenwright
Details You Can't Take It with You
1938
Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Details Little Miss Broadway
1938
Perry
Details Men with Wings
1938
Gen. Marlin
Details In Old Chicago
1938
Politician in Jack's Office
Details The Big Broadcast of 1938
1938
Capt. Stafford
Details Clipped Wings
1937
Capt. Morton
Details The Westland Case
1937
Mr. Woodbury
Details Partners in Crime
1937
Mayor Callahan
Details Fit for a King
1937
Editor Hardwick
Details The Man Who Cried Wolf
1937
Prosecuting Attorney
Details The Big Shot
1937
Martin Drake
Details The Toast of New York
1937
Lawyer
Details A Dangerous Adventure
1937
Allen
Details On Again—Off Again
1937
George Dilwig
Details The Wildcatter
1937
Tom Frayne
Details Fifty Roads to Town
1937
Police Official
Details It Happened Out West
1937
Cooley
Details Criminals of the Air
1937
Kurt Feldon
Details Let Them Live
1937
Newspaper Editor
Details Midnight Taxi
1937
Barney Flagg
Details 23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937
Capt. Barker
Details Espionage
1937
Alfred Hartrix
Details Girl Overboard
1937
Sam Le Maire
Details Secret Valley
1937
Lawyer Austin Martin
Details We Who Are About to Die
1937
District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
Details Dodge City Trail
1936
Kenyon Phillips
Details Laughing at Trouble
1936
Cyrus Hall
Details The Accusing Finger
1936
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
Details The General Died at Dawn
1936
No Matches Man (uncredited)
Details 15 Maiden Lane
1936
Judge Graham
Details Sea Spoilers
1936
Phil Morgan
Details Ticket to Paradise
1936
Colton
Details Fatal Lady
1936
American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
Details Special Investigator
1936
Inspector Perkett
Details Laughing Irish Eyes
1936
Silk Taylor
Details The Music Goes 'Round
1936
Mr. Cohn
Details Follow the Fleet
1936
Jim Nolan
Details Two in the Dark
1936
Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
Details If You Could Only Cook
1935
Dillon (uncredited)
Details Millions in the Air
1935
Davis
Details Charlie Chan in Shanghai
1935
James Andrews
Details Thunder in the Night
1935
Prefect of Police
Details Dante's Inferno
1935
Prosecuting Attorney
Details Lady Tubbs
1935
Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
Details Honeymoon Limited
1935
Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
Details Ladies Crave Excitement
1935
Bert Taylor
Details Go Into Your Dance
1935
Sam Rupert
Details While the Patient Slept
1935
Dr. Jay
Details Living on Velvet
1935
Major at Flying Field
Details Sweet Music
1935
Mayor of New York City
Details The Woman in Red
1935
Defense Attorney Clayton
Details Devil Dogs of the Air
1935
Captain
Details The Secret Bride
1934
John F. Holdstock
Details Murder in the Clouds
1934
Taggert
Details Babbitt
1934
Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
Details Gentlemen Are Born
1934
Newspaper Editor
Details The Firebird
1934
Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
Details Happiness Ahead
1934
Jim Meehan
Details The Case of the Howling Dog
1934
Clinton Foley
Details Mushrooms
1934
President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
Details Before Morning
1933
Jim Nichols
Details Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
1916
Extra (uncredited)
Details