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.
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Full filmography
- Cheyenne (1955)
- Studio One (1948) as Hinton
- Telephone Time (1956)
- Navy Log (1955)
- The Secret Storm (1954)
- Racket Squad (1951)
- The Cisco Kid (1950) as Jasper King
- West Point (1956)
- Panic! (1957)
- Playwrights '56 (1955)
- Playwrights '56 (1955) as Mr. More
- Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
- Samson and Delilah (1949) as Lord of Ashkelon
- Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951) as J. Winston Fletcher
- Sergeant York (1941) as General (uncredited)
- The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939) as Mr. Barrows
- The Mortal Storm (1940) as Rector
- The Fountainhead (1949) as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
- Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) as Extra (uncredited)
- They Died with Their Boots On (1941) as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
- Scarlet Street (1945) as J.J. Hogarth
- Silver River (1948) as Edwards (uncredited)
- The Little Foxes (1941) as William Marshall
- Western Union (1941) as Provisional Governor