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Russell Hicks

Russell Hicks

Actor · 1895 – 1957 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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.

Movies24

  • Movie7.2

    Sergeant York

    1941 · 239 votes

  • Movie6.6

    Samson and Delilah

    1949 · 259 votes

  • Movie7.5
  • Movie7.6

    Scarlet Street

    1945 · 455 votes

  • Movie7.3

    Fourteen Hours

    1951 · 53 votes

  • Movie6.8

    The Fountainhead

    1949 · 161 votes

  • Movie7.1
  • Movie6.7
  • Movie5.9

    Bathing Beauty

    1944 · 33 votes

  • Movie7.5

    The Little Foxes

    1941 · 199 votes

  • Movie6.0

    Western Union

    1941 · 88 votes

  • Movie7.2

    The Valley of Decision

    1945 · 29 votes

  • Movie7.0
  • Movie6.4

    The Return of Frank James

    1940 · 146 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Till the Clouds Roll By

    1946 · 30 votes

  • Movie5.8

    Santa Fe Trail

    1940 · 66 votes

  • Movie7.0

    The Great Lie

    1941 · 53 votes

  • Movie6.5

    Blood and Sand

    1941 · 67 votes

  • Movie5.3
  • Movie6.7

    In Old Chicago

    1938 · 50 votes

  • Movie6.4
  • Movie7.3

    The Mortal Storm

    1940 · 101 votes

  • Movie6.3

    The Big Store

    1941 · 77 votes

  • Movie6.7

    Union Pacific

    1939 · 82 votes

Series14

  • TV5.4

    Studio One

    1948 · 13 votes

  • TV4.5

    The Secret Storm

    1954 · 4 votes

  • TV6.2

    Cheyenne

    1955 · 26 votes

  • TV6.5

    Telephone Time

    1956 · 4 votes

  • TV5.2

    Navy Log

    1955 · 5 votes

  • TV6.2

    The Cisco Kid

    1950 · 11 votes

  • TV7.5

    West Point

    1956 · 2 votes

  • TV6.5

    Racket Squad

    1951 · 4 votes

  • TV8.0

    Panic!

    1957 · 1 votes

  • TV8.8

    Hallmark Hall of Fame

    1951 · 8 votes

  • TV6.8

    Crossroads

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV6.3

    Playwrights '56

    1955 · 4 votes

  • TV7.2
  • TV