Russell Hicks
Acting
Born June 3, 1895 · Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Biography
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 th…
Known For · 40 titles
Cheyenne
Studio One
The Secret Storm
Telephone Time
The Cisco Kid
Navy Log
Racket Squad
West Point
Panic!
Playwrights '56
Samson and Delilah
Bathing Beauty
Sergeant York
Hallmark Hall of Fame
You Can't Take It with You
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Fourteen Hours
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
They Died with Their Boots On
Sealed Lips
The Valley of Decision
The Fountainhead
Scarlet Street
The Little Foxes
The Westland Case
The Velvet Touch
Till the Clouds Roll By
Santa Fe Trail
Union Pacific
Man-Made Monster
Hold That Ghost
The Return of Frank James
You Can't Run Away from It
The Big Breakfast
Western Union
Captain America
Tarzan's New York Adventure
The General Died at Dawn
Silver River
Little Miss Broadway