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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.
Movies
The Bank Dick
J. Frothingham Waterbury
The Mortal Storm
Rector
Apology for Murder
Harvey Kirkland
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
James Andrews
Sealed Lips
Dr. Charles Evans
Tarzan's New York Adventure
Judge Abbotson
Follow the Fleet
Jim Nolan
Flame of Barbary Coast
Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
Seven Sinners
First Governor
The Velvet Touch
Actor 'Judge Brack'
Hold That Ghost
Bannister
The Valley of Decision
Mr. Laurence Gaylord
Air Raid Wardens
Major Scanlon
Once Upon a Honeymoon
Angel Chief
The Little Foxes
William Marshall
Western Union
Provisional Governor
Dark Alibi
Warden Cameron
The Port of 40 Thieves
Charles Farrington
Fingers at the Window
Dr. Chandley
Scarlet Street
J.J. Hogarth
The Hunted
Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
Mr. Barrows
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
Harry Walsh
Race Street
Easy Mason
Special Investigator
Inspector Perkett
Exposed
Col. Bentry
Pick a Star
Mr. Stone
The Real Glory
Capt. Manning
The Accusing Finger
Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
A Game of Death
Mr. Whitney
I Cheated the Law
District Attorney Randolph
Sweet Music
Mayor of New York City
Bowery Battalion
Melvin Hatfield
Ladies Crave Excitement
Bert Taylor
Love Thy Neighbor
Harrington
Grand Jury
Jim Hanify
Honeymoon Limited
Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
We Were Dancing
Mr. Bryce-Carew
Ticket to Paradise
Colton
Living on Velvet
Major at Flying Field
As You Were
Col. Lockwood
The Big Hangover
Steve Hughes
One Sunday Afternoon
Tredway
Mr. Walkie Talkie
Col. Lockwood
Secret Valley
Lawyer Austin Martin
23 1/2 Hours Leave
Capt. Barker
It Happened Out West
Cooley
The Plainsman and the Lady
Sen. Twin
Fit for a King
Editor Hardwick
Clipped Wings
Capt. Morton
Boy Trouble
Magistrate
The Man Who Cried Wolf
Prosecuting Attorney
Lady Tubbs
Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
The Master Key
Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
Pacific Blackout
Commanding Officer
You Can't Take It with You
Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Little Miss Broadway
Perry
Honolulu
Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
Till the Clouds Roll By
Producer (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938
Capt. Stafford
The Case of the Howling Dog
Clinton Foley
The Firebird
Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
On Again—Off Again
George Dilwig
Fugitives for a Night
Maurice Tenwright
Kentucky Jubilee
T.J. Hoarsely
The Three Musketeers
Porthos
Three Hearts for Julia
Colonel (uncredited)
Kentucky
Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
Earthbound
Prosecutor
Swanee River
Andrew McDowell
Blood and Sand
Marquis
To the Shores of Tripoli
Major Wilson
First Yank into Tokyo
Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Midnight Taxi
Barney Flagg
Happiness Ahead
Jim Meehan
The Big Shot
Martin Drake
Arkansas Judge
Hetty's Attorney
Fatal Lady
American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
Spendthrift
Attorney
We Who Are About to Die
District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
Russell Hicks
Before Morning
Jim Nichols
Laughing at Trouble
Cyrus Hall
The Big Store
Arthur Hastings
Men with Wings
Gen. Marlin
Gentlemen Are Born
Newspaper Editor
While the Patient Slept
Dr. Jay
Virginia City
Armistead
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Colonel (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
Hinkle (uncredited)
Stanley and Livingstone
Commissioner
Sporting Blood
'Sneak' OBrien
The Flying Saucer
Hank Thorn
Man-Made Monster
Warden Harris (uncredited)
Kidnapped
Bailiff
Espionage
Alfred Hartrix
Bad Little Angel
Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Fourteen Hours
Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Great Guns
Gen. Burns
Union Pacific
Sergeant (uncredited)
The Blue Bird
Daddy Tyl
The Great Lie
Colonel Harriston
Devil Dogs of the Air
Captain
Lady in a Jam
Carter
Thunder in the Night
Prefect of Police
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
The Woman in Red
Defense Attorney Clayton
The Secret Bride
John F. Holdstock
The Parson of Panamint
Prosecuting Attorney
Follow the Band
Jeremiah K. Barton
Woman Trap
Dodd
15 Maiden Lane
Judge Graham
A Dangerous Adventure
Allen
Sea Spoilers
Phil Morgan
Johnny Apollo
District Attorney
Here Comes Happiness
John Vance
Enemy Agent
Lyman Scott
Buy Me That Town
Malcolm
The Black Arrow
Sir Harry Shelton
The Return of Frank James
Prosecutor
Santa Fe Trail
Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
Dodge City Trail
Kenyon Phillips
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
Extra (uncredited)
Sergeant York
General (uncredited)
Two in the Dark
Police Officer McCord
Gateway
Ernest Porter
Hotel for Women
Van Ellis
No, No, Nanette
'Hutch' Hutchinson
The Hoodlum Saint
Marty Martindale (uncredited)
East of the River
Warden
That Certain Age
Scout Leader (uncredited)
Lady with Red Hair
Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
Junior G-Men
Col. Barton
Someone to Remember
Mr. Stanton
Babbitt
Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
The Gallant Legion
Senator Beale
Web of Danger
Gallagher
Hotel Imperial
Austrian Officer (uncredited)
Gay Blades
Buxton
Overland Telegraph
Col. Marvin
Our Leading Citizen
Chairman
The Maverick
Col. Hook
Old Oklahoma Plains
Colonel Charles Bigelow
King of the Mounties
Marshal Carleton
The Woman of the Town
Publisher
The Plunderers
Cavalry Colonel
Ride 'Em Cowboy
Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
They Died with Their Boots On
Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
Texas Governor
Dante's Inferno
Prosecuting Attorney
Dark Delusion
Mr. Logan (uncredited)
The Westland Case
Mr. Woodbury
Dive Bomber
Awards Speaker (uncredited)
Murder in the Clouds
Taggert
All That I Have
Jess Northrup
Girl Overboard
Sam Le Maire
Janie
Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate
Fifty Roads to Town
Police Official
In Old Chicago
Politician in Jack's Office
Joe Smith, American
Mr. Edgerton
She Gets Her Man
Mayor
Strictly in the Groove
RC Saunders
The Toast of New York
Lawyer
Samson and Delilah
Lord of Ashkelon
The Return of October
Taylor
Bunker Bean
A. C. Jones
His Butler's Sister
Sanderson
Fun on a Weekend
John Biddle
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle
Colonel
Shanghai Chest
Frank Bronson, district attorney
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
Mr. Graves
Go Into Your Dance
Sam Rupert
Let Them Live
Newspaper Editor
Rulers of the Sea
Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
Pacific Rendezvous
John Carter
If You Could Only Cook
Dillon (uncredited)
The Fountainhead
Banner Board Member (uncredited)
Barbary Pirate
Commodore Preble
Assigned to Danger
Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
Buck Privates Come Home
Mr. Appleby
The Noose Hangs High
Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
Getting Gertie's Garter
Board Member (uncredited)
Swing Parade of 1946
Daniel Warren Sr.
Ship Ahoy
Capt. C.V. O'Brien
7th Cavalry
Col. Kellogg
A Man Betrayed
C.R. Pringle
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
Criminals of the Air
Kurt Feldon
Tennessee Johnson
Lincoln's Emissary
Hitler- Dead or Alive
Samuel Thornton
The Big Guy
Lawson
Smoky River Serenade
J. Bricket Armstrong
You Can't Run Away from It
Ship Captain (uncredited)
The General Died at Dawn
No Matches Man (uncredited)
Captain America
Mayor Randolph
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
Supreme Court Judge
Man of Conflict
Mr. Murdock
Doctors Don't Tell
Supt. Duff
Louisiana Hayride
H.C.Forbes
Laughing Irish Eyes
Silk Taylor
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
Colonel Barton
Northern Pursuit
Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Mushrooms
President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)
The Wildcatter
Tom Frayne
Partners in Crime
Mayor Callahan
The Pilgrim Lady
Thackery Gibbs
Bathing Beauty
Mr. Allenwood (uncredited)
Blue Grass of Kentucky
James B. Armistead
Manhattan Angel
J.C. Rayland
G.I. War Brides
Insp. Ramsaye
The Judge Steps Out
Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
Parole Fixer
U.S. District Court Judge
My Dear Secretary
Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
The Show-Off
Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
North of Shanghai
Rowley
Nobody's Children
Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
Butch Minds the Baby
J. Wadsworth Carrington
The Music Goes 'Round
Mr. Cohn
Springtime in the Rockies
Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
South of St. Louis
Louisiana
Fred Astor
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial
The Studebaker Story
Harold S. Vance
Again Pioneers
Pete Galloway
Unmasked
George Richards
The Sea of Grass
Maj. Dell Harney
Shows
West Point
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
J. Winston Fletcher
Cheyenne
Studio One
Hinton
The Secret Storm
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Navy Log
Racket Squad
Telephone Time
Playwrights '56
Panic!
The Cisco Kid
Jasper King