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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
all 239
Movies 225
TV Shows 14
Producer 1
self 1
Panic! (1957)
7th Cavalry (1956)
You Can't Run Away from It (1956)
West Point (1956)
Telephone Time (1956)
Once Upon a Honeymoon (1956)
Crossroads (1955)
Playwrights '56 (1955)
The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial (1955)
Cheyenne (1955)
Navy Log (1955)
The Secret Storm (1954)
Man of Conflict (1953)
The Maverick (1952)
Mr. Walkie Talkie (1952)
Old Oklahoma Plains (1952)
Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951)
Overland Telegraph (1951)
As You Were (1951)
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars (1951)
All That I Have (1951)
Racket Squad (1951)
Kentucky Jubilee (1951)
Fourteen Hours (1951)
Bowery Battalion (1951)
The Cisco Kid (1950)
The Big Hangover (1950)
Blue Grass of Kentucky (1950)
The Flying Saucer (1950)
Shocking Affair (1949)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Barbary Pirate (1949)
The Fountainhead (1949)
Manhattan Angel (1949)
South of St. Louis (1949)
I Cheated the Law (1949)
One Sunday Afternoon (1948)
Jiggs and Maggie in Court (1948)
Studio One (1948)
My Dear Secretary (1948)
The Plunderers (1948)
The Return of October (1948)
Race Street (1948)
The Velvet Touch (1948)
Shanghai Chest (1948)
The Gallant Legion (1948)
Assigned to Danger (1948)
The Hunted (1948)
The Noose Hangs High (1948)
The Black Arrow (1948)
The Judge Steps Out (1947)
Louisiana (1947)
Exposed (1947)
Smoky River Serenade (1947)
Dark Delusion (1947)
Web of Danger (1947)
Fun on a Weekend (1947)
Buck Privates Come Home (1947)
The Pilgrim Lady (1947)
Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)
The Show-Off (1946)
The Plainsman and the Lady (1946)
G.I. War Brides (1946)
Dark Alibi (1946)
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
Swing Parade of 1946 (1946)
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)
Gay Blades (1946)
A Close Call for Boston Blackie (1946)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Getting Gertie's Garter (1945)
A Game of Death (1945)
Apology for Murder (1945)
First Yank into Tokyo (1945)
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
The Valley of Decision (1945)
The Master Key (1945)
She Gets Her Man (1945)
Janie (1944)
The Port of 40 Thieves (1944)
Louisiana Hayride (1944)
Bathing Beauty (1944)
The Case of the Tremendous Trifle (1944)
Captain America (1944)
The Woman of the Town (1943)
His Butler's Sister (1943)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
Someone to Remember (1943)
Three Hearts for Julia (1943)
King of the Cowboys (1943)
Air Raid Wardens (1943)
Follow the Band (1943)
Tennessee Johnson (1942)
Strictly in the Groove (1942)
Hitler- Dead or Alive (1942)
To the Shores of Tripoli (1942)
Springtime in the Rockies (1942)
King of the Mounties (1942)
Lady in a Jam (1942)
Pacific Rendezvous (1942)
Tarzan's New York Adventure (1942)
We Were Dancing (1942)
Fingers at the Window (1942)
Ship Ahoy (1942)
Butch Minds the Baby (1942)
Ride 'Em Cowboy (1942)
Joe Smith, American (1942)
Sealed Lips (1942)
Pacific Blackout (1941)
They Died with Their Boots On (1941)
Great Guns (1941)
Buy Me That Town (1941)
Sergeant York (1941)
Doctors Don't Tell (1941)
Dive Bomber (1941)
The Little Foxes (1941)
Hold That Ghost (1941)
The Parson of Panamint (1941)
The Big Store (1941)
Blood and Sand (1941)
The Great Lie (1941)
Man-Made Monster (1941)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (1941)
Here Comes Happiness (1941)
A Man Betrayed (1941)
Western Union (1941)
Arkansas Judge (1941)
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
Santa Fe Trail (1940)
No, No, Nanette (1940)
Nobody's Children (1940)
Lady with Red Hair (1940)
The Bank Dick (1940)
East of the River (1940)
Junior G-Men (1940)
Seven Sinners (1940)
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc. (1940)
The Return of Frank James (1940)
Sporting Blood (1940)
The Mortal Storm (1940)
Earthbound (1940)
Johnny Apollo (1940)
Enemy Agent (1940)
Virginia City (1940)
Parole Fixer (1940)
The Blue Bird (1940)
Swanee River (1939)
The Big Guy (1939)
The Honeymoon's Over (1939)
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (1939)
Rulers of the Sea (1939)
Bad Little Angel (1939)
Hollywood Cavalcade (1939)
The Real Glory (1939)
Our Leading Citizen (1939)
Stanley and Livingstone (1939)
Hotel for Women (1939)
Hotel Imperial (1939)
Union Pacific (1939)
East Side of Heaven (1939)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Three Musketeers (1939)
Honolulu (1939)
Boy Trouble (1939)
North of Shanghai (1939)
Kentucky (1938)
That Certain Age (1938)
Fugitives for a Night (1938)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
Gateway (1938)
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
Men with Wings (1938)
Kidnapped (1938)
In Old Chicago (1938)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
Clipped Wings (1937)
The Westland Case (1937)
Partners in Crime (1937)
Fit for a King (1937)
The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937)
The Big Shot (1937)
The Toast of New York (1937)
A Dangerous Adventure (1937)
On Again—Off Again (1937)
The Wildcatter (1937)
Fifty Roads to Town (1937)
Pick a Star (1937)
It Happened Out West (1937)
Criminals of the Air (1937)
Let Them Live (1937)
Midnight Taxi (1937)
23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937)
Espionage (1937)
Girl Overboard (1937)
Secret Valley (1937)
We Who Are About to Die (1937)
Dodge City Trail (1936)
Laughing at Trouble (1936)
The General Died at Dawn (1936)
The Accusing Finger (1936)
15 Maiden Lane (1936)
Sea Spoilers (1936)
Grand Jury (1936)
Spendthrift (1936)
Bunker Bean (1936)
Ticket to Paradise (1936)
Fatal Lady (1936)
Special Investigator (1936)
Woman Trap (1936)
Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)
The Music Goes 'Round (1936)
Follow the Fleet (1936)
Two in the Dark (1936)
If You Could Only Cook (1935)
Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935)
Thunder in the Night (1935)
Dante's Inferno (1935)
Lady Tubbs (1935)
Honeymoon Limited (1935)
Ladies Crave Excitement (1935)
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
While the Patient Slept (1935)
Living on Velvet (1935)
Sweet Music (1935)
The Woman in Red (1935)
Devil Dogs of the Air (1935)
The Secret Bride (1934)
Murder in the Clouds (1934)
Babbitt (1934)
Gentlemen Are Born (1934)
The Firebird (1934)
Happiness Ahead (1934)
The Case of the Howling Dog (1934)
My Mummy's Arms (1934)
Mushrooms (1934)
Before Morning (1933)
Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
Joseph Schildkraut Presents
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1895-06-04
Deathday1957-06-03 (61 years old)
Birth PlaceBaltimore, United States of America
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
Also Known AsEdward Russell Hicks, R. E. Hicks, R.E. Hicks
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