Russell Hicks
Russell Hicks
Trained in prep school for a career as a businessman, Baltimore-born Russell Hicks chucked his predestined lifestyle for a theatrical career, over the protests of his family. As an actor, Hicks came full circle, spending the bulk of his career playing businessmen! Though he claimed to have appeared in D.W. Griffith's Birth of a Nation (1915) and Intolerance (1916), Hicks' earliest recorded Hollywood job occured in 1920, when he was hired as an assistant casting director for Famous Players (later Paramount). Making his stage debut in It Pays to Smile, Hicks acted in stock companies and on Broadway before his official film bow in 1934's Happiness Ahead. The embodiment of the small-town business booster or chairman of the board, the tall, authoritative Hicks frequently used his dignified persona to throw the audience off guard in crooked or villainous roles. He was glib confidence man J. Frothingham Waterbury in W.C. Fields' The Bank Dick (1940) ("I want to be honest with you in the worst way!"), and more than once he was cast as the surprise killer in murder mysteries. Because of his robust, athletic physique, Hicks could also be seen as middle-aged adventurers, such as one of The Three Musketeers in the 1939 version of that classic tale, and as the aging Robin Hood in 1946's Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946). Russell Hicks continued accepting film assignments until 1956's Seventh Cavalry. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Filmography of Russell Hicks:
- Follow the Fleet with Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Randolph Scott , Harriet Hilliard , Astrid Allwyn , Betty Grable , Lucille Ball , Bud Geary , Huntly Gordon , Frank Jenks , Doris Lloyd , George Magrill , Frank C. Moran , James Pierce , Herbert Rawlinson , Gertrude Short , Frank Sully , Max Wagner , Eric Wilton , Frank Mills , Addison Randall
- King of the Cowboys with Roy Rogers , Smiley Burnette , Peggy Moran , Gerald Mohr , Lloyd Corrigan , James Bush , Irving Bacon , Pat Brady , Edward Earle , Jack Kirk , Jack O'Shea , Sons of the Pioneers , Forrest Taylor , Trigger the Horse , Emmett Vogan , Dick Wessel , Norman Willis , Yakima Canutt , Eddie Dean , Charles King , Bob Nolan
- To the Shores of Tripoli with John Payne , Maureen O'Hara , Randolph Scott , Nancy Kelly , William Tracy , Maxie Rosenbloom , Minor Watson , Charles Tannen , Alan Jr. Hale , Frank Orth , Iris Adrian , Joseph Crehan , John Hamilton , Stanley Andrews , Richard Lane , Gordon Jones , Hugh Beaumont , Hillary Brooke , Frank Jr. Coghlan , James Flavin , William Haade , James C. Morton , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , Walter Sande , Harry Strang , Frank Sully , Elena Verdugo
- Scarlet Street with Edward G. Robinson , Joan Bennett , Dan Duryea , Margaret Lindsay , Rosalind Ivan , Jess Barker , Samuel S. Hinds , Arthur Loft , Vladimir Sokoloff , Charles Kemper , Edgar Dearing , Chuck Hamilton , Sherry Hall , Rychard Cramer , Dick Curtis , Joe Devlin , Ralph Dunn , Byron K. Foulger , Herbert Heywood , Boyd Irwin , Edward Keane , Milton Kibbee , Fritz Sr. Leiber , George H. Lloyd , George Meader , Howard M. Mitchell , Horace Murphy , Clarence Muse , Dewey Robinson , Sid Saylor , Emmett Vogan , Dick Wessel , Charles Wilson , Will Wright
- Louisiana Hayride with Judy Canova , Ross Hunter , Richard Lane , Lloyd Bridges , Minerva Urecal , Hobart Cavanaugh , Eddie Kane , Arthur Loft , Robert Emmett Homans , Ernie S. Adams , Eddy Chandler , Jack Gardner , Fred Graham , Frank S. Hagney , Si Jenks , George Magrill , Louis Mason , Jack Rice , Gene Roth , Sid Saylor , Charles Sherlock , Edwin Stanley , Charles Sullivan , Ben Taggart , Pat West
- The Return of Frank James with Henry Fonda , Henry Fonda , Gene Tierney , Jackie Cooper , John Carradine , Henry Hull , J. Edward Bromberg , Donald Meek , George Barbier , Charles Tannen , Lloyd Corrigan , Victor Kilian , Edward McWade , George Chandler , Irving Bacon , Frank Shannon , Barbara Pepper , Louis Mason , William Pawley , Frank Sully , Davison Clark , Arthur Byron , Kernan Cripps , Lester Dorr , Sherry Hall , Milton Kibbee , Kermit Maynard , Robert McKenzie , Lew Meehan , Frank Melton , Adrian Morris , James C. Morton , Russell Powell , Dale vanSickel
- Hearts in Bondage with James Dunn , Mae Clarke , David Manners , Henry B. Walthall , Fritz Sr. Leiber , George S. Irving , Irving Pichel , Joseph M. Kerrigan , Frank Sr. McGlynn , Ben Alexander , Edward Gargan , George "Gabby" Hayes , Douglas Wood , Erville Alderson , Etta McDaniel , Warner P. Richmond , Smiley Burnette , Lane R. Chandler , Pat Flaherty , Henry Roquemore
- Hollywood Cavalcade with Alice Faye , Don Ameche , J. Edward Bromberg , Alan Curtis , Stuart Erwin , Jed Prouty , Buster Keaton , Donald Meek , George Givot , Hank Mann , Chester Conklin , James Finlayson , Chick Chandler , Robert Lowery , Ben Welden , Willie Fung , Paul Stanton , Mary Forbes , Irving Bacon , Ben Turpin , Lynn Bari , Charles "Heinie" Conklin , Al Jolson , Harry "Snub" Pollard , Victor Potel , Fred "Snowflake" Toones , Mack Sennett
- Little Miss Broadway with Shirley Temple , George Murphy , Jimmy Durante , Phyllis Brooks , Edna May Oliver , George Barbier , Edward Ellis , Jane Darwell , El Brendel , Donald Meek , Claude Sr. Gillingwater , Charles Coleman , C. Montague Shaw , Clarence H. Wilson , Sid Saylor , Jerry Colonna , Charles "Heinie" Conklin , Ben Welden
- Fourteen Hours with Richard Basehart , Paul Douglas , Barbara Bel Geddes , Agnes Moorehead , Debra Paget , Robert Keith , Grace Kelly , Howard DaSilva , Jeffrey Hunter , Martin Gabel , Frank Faylen , Jeff Corey , James Millican , Forbes Murray , Jane Darwell , Brad Dexter , Brian Keith , Harvey Lembeck , Joyce VanPatten , Ossie Davis
- In Old Chicago with Tyrone Power , Alice Faye , Don Ameche , Alice Brady , Andy Devine , Phyllis Brooks , Brian Donlevy , Tom Brown , Sidney Blackmer , Berton Churchill , June Storey , Paul C. Hurst , Tyler Brooke , Gene Reynolds , Spencer Charters , Rondo Hatton , Charles Lane , Francis Ford , Wade Boteler , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Harry Hayden , Minerva Urecal , Clarence H. Wilson , Edwin Brady
- You Can't Take It with You with Jean Arthur , Lionel Barrymore , James Stewart , Edward Arnold , Mischa Auer , Ann Miller , Spring Byington , Samuel S. Hinds , Donald Meek , H.B. Warner , Halliwell Hobbes , Dub Taylor , Mary Forbes , Clarence H. Wilson , Josef Swickard , Ann Doran , Christian Rub , Charles Lane , Harry Davenport , Eddie "Rochester" Anderson , Stanley Andrews , Irving Bacon , Joseph Bernard , Gladys Blake , Ward Bond , James Burke , Eddy Chandler , Eddy Chandler , Wallis Clark , Chester Clute , Nell Craig , Dick Curtis , Edgar Dearing , Vernon Dent , Lester Dorr , James Farley , Eddie Fetherstone , James Flavin , Bess Flowers , Byron K. Foulger , Jack Gardner , Robert Greig , Kit Guard , Chuck Hamilton , John Hamilton , Sam Harris , Edward Hearn , John Ince , Boyd Irwin , Eddie Kane , Edward Keane , Pert Kelton , Robert F. Kortman , Margaret Mann , Edwin Maxwell , James Millican , Gene Morgan , Edward Sr. Peil , Dick Rush , Harry Semels , Frank Shannon , Edwin Stanley , Rosemary Theby , John Tyrrell , Walter Walker , Pierre Watkin , Pat West , Ian Wolfe , Louis King , Frank Mills , Bruce Mitchell , Betty Farrington
- Till the Clouds Roll By with June Allyson , Robert Walker , Judy Garland , Lucille Bremer , Cyd Charisse , Van Heflin , Rex Evans , Paul Langton , Dorothy Patrick , Byron K. Foulger , William Halligan , Harry Hayden , Lena Horne , Van Johnson , Angela Lansbury , Paul Maxey , Mary Nash , Virginia O'Brien , William "Bill" Phillips , Dinah Shore , Frank Sinatra , Ray Teal , Stanley Andrews , Ann Codee , Ralph Dunn , James Finlayson , William Forrest , Kathryn Grayson , Herbert Heywood , Reed Howes , Howard M. Mitchell , Robert Emmett O'Connor , Larry Steers , Sally Forrest
- They Died With Their Boots On with Errol Flynn , Olivia DeHavilland , Arthur Kennedy , Charles Grapewin , Regis Toomey , Gene Lockhart , Stanley Ridges , Anthony Quinn , Walter Hampden , John Litel , Joseph Sawyer , Frank Wilcox , Selmer Jackson , Minor Watson , Sydney Greenstreet , Hattie R. McDaniel , Eddie Acuff , Irving Bacon , Roy Barcroft , Hobart Bosworth , Virginia Brissac , Walter Brooke , Lane R. Chandler , Spencer Charters , George Pat Collins , Joseph Crehan , Steven Darrell , Joe Devlin , George Eldredge , Frank Ferguson , William Forrest , Saul Gorss , John Hamilton , Herbert Heywood , William Hopper , Edward Keane , Fred A. Kelsey , Joseph King , Arthur Loft , Ian MacDonald , Sam McDaniel , Jack Mower , Anna Q. Nilsson , Frank Orth , Eddie Parker , Eleanor Parker , Bob Perry , Aileen Pringle , George H. Reed , Renie Riano , Addison W. Richards , John Ridgely , James Seay , Harry Strang , Ray Teal , Minerva Urecal , Dick Wessel , Gig Young , Francis Ford
- The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle with Fred Astaire , Ginger Rogers , Edna May Oliver , Walter Brennan , Etienne Girardot , Janet Beecher , Rolfe Sedan , Leonid Kinskey , Robert Strange , Douglas Walton , Victor Varconi , Donald MacBride , Eugene Borden , Don Brodie , Marge Champion , Dick Elliott , George S. Irving , Louis Mercier , Leonard Mudie , Theodore vonEltz , David MacDonald , Frank Mills , Bruce Mitchell , Frank O'Connor
- Sergeant York with Gary Cooper , Walter Brennan , Joan Leslie , Ward Bond , Margaret Wycherly , Stanley Ridges , George Tobias , Noah Jr. Beery , June Lockhart , Dickie Moore , Clem Bevans , Harvey Stephens , David Bruce , Joseph Sawyer , Pat Flaherty , Erville Alderson , Murray Alper , Arthur Aylesworth , Lane R. Chandler , Clyde Cook , Elisha Jr. Cook , Howard DaSilva , Jean DelVal , Donald Douglas , Charles Drake , Frank Faylen , Jody Gilbert , Kit Guard , William Haade , Creighton Hale , George S. Irving , Selmer Jackson , Si Jenks , Edward Keane , Victor Kilian , Frank Marlowe , Tully Marshall , Frank Sr. McGlynn , Charles B. Middleton , Frank Orth , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , Walter Sande , Ray Teal , Charles Trowbridge , Theodore vonEltz , Frank Wilcox , Guy Wilkerson , Douglas Wood , Gig Young , Jack Pennick
- Santa Fe Trail with Errol Flynn , Olivia DeHavilland , Raymond Massey , Ronald W. Reagan , Alan Sr. Hale , Ward Bond , Van Heflin , William Lundigan , Gene Reynolds , Henry O'Neill , Guinn "Big Boy" Williams , Alan Baxter , John Litel , Moroni Olsen , David Bruce , Hobart Cavanaugh , Charles D. Brown , Joseph Sawyer , Frank Wilcox , Russell Simpson , Charles B. Middleton , Erville Alderson , Spencer Charters , Luis Alberni , Arthur Aylesworth , Roy Barcroft , Trevor Bardette , Al Bridge , Eddy Chandler , Lane R. Chandler , Cliff Clark , Edmund Cobb , Harry Cording , Joseph Crehan , James Farley , Mitzi Green , Creighton Hale , Theresa Harris , Edward Hearn , Louis Jean Heydt , William Hopper , Selmer Jackson , Victor Kilian , Wilfred Lucas , Lafe McKee , Mira McKinney , Jack Mower , Nestor Paiva , Edward Sr. Peil , Susan Peters , Addison W. Richards , Walter Soderling , Harry Strang , Emmett Vogan , Eddy C. Waller , Maris Wrixon
- The Noose Hangs High with Lou Costello , Bud Abbott , Cathy Downs , Joseph Calleia , Leon Errol , Mike Mazurki , Fritz Feld , Ellen Corby , Pat Flaherty , James Flavin , Bess Flowers , Ben Hall , Fred A. Kelsey , Lyle Latell , Paul Maxey , Isabel Randolph , Minerva Urecal , Herb Vigran , Ben Welden , Frank O'Connor , Benny Rubin
- Mr. Deeds Goes to Town with Gary Cooper , Jean Arthur , George Bancroft , Lionel Stander , Douglas Dumbrille , Raymond Walburn , H.B. Warner , Warren B. Hymer , Ruth Donnelly , Spencer Charters , Emma Dunn , Arthur Hoyt , Jameson Thomas , Walter Catlett , Margaret Seddon , Stanley Andrews , Irving Bacon , Billy Bevan , Harry C. Bradley , Cecil Cunningham , Ann Doran , Bess Flowers , Edward Gargan , George "Gabby" Hayes , Paul C. Hurst , Eddie Kane , Edward Keane , Edward J. LeSaint , Edwin Maxwell , George Meeker , James Millican , Gene Morgan , Jack Mower , Franklin Pangborn , Paul Porcasi , Christian Rub , Lee Shumway , Charles Sullivan , Dale vanSickel , Gustav vonSeyffertitz , Pierre Watkin , Charles Wilson , George Cooper , Charles Lane , Dennis O'Keefe
- Dive Bomber with Errol Flynn , Fred MacMurray , Ralph Bellamy , Louis Jean Heydt , Craig Stevens , Robert Armstrong , Charles Drake , Allen Jenkins , Addison W. Richards , Moroni Olsen , Ann Doran , William Forrest , Saul Gorss , Creighton Hale , Howard C. Hickman , William Hopper , George Meeker , David Newell , Gaylord "Steve" Pendleton , Jane Randolph , Walter Sande , Alexis Smith , Regis Toomey , Richard Travis , Charlotte Wynters , Gig Young , Alan Jr. Hale , Tom Dugan
- Blood and Sand with Tyrone Power , Linda Darnell , Rita Hayworth , Alla Nazimova , Anthony Quinn , John Carradine , J. Carrol Naish , Lynn Bari , Laird Cregar , George Reeves , Pedro DeCordoba , Fortunio Bonanova , Charles Stevens , Ann E. Todd , Cora Sue Collins , Lynne Carver , Maurice Cass , Victor Kilian , Kay Linaker , Francis J. McDonald , Alberto Morin , Monty Banks
- Air Raid Wardens with Charles Coleman , Don Costello , Howard Freeman , Jack Gardner , Oliver Hardy , Edward Hearn , Rose Hobart , Edgar Kennedy , Milton Kibbee , Nolan Leary , Horace McNally , Donald Meek , Howard M. Mitchell , Bert Moorhouse , Robert Emmett O'Connor , Henry O'Neill , Paul Stanton , Forrest Taylor , Philip vanZandt , Nella Walker , Jacqueline White , Frederic Worlock , Stan Laurel , William Tannen
Russell Hicks Trivia
When was Russell Hicks born?
Russell Hicks was born on June 4, 1895
Who did Russell Hicks play in Hitler: Dead or Alive?
Russell Hicks was Samuel Thornton in Hitler: Dead or Alive
What role did Russell Hicks portray in The Flying Saucer?
Russell Hicks played Hank Thorn in The Flying Saucer
Who did Russell Hicks play in Flame of Barbary Coast?
Russell Hicks was Cyrus Danver in Flame of Barbary Coast
Who did Russell Hicks play in Murder in the Clouds?
Russell Hicks was Taggart in Murder in the Clouds
Who did Russell Hicks play in Follow the Fleet?
Russell Hicks was Jim Nolan in Follow the Fleet
Who did Russell Hicks portray in Ticket to Paradise?
Russell Hicks was Colton in Ticket to Paradise
Who did Russell Hicks play in King of the Cowboys?
Russell Hicks was Governor Shuville in King of the Cowboys
What role did Russell Hicks portray in To the Shores of Tripoli?
Russell Hicks played Maj. Wilson in To the Shores of Tripoli
Who did Russell Hicks play in Fit for a King?
Russell Hicks was Mr. Hardwick in Fit for a King
Who did Russell Hicks play in Scarlet Street?
Russell Hicks was J.J. Hogarth in Scarlet Street
What role did Russell Hicks play in The Little Foxes?
Russell Hicks played William Marshall in The Little Foxes
What role did Russell Hicks portray in The Blue Bird?
Russell Hicks played Daddy Tyl in The Blue Bird
What role did Russell Hicks play in Louisiana Hayride?
Russell Hicks played Forbes in Louisiana Hayride
Who did Russell Hicks play in The Return of Frank James?
Russell Hicks was Prosecutor in The Return of Frank James
What role did Russell Hicks portray in Hearts in Bondage?
Russell Hicks played Pillsbury in Hearts in Bondage
Who did Russell Hicks play in Hollywood Cavalcade?
Russell Hicks was Roberts in Hollywood Cavalcade
Who did Russell Hicks play in My Dear Secretary?
Russell Hicks was Publisher in My Dear Secretary
Who did Russell Hicks play in Little Miss Broadway?
Russell Hicks was Perry in Little Miss Broadway
What role did Russell Hicks play in Fourteen Hours?
Russell Hicks played Regan in Fourteen Hours
What role did Russell Hicks portray in In Old Chicago?
Russell Hicks played Man in Jack's Office in In Old Chicago
What role did Russell Hicks play in You Can't Take It with You?
Russell Hicks played Attorney in You Can't Take It with You
Who did Russell Hicks play in Till the Clouds Roll By?
Russell Hicks was Motion Picture Producer in Till the Clouds Roll By
Who did Russell Hicks portray in They Died With Their Boots On?
Russell Hicks was Colonel of 1st Michigan in They Died With Their Boots On
What role did Russell Hicks play in Swing Parade?
Russell Hicks played Daniel Warren, Sr. in Swing Parade
What role did Russell Hicks play in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle?
Russell Hicks played Colonel in The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
What role did Russell Hicks play in Sergeant York?
Russell Hicks played General in Sergeant York
What role did Russell Hicks portray in Santa Fe Trail?
Russell Hicks played J. Boyce Russell in Santa Fe Trail
Who did Russell Hicks portray in The Noose Hangs High?
Russell Hicks was Manager in The Noose Hangs High
What role did Russell Hicks play in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town?
Russell Hicks played Dr. Malcolm in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Who did Russell Hicks play in The Master Key?
Russell Hicks was Chief O'Brien in The Master Key
Who did Russell Hicks portray in Dive Bomber?
Russell Hicks was Admiral in Dive Bomber
Who did Russell Hicks portray in Blood and Sand?
Russell Hicks was Marquis in Blood and Sand
Who did Russell Hicks portray in Air Raid Wardens?
Russell Hicks was Major Scanion in Air Raid Wardens
