Russell Hicks
Tall, distinguished-looking Russell Hicks appeared in almost 300 films in his more than 40-year career (although his first known screen appearance was in 1915, he has screenwriting credits as early as 1913, so it's possible his screen debut was earlier than credited). His cultured bearing, grandfatherly appearance and soothing, resonant voice were perfect for the many military officers, attorneys, judges and business executives he excelled at playing. He was especially memorable in an atypical role as oily, fast-talking phony-stock salesman J. Frothington Waterbury in the W.C. Fields classic The Bank Dick (1940). Hicks made his last film in 1956, and died the next year. by frankfob2@yahoo.com
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- Born:
- Jun 4, 1895 In Baltimore, Maryland, USA
- Movie/TV Credits:
- 203
- First Appeared:
- In the movie Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages 1916-09-04
- Latest Project:
- Movie 7th Cavalry 1956-12-01
Known For
Filmography
| Movie | 7th Cavalry | Col. Kellogg | 1956-12-01 |
| Movie | You Can't Run Away from It | Ship Captain (uncredited) | 1956-10-30 |
| Series | The Secret Storm | 1954-02-01 | |
| Movie | Old Oklahoma Plains | Colonel Charles Bigelow | 1952-07-25 |
| Movie | The Maverick | Col. Hook | 1952-12-14 |
| Movie | Mr. Walkie Talkie | Col. Lockwood | 1952-11-28 |
| Movie | Fourteen Hours | Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited) | 1951-04-01 |
| Movie | Kentucky Jubilee | T.J. Hoarsely | 1951-05-18 |
| Movie | Bowery Battalion | Melvin Hatfield | 1951-01-24 |
| Movie | All That I Have | Jess Northrup | 1951-10-01 |
| Movie | Overland Telegraph | Col. Marvin | 1951-12-15 |
| Movie | As You Were | Col. Lockwood | 1951-10-05 |
| Movie | The Flying Saucer | Hank Thorn | 1950-01-04 |
| Movie | Again Pioneers | Pete Galloway | 1950-11-01 |
| Movie | The Big Hangover | Steve Hughes | 1950-05-26 |
| Movie | South of St. Louis | 1949-03-06 | |
| Movie | I Cheated the Law | District Attorney Randolph | 1949-03-04 |
| Movie | The Fountainhead | Banner Board Member (uncredited) | 1949-06-25 |
| Movie | Samson and Delilah | Lord of Ashkelon | 1949-12-21 |
| Movie | Assigned to Danger | Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited) | 1948-05-19 |
| Movie | The Hunted | Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives | 1948-04-07 |
| Movie | The Black Arrow | Sir Harry Shelton | 1948-03-18 |
| Movie | The Gallant Legion | Senator Beale | 1948-05-24 |
| Movie | The Noose Hangs High | Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited) | 1948-04-05 |
| Movie | Shanghai Chest | Frank Bronson, district attorney | 1948-07-11 |
| Movie | Jiggs and Maggie in Court | Supreme Court Judge | 1948-12-12 |
| Movie | One Sunday Afternoon | Tredway | 1948-12-25 |
| Movie | The Plunderers | Cavalry Colonel | 1948-10-30 |
| Movie | My Dear Secretary | Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited) | 1948-11-05 |
| Movie | The Return of October | Taylor | 1948-10-26 |
| Movie | Race Street | Easy Mason | 1948-09-11 |
| Movie | Fun on a Weekend | John Biddle | 1947-05-15 |
| Movie | The Sea of Grass | Maj. Dell Harney | 1947-04-25 |
| Movie | Web of Danger | Gallagher | 1947-06-10 |
| Movie | Buck Privates Come Home | Mr. Appleby | 1947-04-04 |
| Movie | Dark Delusion | Mr. Logan (uncredited) | 1947-06-24 |
| Movie | Exposed | Col. Bentry | 1947-09-08 |
| Movie | The Judge Steps Out | Superior Court Judge (uncredited) | 1947-12-15 |
| Movie | Smoky River Serenade | J. Bricket Armstrong | 1947-08-20 |
| Movie | Swing Parade of 1946 | Daniel Warren Sr. | 1946-03-19 |
| Movie | The Bandit of Sherwood Forest | Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington | 1946-02-21 |
| Movie | Gay Blades | Buxton | 1946-01-25 |
| Movie | A Close Call for Boston Blackie | Attorney Harcourt (uncredited) | 1946-01-24 |
| Movie | The Hoodlum Saint | Marty Martindale (uncredited) | 1946-04-04 |
| Movie | Dark Alibi | Warden Cameron | 1946-05-25 |
| Movie | The Show-Off | Mr. Thorbison (uncredited) | 1946-12-01 |
| Movie | Till the Clouds Roll By | Producer (uncredited) | 1946-12-05 |
| Movie | The Plainsman and the Lady | Sen. Twin | 1946-11-11 |
| Movie | Flame of Barbary Coast | Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star | 1945-05-28 |
| Movie | The Master Key | Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien | 1945-04-24 |
| Movie | She Gets Her Man | Mayor | 1945-01-12 |
| Movie | First Yank into Tokyo | Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited) | 1945-09-05 |
| Movie | The Valley of Decision | Mr. Laurence Gaylord | 1945-05-03 |
| Movie | Apology for Murder | Harvey Kirkland | 1945-09-27 |
| Movie | Getting Gertie's Garter | Board Member (uncredited) | 1945-11-27 |
| Movie | A Game of Death | Mr. Whitney | 1945-11-23 |
| Movie | Scarlet Street | J.J. Hogarth | 1945-12-25 |
| Series | Captain America | 1944-02-05 | |
| Movie | Bathing Beauty | Mr. Allenwood (uncredited) | 1944-06-27 |
| Movie | The Port of 40 Thieves | Charles Farrington | 1944-08-13 |
| Movie | Louisiana Hayride | H.C.Forbes | 1944-07-13 |
| Movie | Janie | Col. Lucas - Commander Camp Wingate | 1944-09-02 |
| Movie | Air Raid Wardens | Major Scanlon | 1943-04-04 |
| Movie | Follow the Band | Jeremiah K. Barton | 1943-04-01 |
| Movie | King of the Cowboys | Texas Governor | 1943-04-09 |
| Movie | Northern Pursuit | Chief Inspector (uncredited) | 1943-11-07 |
| Movie | Three Hearts for Julia | Colonel (uncredited) | 1943-05-21 |
| Movie | The Woman of the Town | Publisher | 1943-12-31 |
| Movie | Someone to Remember | Mr. Stanton | 1943-08-21 |
| Movie | Ship Ahoy | Capt. C.V. O'Brien | 1942-04-16 |
| Movie | We Were Dancing | Mr. Bryce-Carew | 1942-04-30 |
| Movie | Butch Minds the Baby | J. Wadsworth Carrington | 1942-03-20 |
| Movie | Ride 'Em Cowboy | Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited) | 1942-02-13 |
| Movie | Sealed Lips | Dr. Charles Evans | 1942-01-02 |
| Movie | Tarzan's New York Adventure | Judge Abbotson | 1942-05-01 |
| Movie | Joe Smith, American | Mr. Edgerton | 1942-02-01 |
| Movie | Tennessee Johnson | Lincoln's Emissary | 1942-12-01 |
| Movie | Pacific Rendezvous | John Carter | 1942-05-21 |
| Movie | To the Shores of Tripoli | Major Wilson | 1942-11-09 |
| Movie | Hitler- Dead or Alive | Samuel Thornton | 1942-11-12 |
| Movie | Springtime in the Rockies | Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited) | 1942-11-06 |
| Movie | King of the Mounties | Marshal Carleton | 1942-10-17 |
| Movie | Lady in a Jam | Carter | 1942-06-19 |
| Movie | Man-Made Monster | Warden Harris (uncredited) | 1941-03-28 |
| Movie | The Great Lie | Colonel Harriston | 1941-04-05 |
| Movie | Blood and Sand | Marquis | 1941-05-30 |
| Movie | Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery | Harry Walsh | 1941-03-24 |
| Movie | Dive Bomber | Awards Speaker (uncredited) | 1941-01-01 |
| Movie | Arkansas Judge | Hetty's Attorney | 1941-01-28 |
| Movie | Western Union | Provisional Governor | 1941-02-21 |
| Movie | Here Comes Happiness | John Vance | 1941-03-15 |
| Movie | The Big Store | Arthur Hastings | 1941-06-20 |
| Movie | Great Guns | Gen. Burns | 1941-10-10 |
| Movie | They Died with Their Boots On | Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited) | 1941-11-20 |
| Movie | The Parson of Panamint | Prosecuting Attorney | 1941-07-25 |
| Movie | Buy Me That Town | Malcolm | 1941-10-03 |
| Movie | Pacific Blackout | Commanding Officer | 1941-12-31 |
| Movie | Sergeant York | General (uncredited) | 1941-09-27 |
| Movie | The Little Foxes | William Marshall | 1941-08-29 |
| Movie | Hold That Ghost | Bannister | 1941-08-08 |
| Movie | Doctors Don't Tell | Supt. Duff | 1941-09-22 |
| Movie | Earthbound | Prosecutor | 1940-06-06 |
| Movie | The Mortal Storm | Rector | 1940-06-20 |
| Movie | Sporting Blood | 'Sneak' OBrien | 1940-07-11 |
| Movie | Johnny Apollo | District Attorney | 1940-04-19 |
| Movie | Parole Fixer | U.S. District Court Judge | 1940-02-02 |
| Movie | The Return of Frank James | Prosecutor | 1940-08-10 |
| Movie | The Blue Bird | Daddy Tyl | 1940-01-15 |
| Movie | Virginia City | Armistead | 1940-03-23 |
| Movie | Enemy Agent | Lyman Scott | 1940-04-18 |
| Movie | Love Thy Neighbor | Harrington | 1940-12-27 |
| Movie | Seven Sinners | First Governor | 1940-10-25 |
| Movie | No, No, Nanette | 'Hutch' Hutchinson | 1940-12-19 |
| Movie | Santa Fe Trail | Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited) | 1940-12-20 |
| Movie | Lady with Red Hair | Wealthy London Host (uncredited) | 1940-11-30 |
| Movie | Nobody's Children | Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited) | 1940-12-12 |
| Movie | The Bank Dick | J. Frothingham Waterbury | 1940-11-29 |
| Movie | Junior G-Men | Col. Barton | 1940-11-01 |
| Movie | East of the River | Warden | 1940-11-09 |
| Movie | The Story of Alexander Graham Bell | Mr. Barrows | 1939-04-04 |
| Movie | East Side of Heaven | Hinkle (uncredited) | 1939-04-07 |
| Movie | Hotel Imperial | Austrian Officer (uncredited) | 1939-05-11 |
| Movie | Union Pacific | Sergeant (uncredited) | 1939-05-05 |
| Movie | North of Shanghai | Rowley | 1939-01-24 |
| Movie | Hotel for Women | Van Ellis | 1939-08-03 |
| Movie | Boy Trouble | Magistrate | 1939-01-27 |
| Movie | Honolulu | Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited) | 1939-02-03 |
| Movie | The Three Musketeers | Porthos | 1939-02-17 |
| Movie | The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle | Colonel (uncredited) | 1939-03-29 |
| Movie | Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President | Mr. Graves | 1939-12-01 |
| Movie | Swanee River | Andrew McDowell | 1939-12-29 |
| Movie | Stanley and Livingstone | Commissioner | 1939-08-18 |
| Movie | Bad Little Angel | Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited) | 1939-10-27 |
| Movie | Rulers of the Sea | Mr. Cunard (Uncredited) | 1939-11-08 |
| Movie | Hollywood Cavalcade | Russell Hicks | 1939-10-13 |
| Movie | The Real Glory | Capt. Manning | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | Rio | Banker (uncredited) | 1939-09-29 |
| Movie | Our Leading Citizen | Chairman | 1939-08-23 |
| Movie | Men with Wings | Gen. Marlin | 1938-07-16 |
| Movie | Kidnapped | Bailiff | 1938-05-27 |
| Movie | The Big Broadcast of 1938 | Capt. Stafford | 1938-02-11 |
| Movie | Little Miss Broadway | Perry | 1938-07-29 |
| Movie | In Old Chicago | Politician in Jack's Office | 1938-04-15 |
| Movie | Gateway | Ernest Porter | 1938-08-05 |
| Movie | You Can't Take It with You | Kirby's Attorney (uncredited) | 1938-09-01 |
| Movie | That Certain Age | Scout Leader (uncredited) | 1938-10-06 |
| Movie | Kentucky | Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861 | 1938-12-30 |
| Movie | Fugitives for a Night | Maurice Tenwright | 1938-09-23 |
| Movie | Midnight Taxi | Barney Flagg | 1937-04-04 |
| Movie | Criminals of the Air | Kurt Feldon | 1937-04-30 |
| Movie | 23 1/2 Hours Leave | Capt. Barker | 1937-03-21 |
| Movie | It Happened Out West | Cooley | 1937-05-02 |
| Movie | Secret Valley | Lawyer Austin Martin | 1937-01-15 |
| Movie | We Who Are About to Die | District Attorney Knight (uncredited) | 1937-01-08 |
| Movie | Girl Overboard | Sam Le Maire | 1937-02-01 |
| Movie | Espionage | Alfred Hartrix | 1937-02-26 |
| Movie | Pick a Star | Mr. Stone | 1937-05-21 |
| Movie | Fit for a King | Editor Hardwick | 1937-09-01 |
| Movie | The Westland Case | Mr. Woodbury | 1937-10-30 |
| Movie | On Again—Off Again | George Dilwig | 1937-07-09 |
| Movie | The Man Who Cried Wolf | Prosecuting Attorney | 1937-08-29 |
| Movie | Clipped Wings | Capt. Morton | 1937-12-02 |
| Movie | A Dangerous Adventure | Allen | 1937-07-21 |
| Movie | The Toast of New York | Lawyer | 1937-07-22 |
| Movie | The Big Shot | Martin Drake | 1937-07-23 |
| Movie | Ticket to Paradise | Colton | 1936-06-24 |
| Movie | Bunker Bean | A. C. Jones | 1936-06-26 |
| Movie | Fatal Lady | American Opera House Manager (uncredited) | 1936-05-15 |
| Movie | Follow the Fleet | Jim Nolan | 1936-02-20 |
| Movie | Spendthrift | Attorney | 1936-07-22 |
| Movie | Woman Trap | Dodd | 1936-03-06 |
| Movie | Special Investigator | Inspector Perkett | 1936-05-08 |
| Movie | Two in the Dark | Police Officer McCord | 1936-01-10 |
| Movie | Laughing at Trouble | Cyrus Hall | 1936-12-11 |
| Movie | Grand Jury | Jim Hanify | 1936-08-07 |
| Movie | The General Died at Dawn | No Matches Man (uncredited) | 1936-11-17 |
| Movie | Dodge City Trail | Kenyon Phillips | 1936-12-12 |
| Movie | The Accusing Finger | Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator | 1936-11-17 |
| Movie | Sea Spoilers | Phil Morgan | 1936-09-30 |
| Movie | 15 Maiden Lane | Judge Graham | 1936-10-16 |
| Movie | While the Patient Slept | Dr. Jay | 1935-03-09 |
| Movie | Living on Velvet | Major at Flying Field | 1935-03-02 |
| Movie | The Woman in Red | Defense Attorney Clayton | 1935-02-16 |
| Movie | Ladies Crave Excitement | Bert Taylor | 1935-06-21 |
| Movie | Devil Dogs of the Air | Captain | 1935-02-09 |
| Movie | Sweet Music | Mayor of New York City | 1935-02-23 |
| Movie | Go Into Your Dance | Sam Rupert | 1935-04-20 |
| Movie | If You Could Only Cook | Dillon (uncredited) | 1935-12-30 |
| Movie | Honeymoon Limited | Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver) | 1935-07-01 |
| Movie | Thunder in the Night | Prefect of Police | 1935-09-16 |
| Movie | Charlie Chan in Shanghai | James Andrews | 1935-10-11 |
| Movie | Lady Tubbs | Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt | 1935-07-02 |
| Movie | Dante's Inferno | Prosecuting Attorney | 1935-08-23 |
| Movie | The Case of the Howling Dog | Clinton Foley | 1934-09-22 |
| Movie | Happiness Ahead | Jim Meehan | 1934-10-27 |
| Movie | Mushrooms | President of Pure Food Association (uncredited) | 1934-02-14 |
| Movie | The Firebird | Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager | 1934-11-03 |
| Movie | Murder in the Clouds | Taggert | 1934-12-15 |
| Movie | Gentlemen Are Born | Newspaper Editor | 1934-11-17 |
| Movie | The Secret Bride | John F. Holdstock | 1934-12-22 |
| Movie | Babbitt | Commissioner Lyle Gurnee | 1934-12-08 |
| Movie | Before Morning | Jim Nichols | 1933-10-18 |
| Movie | Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages | Extra (uncredited) | 1916-09-04 |