Actor

Russell Hicks

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Acting credits

237

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Very extensive acting filmography.

TMDB popularity

0.6

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Movies: 228Series: 9

TMDB ID: 13969

IMDb ID: nm0382954

Known for: Acting

Born: June 3, 1895

Died: June 1, 1957

Age: 61

Place of birth: Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1916 - 2022

Years active: 107

Average TMDB rating: 6.44

Wikidata: Q3453469

Also known as

Edward Russell Hicks • R. E. Hicks • R.E. Hicks

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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 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.