Russell Hicks (June 4, 1895 – June 1, 1957) was an American film actor. He 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 and attorneys, working in a variety of mediums almost up 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 was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Los Angeles, California, from a heart attack.

Biography

Russell Hicks débute comme figurant en 1915 et 1916, sur deux films de D.W. Griffith. Mais surtout, après l'avènement du parlant, il participe comme « second rôle » à plus de 300 films américains de 1933 à 1956, notamment des westerns.

Pour la télévision, il apparaît dans des séries de 1950 à 1957.

Au théâtre, il joue à Broadway entre 1925 et 1955, dans neuf pièces et une comédie musicale.