Edward Russell Hicks (June 4, 1895 â€" June 1, 1957) was an American
film actor. Hicks was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. During
World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in France. He later became a
lieutenant Colonel in the California State Guard.Hicks appeared in
nearly 300 films between 1933 and 1956. He often appeared as a
smooth-talking confidence man, or swindler 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, crooked
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.Broadway plays in which Hicks acted included The Caine Mutiny
Court-Martial (1954), On Borrowed Time (1953), Time for Elizabeth
(1948), All the King's Horses (1934), The Little Black Book (1932),
Nona (1932), Torch Song (1930), Goin' Home (1928), No Trespassing
(1926), and The Wisecrackers (1925).
film actor. Hicks was born in 1895 in Baltimore, Maryland. During
World War I, he served in the U.S. Army in France. He later became a
lieutenant Colonel in the California State Guard.Hicks appeared in
nearly 300 films between 1933 and 1956. He often appeared as a
smooth-talking confidence man, or swindler 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, crooked
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.Broadway plays in which Hicks acted included The Caine Mutiny
Court-Martial (1954), On Borrowed Time (1953), Time for Elizabeth
(1948), All the King's Horses (1934), The Little Black Book (1932),
Nona (1932), Torch Song (1930), Goin' Home (1928), No Trespassing
(1926), and The Wisecrackers (1925).
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