Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
6/3/1895
Place of Birth
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Also Known As
Russell Hicks
Biography
Known For
Captain America
as Mayor Randolph
Western Union
as Provisional Governor
Happiness Ahead
as Jim Meehan
Silver River
as Edwards (uncredited)
The Woman of the Town
as Publisher
Sergeant York
as General (uncredited)
Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited)
Northern Pursuit
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Samson and Delilah
as Lord of Ashkelon
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Russell Hicks
Dive Bomber
as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth
Virginia City
as Armistead
Honolulu
as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
Kidnapped
as Bailiff
The Fountainhead
as Banner Board Member (uncredited)
7th Cavalry
as Col. Kellogg
Seven Sinners
as First Governor
Kentucky
as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
Race Street
as Easy Mason
Career Timeline
1956
1955
1952
1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Role unknown
Overland Telegraph
as Col. Marvin
As You Were
as Col. Lockwood
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
as J. Winston Fletcher
All That I Have
as Jess Northrup
Racket Squad
Role unknown
Kentucky Jubilee
as T.J. Hoarsely
Fourteen Hours
as Regan, Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Bowery Battalion
as Melvin Hatfield
1950
1949
1948
One Sunday Afternoon
as Tredway
Jiggs and Maggie in Court
as Supreme Court Judge
Studio One
as Hinton
My Dear Secretary
as Dick Fulton - Publisher (uncredited)
The Plunderers
as Cavalry Colonel
The Return of October
as Taylor
Race Street
as Easy Mason
The Velvet Touch
as Actor 'Judge Brack'
The Shanghai Chest
as Frank Bronson, district attorney
The Gallant Legion
as Senator Beale
Silver River
as Edwards (uncredited)
Assigned to Danger
as Thomas A. Rivers (uncredited)
The Hunted
as Dan Meredith, Chief of Detectives
The Noose Hangs High
as Johnny - Copper Club Manager (uncredited)
The Black Arrow
as Sir Harry Shelton
1947
The Judge Steps Out
as Superior Court Judge (uncredited)
Louisiana
as Fred Astor
Exposed
as Col. Bentry
Smoky River Serenade
as J. Bricket Armstrong
Dark Delusion
as Mr. Logan (uncredited)
Web of Danger
as Gallagher
Fun on a Weekend
as John Biddle
The Sea of Grass
as Maj. Dell Harney
Buck Privates Come Home
as Mr. Appleby
The Pilgrim Lady
as Thackery Gibbs
1946
Till the Clouds Roll By
as Producer (uncredited)
The Show-Off
as Mr. Thorbison (uncredited)
The Plainsman and the Lady
as Sen. Twin
G.I. War Brides
as Insp. Ramsaye
Dark Alibi
as Warden Cameron
The Hoodlum Saint
as Marty Martindale (uncredited)
Swing Parade of 1946
as Daniel Warren Sr.
The Bandit of Sherwood Forest
as Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
Gay Blades
as Buxton
A Close Call for Boston Blackie
as Attorney Harcourt (uncredited)
1945
Scarlet Street
as J.J. Hogarth
Getting Gertie's Garter
as Board Member (uncredited)
A Game of Death
as Mr. Whitney
Apology for Murder
as Harvey Kirkland
First Yank into Tokyo
as Gen. T.W. Stanton (uncredited)
Flame of Barbary Coast
as Cyrus Danver, Owner San Francisco Star
The Valley of Decision
as Mr. Laurence Gaylord
The Master Key
as Police Chief Michael J. O'Brien
She Gets Her Man
as Mayor
1944
1943
The Woman of the Town
as Publisher
His Butler's Sister
as Sanderson
Northern Pursuit
as Chief Inspector (uncredited)
Proceed and Report
as Captain
Someone to Remember
as Mr. Stanton
Three Hearts for Julia
as Colonel (uncredited)
King of the Cowboys
as Texas Governor
Air Raid Wardens
as Major Scanlon
Follow the Band
as Jeremiah K. Barton
1942
Tennessee Johnson
as Lincoln's Emissary
Strictly in the Groove
as RC Saunders
Hitler- Dead or Alive
as Samuel Thornton
To the Shores of Tripoli
as Major Wilson
Springtime in the Rockies
as Theatergoer in blackout (uncredited)
King of the Mounties
as Marshal Carleton
Lady in a Jam
as Carter
Pacific Rendezvous
as John Carter
Tarzan's New York Adventure
as Judge Abbotson
We Were Dancing
as Mr. Bryce-Carew
Fingers at the Window
as Dr. Chandley
Ship Ahoy
as Capt. C.V. O'Brien
Butch Minds the Baby
as J. Wadsworth Carrington
Joe Smith, American
as Mr. Edgerton
Sealed Lips
as Dr. Charles Evans
1941
Pacific Blackout
as Commanding Officer
They Died with Their Boots On
as Colonel of 1st Michigan (uncredited)
Ride 'Em Cowboy
as Rodeo Announcer #1 (uncredited)
Great Guns
as Gen. Burns
Buy Me That Town
as Malcolm
Sergeant York
as General (uncredited)
Doctors Don't Tell
as Supt. Duff
Dive Bomber
as Awards Speaker (uncredited)
The Little Foxes
as William Marshall
The Pittsburgh Kid
as (uncredited)
Hold That Ghost
as Bannister
The Parson of Panamint
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Big Store
as Arthur Hastings
Blood and Sand
as Marquis
The Great Lie
as Colonel Harriston
Man-Made Monster
as Warden Harris (uncredited)
Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery
as Harry Walsh
Here Comes Happiness
as John Vance
A Man Betrayed
as C.R. Pringle
Western Union
as Provisional Governor
The Strawberry Blonde
as Treadway - Hugo's Lawyer (uncredited)
Arkansas Judge
as Hetty's Attorney
1940
Love Thy Neighbor
as Harrington
Santa Fe Trail
as Dr. J. Boyce Russell (uncredited)
No, No, Nanette
as 'Hutch' Hutchinson
Nobody's Children
as Sen. Lawrence Hargrave (uncredited)
A Night at Earl Carroll's
as Mayor Jones of Hollywood
Lady with Red Hair
as Wealthy London Host (uncredited)
The Bank Dick
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
East of the River
as Warden
Junior G-Men
as Col. Barton
Seven Sinners
as First Governor
Dead End Kids vs. Spies, Inc.
as Colonel Barton
The Return of Frank James
as Prosecutor
Sporting Blood
as 'Sneak' OBrien
The Mortal Storm
as Rector
Earthbound
as Prosecutor
Johnny Apollo
as District Attorney
Enemy Agent
as Lyman Scott
Virginia City
as Armistead
Parole Fixer
as U.S. District Court Judge
The Blue Bird
as Daddy Tyl
1939
Swanee River
as Andrew McDowell
The Big Guy
as Lawson
Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
as Mr. Graves
Rulers of the Sea
as Mr. Cunard (Uncredited)
Bad Little Angel
as Maj. Ellwood, newspaper owner (uncredited)
Hollywood Cavalcade
as Russell Hicks
The Real Glory
as Capt. Manning
America's Safest Tire
as Fisk Tire Official
Our Leading Citizen
as Chairman
Stanley and Livingstone
as Commissioner
Hotel for Women
as Van Ellis
Hotel Imperial
as Austrian Officer (uncredited)
Union Pacific
as Sergeant (uncredited)
East Side of Heaven
as Hinkle (uncredited)
The Story of Alexander Graham Bell
as Mr. Barrows
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
as Colonel (uncredited)
The Three Musketeers
as Porthos
Honolulu
as Mr. Clifford Jones (uncredited)
Boy Trouble
as Magistrate
North of Shanghai
as Rowley
1938
Kentucky
as Thad Goodwin Sr. - 1861
That Certain Age
as Scout Leader (uncredited)
Fugitives for a Night
as Maurice Tenwright
You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
Gateway
as Ernest Porter
Little Miss Broadway
as Perry
Men with Wings
as Gen. Marlin
Kidnapped
as Bailiff
In Old Chicago
as Politician in Jack's Office
The Big Broadcast of 1938
as Capt. Stafford
1937
Clipped Wings
as Capt. Morton
The Westland Case
as Mr. Woodbury
Partners in Crime
as Mayor Callahan
Fit for a King
as Editor Hardwick
The Man Who Cried Wolf
as Prosecuting Attorney
The Big Shot
as Martin Drake
The Toast of New York
as Lawyer
A Dangerous Adventure
as Allen
On Again—Off Again
as George Dilwig
The Wildcatter
as Tom Frayne
Fifty Roads to Town
as Police Official
Pick a Star
as Mr. Stone
It Happened Out West
as Cooley
Criminals of the Air
as Kurt Feldon
Let Them Live
as Newspaper Editor
Midnight Taxi
as Barney Flagg
23 1/2 Hours Leave
as Capt. Barker
Espionage
as Alfred Hartrix
Girl Overboard
as Sam Le Maire
Secret Valley
as Lawyer Austin Martin
We Who Are About to Die
as District Attorney Knight (uncredited)
1936
Dodge City Trail
as Kenyon Phillips
Laughing at Trouble
as Cyrus Hall
The Accusing Finger
as Vociferous Pro-Capital Punishment Senator
The General Died at Dawn
as No Matches Man (uncredited)
15 Maiden Lane
as Judge Graham
Sea Spoilers
as Phil Morgan
Grand Jury
as Jim Hanify
Spendthrift
as Attorney
Bunker Bean
as A. C. Jones
Ticket to Paradise
as Colton
Fatal Lady
as American Opera House Manager (uncredited)
Special Investigator
as Inspector Perkett
Woman Trap
as Dodd
Laughing Irish Eyes
as Silk Taylor
The Music Goes 'Round
as Mr. Cohn
Follow the Fleet
as Jim Nolan
Two in the Dark
as Police Officer McCord (uncredited)
1935
If You Could Only Cook
as Dillon (uncredited)
Millions in the Air
as Davis
Charlie Chan in Shanghai
as James Andrews
Thunder in the Night
as Prefect of Police
Dante's Inferno
as Prosecuting Attorney
Lady Tubbs
as Mr. Ronald Ash-Orcutt
Honeymoon Limited
as Slug Gorman (alias Colonel Carver)
Ladies Crave Excitement
as Bert Taylor
Go Into Your Dance
as Sam Rupert
While the Patient Slept
as Dr. Jay
Living on Velvet
as Major at Flying Field
Sweet Music
as Mayor of New York City
The Woman in Red
as Defense Attorney Clayton
Devil Dogs of the Air
as Captain
1934
The Secret Bride
as John F. Holdstock
Murder in the Clouds
as Taggert
Babbitt
as Commissioner Lyle Gurnee
Gentlemen Are Born
as Newspaper Editor
The Firebird
as Mr. Beyer, the Stage Manager
Happiness Ahead
as Jim Meehan
The Case of the Howling Dog
as Clinton Foley
Mushrooms
as President of Pure Food Association (uncredited)