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 smoothtalking confidence man as in the WC 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
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