1895 - 1957

Seine erste kleine Rolle verkörperte er im Klassiker "The Birth of a Nation" (15) von D.W. Griffith, dem gleich ein weiterer Klassiker mit "Intolerance" (16) - ebenfalls von Griffith - folgte.

Seine eigentliche schauspielerische Laufbahn begann jedoch erst in den 30er Jahren, wo er innert kürzester Zeit ein äusserst begehrter Darsteller, der meist respektvolle Figuren wie Richter, Geschäftsmänner, Anwälte oder Offiziere darstellte, aber auch grossväterliche Rollen spielte

Zu seinen bekanntesten Filmen der 30er Jahre gehören "Murder in the Clouds" (34), "Cardinal Richelieu" (35), "Charlie Chan in Shanghai" (35), "Hearts in Bondage" (36), "Ticket to Paradise" (36), "In Old Chicago" (37), "Espionage" (37), "Kidnapped" (38), "Gateway" (38), "That Certain Age" (38), "The Three Musketeers" (39), "The Story of Alexander Graham Bell" (39), "Union Pacific" (39) und "Hotel Imperial" (39).

In den 40er Jahren agierte er in einer Fülle weiterer Filme und spielte mit vielen Stars der damaligen Zeit zusammen.
Unter anderem spielte er in den Produktionen "Virginia City" (40), "The Bank Dick" (40), "The Return of Frank James" (40), "Western Union" (41), "Blood and Sand" (41), "Sergeant York" (41), "The Little Foxes" (41), "We Were Dancing" (42), "Tarzan's New York Adventure" (42), "Hitler - Dead or Alive" (42), "Captain America" (44), "Dark Alibi" (46), "Plainsman and the Lady" (46), "Exposed" (47), "The Velvet Touch" (48) und "Samson and Delilah" (49).

Russell Hicks war es vergönnt, bis kurz vor seinem Tod aktiv als Schauspieler tätig zu bleiben und er verkörperte in seinen letzten Lebensjahren weitere unzählige Rollen, wobei auch das Fernsehen einen grösseren Stellenwert in seiner Laufbahn einnahm.

Zu seinen letzten Filmen zählen "The Flying Saucer" (50), "As You Were" (51), "Rodeo" (52), "The Maverick" (52), "Man of Conflict" (53), "Once Upon a Honeymoon" (56), "7th Cavalry" (56) und eine Episode der Serie "West Point: The Drowning of the Gun" (57).
 

Weitere Filme mit Russell Hicks:
Before Morning (33) Enlighten Thy Daughter (34) My Mummy's Arms (34) The Case of the Howling Dog (34) Happiness Ahead (34) The St. Louis Kid (34) The Firebird (34) Gentlemen Are Born (34) Babbitt (34) The Secret Bride (34) Devil Dogs of the Air (35) The Woman in Red (35) Sweet Music (35) While the Patient Slept (35) Living on Velvet (35) Go Into Your Dance (35) Ten Dollar Raise (35) Ladies Crave Excitement (35) Honeymoon Limited (35) Lady Tubbs (35) Dante's Inferno (35) Ladies Love Danger (35) Thunder in the Night (35) 1000 Dollars a Minute (35) Grand Exit (35) Milions in the Air (35) If You Could Oly Cook (35) Two in the Dark (36) Tough Guy (36) Rose-Marie (36) Follow the Fleet (36) TheMusic Goes 'Round (36) Laughing Irish Eyes (36) Woman Trap (36) Special Investigator (36) Fatal Lady (36) Trapped by Television (36) Bunker Bean (36) Spendthrift (36) Grand Jury (36) Straight fro the Shoulder (36) The General Died at Dawn (36) Fifteen Maiden Lane (36) Sea Spoilers (36) Mad Holiday (36) The Accusing Finger (36) Laughing at Trouble (36) Dodge City Trail (36) We Who Are About to Die (37) Secret Valley (37) Girl Overboard (37) 23 /2 Hours Leave (37) Maytime (37) Midnight Taxi (37) King of Gamblers (37) Let Them Live (37) Criminals of the Air (37) It Happened Out West (37) Pick a Star (37) Fifty Roads to Town (37) The Wildcatter (37) On Again Off Again (37) A Dangerous Adventure (37) The Toast of New York (37) The Big Shot (37) The Man Who Cried Wolf (37) Fit for a King (37) Partners in Crime (37) The Westland Case (37) Clipped Wings (37) Wise Girl (37) The Big Broadcast of 1938 (38) Men with Wings (38) Little Miss Broadway (38) You Can't Take It with You (38) Fugitives for a Night (38) Kentucky (38) America's Safest Tire (39) North of Shanghai (39) Boy Trouble (39) Boy Slaves (39) Honolulu (39) I Was a Convict (39) The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (39) East Side of Heaven (39) Man of Conquest (39) Hotel for Women (39) Stanley and Livingstone (39) Our Leading Citizen (39) The Real Glory (39) Rio (39) Hollywood Cavalcade (39) Bad Little Angel (39) Rulers of the Sea (39) Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President (39) The Honeymoon's Over (39) The Big Guy (39) Swanee River (39) The Blue Bird (40) Parole Fixer (40) Johnny Apollo (40) Enemy Agent (40) Earthbound (40) The Mortal Storm (40) Queen of the Mob (40) Sporting Blood (40) Junior G-Men (40) Fugitive from a Prison Camp (40) Nobody's Children (40) Seven Sinners (40) East of the River (40) Lady with Red Hair (40) A Night at Earl Carroll's (40) No, No, Nanette (40) Santa Fe Trail (40) Love Thy Neighbor (40) Arkansas Judge (41) The Strawberry Blonde (41) A Man Betrayed (41) Here Comes Happiness (41) The Man Who Lost Himself (41) Ellery Queen's Penthouse Mystery (41) Man Made Monster (41) The Great Lie (41) The Big Store (41) The Parson of Panamint (41) Hold That Ghost (41) Dive Bomber (41) The Pittsburgh Kid (41) Doctors Don't Tell (41) Unexpected Uncle (41) Honky tonk (41) Buy Me That Town (41) Great Guns (41) Public Enemies (41) They Died with Their Boots On (41) Pacific Blackout (41) Sealed Lips (42) Ride 'Em Cowboy (42) Joe Smith, American (42) To the Shores of Tripoli (42) Butch Minds the Baby (42) Fingers at the Window (42) Pacific Rendezvous (42) Ship Ahoy (42) Lady in a Jam (42) Wings for the Eagle (42) Blondie for Victory (42) King of the Mounties (42) Keeping Fit (42) Springtime in the Rockies (42) Strictly in the Groove (42) Behind the Eight Ball (42) Tennessee Johnson (42) Harrigan's Kid (43) King of the Cowboys (43) Follow the Band (43) Air Raid Wardens (43) Three Hearts for Julia (43) Someone to Remember (43) Northern Pursuit (43) His Butler's Sister (43) There's Something About a Soldier (43) What a Woman! (43) The Woman of the Town (43) Hat Check Honey (44) Bathing Beauty (44) Louisiana Hayride (44) Janie (44) Port of 40 Thieves (44) Getting Gertie's Garter (45) I Was a Criminal (45) She Gets Her Man (45) A Guy, a Gal and a Pal (45) The Master key (45) The Valley of Decision (45) Flame of Barbary Coast (45) First Yank Into Tokyo (45) Apology for Murder (45) That Night with You (45) Week-End at the Waldorf (45) A Game of Death (45) She Wouldn't Say Yes (45) Scarlet Street (45) A Close Call for Boston Blackie (46) Gay Blades (46) The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (46) Swing Parade of 1946 (46) The Hoodlum Saint (46) The Unknown (46) G.I. War Brides (46) Earl Carroll Sketchbook (46) The Bachelor's Daughters (46) Till the Clouds Roll By (46) The Show-Off (46) The Pilgrim Lady (47) The Beginning or the End (47) The Sea of Grass (47) Buck Privates Come Home (47) Fun on a Weekend (47) Web of Danger (47) Dark Delusion (47) Smooth Sailing (47) Smoky River Serenade (47) Variety Girl (47) Louisiana (47) The Fabulous Texan (47) The Mating of Millie (48) The Black Arrow (48) The Noose Hangs High (48) The Hunted (48) Silver River (48) Assigned do Danger (48) The Gallant Legion (48) The Shanghai Chest (48) Race Street (48) The Return of October (48) The Plunerers (48) Jiggs and Maggie in Court (48) One Sunday Afternoon (48) My Dear Secretary (49) I Cheated the Law (49) South of St. Louis (49) Manhattan Angel (49) The Judge Steps Out (49) The Fountainhead (49) Barbary Pirate (49) Shocking Affair (49) Malaya (49) Serie "The Bigelow Theatre: Mechanic on Duty (50) Blue Grass of Kentucky (50) Unmasked (50) Square Dance Katy (50) Serie "The silver Theatre: Double Feature" (50) The Big Hangover (50) Serie "Fireside Theatre: Man Without a Country" (50) Duchess of Idaho (50) The Petty Girl (50) Again…Pioneers (50) Serie "The Cisco Kid: False Marriage (50) All That I Have (51) Bowery Battalion (51) Belle Le Grand (51) Fourteen Hours (51) Kentucky Jubilee (51) Crazy Over Horses (51) Serie "Racket Squad: The Case of the Slightly Used Car" (51) Overland Telegraph (51) Serie "Joseph Schildkraut Presents: The Professor" (52) Old Oklahoma Plains (52) Mr. Walkie Talkie (52) Serie "The Lone Ranger: The Condemned Man" (52) Serie "Racket Squad: The Elephant in Stockings" (52) Serie "Armstrong Circle Theatre: Sunday Storm" (53) Serie "Hallmark Hall of Fame: Soldier of Peace" (53) Serie "My Little Margie: Margie's Phantom Lover" (53) Serie "The Man Behind the Badge: The Case of the Narcotics Racket" (54) Serie "The Secret Storm" (54) Serie "Studio One: For the Defense" (55) Serie "The Phil Silvers Show: Mardi Gras" (55) Serie "Ford Star Jubilee: The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial" (55) Serie "Playwrights '56: The Answer" (55) Serie "Chevron Hall of Stars: Eminent Domain" (56) Serie "Omnibus: With Liberty and Justice for All" (56) Serie "Navy Log: Ninety Day Wonder" (56) Serie "Cheyenne: West of the River" (56) Serie "Playwrights '56: The Center of the Maze" (56) Serie "It's a Great Life: The Yachting Party" (56) Serie "Sheriff of Cochise: Father and Son" (56) Serie "Telephone Time: Hatfield, the Rainmaker" (56) You Can't Run Away from It (56) Serie "The Adventures of Hiram Holliday: Hawaiian Hamzah" (56) Serie "Panic!: The Embezzler" (57) Serie "Schlitz Playhosue of Stars: Clothes Make the Man" (57) Serie "Crossroads: Convict 1321, Age 21 (57) Serie "Date with the Angels: The Feud" (57)