Edwin Maxwell (actor)
Edwin Maxwell | |
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| Born | 9 February 1886 |
| Died | 13 August 1948 (aged 62) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1918–48 |
Edwin Maxwell (9 February 1886 – 13 August 1948) was an Irish character actor in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently cast as shady businessmen and shysters, though often ones with a dignified bearing.
From 1939 to 1942, Maxwell served as the dialogue director for the films of epic director Cecil B. DeMille. Maxwell appeared in four Academy Award-winning Best Pictures: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Grand Hotel (1932), The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and You Can't Take It with You (1938).
Partial filmography
- The Taming of the Shrew (1929) film debut as Baptista
- All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) as Mr. Bäumer
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930) as Maupeou
- The Yellow Ticket (1931)
- Six Hours to Live (1932)
- Scarface (1932) as chief of detectives
- Grand Hotel (1932) as Dr. Waitz
- Those We Love (1932)
- State Trooper (1933)
- Duck Soup (1933) as Freedonia's Secretary of War
- Dinner at Eight (1933) as Mr. Fitch
- Night of Terror (1933) as The Maniac
- Fog (1933)
- The Ninth Guest (1934)
- Cleopatra (1934) as Casca
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- The Great Ziegfeld (1936) as Charles Frohman
- Fury (1936) as Will Vickery
- Panic on the Air (1936)
- Torture Money (1937)
- You Can't Take It With You (1938) as Kirby's attorney
- Romance on the Run (1938)
- Ninotchka (1939) as Mercier
- Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) as Reverend Daniel Gros
- His Girl Friday (1940) as Dr. Max J. Eggelhoffer
- Pacific Blackout (1941)
- Wilson (1944) as William Jennings Bryan
- The Jolson Story (1946) as Oscar Hammerstein
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