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Edwin Maxwell

Actor

Died August 13, 1948 (62 years)

Edwin Maxwell was an Irish character actor on in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently cast as shady businessmen and shysters, though often ones with a pompous or dignified bearing. Prior to that, he was an actor on the Broadway stage and a director of plays.

Movies & Shows with Edwin Maxwell on Plex

Nothing Sacred
The Devil and Miss Jones
Made for Each Other
Kit Carson
Swamp Fire

Filmography

1948
The Vicious Circle · as Presiding Judge
1948
The Walls of Jericho · as Porter Grimes
1948
Campus Honeymoon · as Sen. Hughes
1946
Swamp Fire · as Capt. Pierre Moise
1944
Since You Went Away · as Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
1944
Wilson · as William Jennings Bryan
1943
Heaven Can Wait · as Doctor (uncredited)
1941
1941
Blossoms in the Dust · as City Councilman
1941
Ride on Vaquero · as Dan Clark
1940
His Girl Friday · as Dr. Egelhoffer
1940
1940
New Moon · as Captain de Jean
1940
Brigham Young · as 2nd Mob Leader
1940
The Blue Bird · as Oak
1940
Kit Carson · as John Sutter
1939
Made for Each Other · as Messerschmidt
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln · as John T. Stuart (uncredited)
1939
Way Down South · as Martin Dill
1939
Ninotchka · as Mercier
1939
Drums Along the Mohawk · as Rev. Daniel Gros
1938
The Rage of Paris · as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1938
Hold That Kiss · as Theatre Manager
1938
Romance on the Run · as Mondoon
1938
You Can't Take It with You · as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
1937
A Star Is Born · as Vocal Coach (uncredited)
1937
Love Takes Flight · as Dave Miller
1937
Nothing Sacred · as Mr. Bullock (uncredited)
1936
Fury · as Vickery
1936
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town · as Douglas (uncredited)
1936
The Great Ziegfeld · as Charles Frohman
1936
Camille · as Doctor (uncredited)
1936
The Plainsman · as Secretary of War Edwin Stanton
1936
Come and Get It · as Sid LeMaire
1936
A Man Betrayed · as Richards
1935
'G' Men · as Joseph Kratz (uncredited)
1935
The Devil Is a Woman · as Tobacco Plant Manager (uncredited)
1935
The Last Days of Pompeii · as The Augur, a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
1935
Great God Gold · as Nitto
1934
The Cat's-Paw · as District Attorney Neal
1934
Mystery Liner · as Major Pope
1934
Hollywood Party · as Buddy Goldfarb (uncredited)
1934
Burn 'Em Up Barnes · as Lyman Warren
1934
Cleopatra · as Casca
1933
Mystery of the Wax Museum · as Worth, Eigor's bootlegger partner
1933
Dinner at Eight · as Mr. Fitch
1933
Lady Killer · as Jeffries - Theatre Manager
1933
Heroes for Sale · as Laundry Company President
1933
The Mayor of Hell · as Louis Johnson
1933
Night of Terror · as The Maniac
1933
Big Time or Bust · as Winthrop Allen
1933
Back Page · as Martin Blake
1933
Duck Soup · as Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)
1932
Scarface · as Chief of detectives
1932
American Madness · as Clark (uncredited)
1932
Grand Hotel · as Dr. Waitz
1932
Blessed Event · as Sam Gobel
1932
Frisco Jenny · as Tom Ford
1932
Those We Love · as Marshall
1932
Shopworn · as Bierbauer
1932
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood · as Chauncey Chadwick
1931
Daddy Long Legs · as Wykoff (uncredited)
1930
All Quiet on the Western Front · as Herr Bäumer (uncredited)
1930
The Gorilla · as Cyrus Stevens
1929

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