Edwin Maxwell

Edwin Maxwell

Birthday: Feb 9, 1886

Bio: After a considerable career on stage as an actor and director, Dublin-born Edwin Maxwell made his screen debut as Baptista in the Doug Fairbanks-Mary Pickford version of Taming of the Shrew (1929). The stocky, balding Maxwell spent the 1930s specializing in oily bureaucrats, crooked businessmen and shyster lawyers. Once in a while, he'd play a sympathetic role,… More Bio: After a considerable career on stage as an actor and director, Dublin-born Edwin Maxwell made his screen debut as Baptista in the Doug Fairbanks-Mary Pickford version of Taming of the Shrew (1929). The stocky, balding Maxwell spent the 1930s specializing in oily bureaucrats, crooked businessmen and shyster lawyers. Once in a while, he'd play a sympathetic role, notably the scrupulously honest Italian-American detective in Scarface. More often (especially in the films of director Frank Capra), his characters existed merely as an easily deflatable foil. One of Maxwell's most flamboyant performances was as the maniacal serial killer, in Night of Terror(1933), who rose from the dead at fade-out time to warn the audience not to reveal the end of the film or else! Essaying more benign characters in 1940s, he was seen as William Jennings Bryan in Wilson (1944) and as Oscar Hammerstein in The Jolson Story (1946). From 1939 to 1942, Maxwell served as dialogue director for the films of Cecil B. DeMille. Edwin Maxwell holds the distinction of appearing in four Academy Award-winning films: All Quiet on the Western Front (1930), Grand Hotel (1932), The Great Ziegfeld (1936) and You Can't Take It With You (1938). ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Filmography

Bloodhounds of Broadway (1952)
- Actor
The Gangster (1947)
- Politician
The Jolson Story (1946)
- Oscar Hammerstein
Swamp Fire (1946)
- Capt. Moise
Mama Loves Papa (1945)
- Kirkwood
Wilson (1944)
- William Jennings Bryan
- 88%
Since You Went Away (1944)
- Businessman
- 83%
Waterfront (1944)
- Max Kramer
Gaslight (1944)
- Vickery
- 88%
The Great Moment (1944)
- V.P. from Medical Society
- 83%
Holy Matrimony (1943)
- Edward VII
Heaven Can Wait (1943)
- Doctor
- 89%
Behind Prison Walls (1943)
- Percy Webb
Street of Chance (1942)
- Stillwell
Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)
- John Randolph
I Live on Danger (1942)
- Wingy Keefe
Blossoms in the Dust (1941)
- Board Member
- 25%
The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)
- Withers
- 100%
Brigham Young (1940)
- Leader
New Moon (1940)
- Capt. de Jean
The Blue Bird (1940)
- Oak
His Girl Friday (1940)
- Dr. Egelhoffer
- 97%
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
- Doctor
- 100%
Kit Carson (1940)
- John Sutter
Ninotchka (1939)
- Mercier
- 100%
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
- Rev. Daniel Gros
- 78%
Way Down South (1939)
- Martin Dill
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
- John T. Stuart
- 100%
Made for Each Other (1939)
- Messerschmidt
Land of Liberty (1939)
- Actor
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
- Attorney
- 96%
Romance on the Run (1938)
- Mondoon
One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
- Ira Westing Music Editor
- 83%
Slim (1937)
- Corton
The Road Back (1937)
- Principal
Night Key (1937)
- Kruger
A Star Is Born (1937)
- Voice Coach
- 100%
Love Is News (1937)
- Kenyon
The Plainsman (1937)
- Stanton
Man Betrayed (1937)
- Actor
Come and Get It (1936)
- Sid LeMaire
- 89%
Big Brown Eyes (1936)
- Editor
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
- Douglas
- 93%
Camille (1936)
- Doctor
- 91%
Fury (1936)
- Vickery
- 100%
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
- Charles Froman
- 59%
Thanks a Million (1935)
- Mr. Casey
The Crusades (1935)
- Ship's Master
The Last Days of Pompeii (1935)
- Actor
'G' Men (G-Men) (1935)
- Joseph Kratz
Great God Gold (1935)
- Nitto
The Devil is a Woman (1935)
- Superintendent of Tobacco Factory
Motive for Revenge (1935)
- William King
Cleopatra (1934)
- Casca
- 88%
The Cat's-Paw (1934)
- District Attorney Neal
Burn 'Em Up Barnes (1934)
- Actor
Hollywood Party (1934)
- Buddy Goldfard Liondora's Manager
American Madness (1934)
- Clark
Dancing Man (1934)
- Reynolds
Mystery Liner (1934)
- Maj. Pope
Duck Soup (1933)
- Secretary of War
- 94%
Dinner at Eight (1933)
- Mr. Fitch the Hotel Manager
- 100%
The Mayor of Hell (1933)
- Louis Johnston
Heroes for Sale (1933)
- President of the Laundry
Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)
- Joe Worth
- 100%
Frisco Jenny (1933)
- Tom Ford
Lady Killer (1933)
- Jeffries theater manager
Night of Terror (1933)
- The Maniac
Ann Vickers (1933)
- Defense Attorney
Scarface (1932)
- Chief Detective
- 100%
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)
- Chauncey Chadwick
Shopworn (1932)
- Bierbauer
Blessed Event (1932)
- Goebel
Grand Hotel (1932)
- Dr. Waitz
- 86%
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
- Jake Symonds Agent
Girl From Calgary (1932)
- Actor
Daybreak (1931)
- Herr Hoffman
Inspiration (1931)
- Julian Montell
Ambassador Bill (1931)
- Monte
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
- Mr. Baumer
- 97%
DuBarry, Woman of Passion (1930)
- Maupeou
The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
- Baptista
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