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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.
Born
Tuesday, 09 February 1886
Died
Friday, 13 August 1948
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Walls of Jericho | Porter Grimes | 1948 |
| The Vicious Circle | Presiding Judge | 1948 |
| Campus Honeymoon | Sen. Hughes | 1948 |
| The Gangster | Politician (as Eddie Maxwell) / Johnny - Politician | 1947 |
| Second Chance | Mr. Davenport | 1947 |
| The Jolson Story | Oscar Hammerstein | 1946 |
| Swamp Fire | Capt. Pierre Moise | 1946 |
| The Great John L. | Exhibition Ring Announcer | 1945 |
| Practically Yours | Radio Official | 1944 |
| Wilson | William Jennings Bryan | 1944 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Walls of Jericho | Porter Grimes | 1948 |
| The Vicious Circle | Presiding Judge | 1948 |
| Campus Honeymoon | Sen. Hughes | 1948 |
| The Gangster | Politician (as Eddie Maxwell) / Johnny - Politician | 1947 |
| Second Chance | Mr. Davenport | 1947 |
| The Jolson Story | Oscar Hammerstein | 1946 |
| Swamp Fire | Capt. Pierre Moise | 1946 |
| The Great John L. | Exhibition Ring Announcer | 1945 |
| Practically Yours | Radio Official | 1944 |
| Wilson | William Jennings Bryan | 1944 |
| The Great Moment | Vice-President of Medical Society | 1944 |
| Since You Went Away | Businessman in Cocktail Lounge | 1944 |
| Waterfront | Max Kramer | 1944 |
| Holy Matrimony | King Edward VII | 1943 |
| Heaven Can Wait | Doctor | 1943 |
| Behind Prison Walls | Percy Webb | 1943 |
| Street of Chance | Stillwell, D.A. | 1942 |
| I Live on Danger | Wingy Keefe | 1942 |
| Ten Gentlemen from West Point | Sen. John Randolph | 1942 |
| Pacific Blackout | District Attorney | 1941 |
| Buy Me That Town | P.V. Baxter | 1941 |
| Blossoms in the Dust | City Councilman | 1941 |
| Ride on Vaquero | Dan Clark | 1941 |
| The Devil and Miss Jones | Withers | 1941 |
| Know for Sure | Dr. Paxton | 1941 |
| Brigham Young | 2nd Mob Leader | 1940 |
| Kit Carson | John Sutter | 1940 |
| New Moon | Captain de Jean | 1940 |
| Jack Pot | Rocky Fallon | 1940 |
| Parole Fixer | Edward Murkil | 1940 |
| Pound Foolish | George Reynolds | 1940 |
| His Girl Friday | Dr. Egelhoffer | 1940 |
| The Blue Bird | Oak | 1940 |
| The Shop Around the Corner | Doctor | 1940 |
| Ninotchka | Mercier | 1939 |
| Drums Along the Mohawk | Rev. Daniel Gros | 1939 |
| Way Down South | Martin Dill | 1939 |
| Young Mr. Lincoln | John T. Stuart | 1939 |
| Made for Each Other | Messerschmidt | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | (archive footage) | 1939 |
| Vacation from Love | Samson Hatfield | 1938 |
| You Can't Take It with You | Attorney to Kirby | 1938 |
| Rich Man, Poor Girl | Krauss / Mr. Krauss - the Shoe Store Manager | 1938 |
| The Rage of Paris | Hotel Manager | 1938 |
| Hold That Kiss | Theatre Manager | 1938 |
| Romance on the Run | Mondoon | 1938 |
| Paradise for Three | First Lawyer | 1938 |
| Nothing Sacred | Mr. Bullock | 1937 |
| Love Takes Flight | Dave Miller | 1937 |
| One Hundred Men and a Girl | Ira Westing - Editor | 1937 |
| Slim | Corton | 1937 |
| Slave Ship | Auctioneer | 1937 |
| The Road Back | Principal | 1937 |
| Night Key | Kruger / Lawyer Kruger | 1937 |
| A Star Is Born | Vocal Coach | 1937 |
| Love Is News | Kenyon | 1937 |
| Torture Money | Milton Beacher | 1937 |
| A Man Betrayed | Richards | 1936 |
| Camille | Doctor | 1936 |
| The Plainsman | Secretary of War Edwin Stanton | 1936 |
| Come and Get It | Sid LeMaire | 1936 |
| To Mary - with Love | Byron C. Wakefield | 1936 |
| Fury | Vickery | 1936 |
| Absolute Quiet | Mr. Baxter / Baxter (Uncredited) | 1936 |
| Panic on the Air | Gordon | 1936 |
| Mr. Deeds Goes to Town | Douglas | 1936 |
| The Great Ziegfeld | Charles Frohman | 1936 |
| Big Brown Eyes | Editor / Newspaper Editor | 1936 |
| Dangerous Waters | Mr. Brunch | 1936 |
| Thanks a Million | Mr. Casey | 1935 |
| The Last Days of Pompeii | The Augur - a Pompeii Official | 1935 |
| The Crusades | Ship's Master | 1935 |
| Happiness C.O.D. | Lester Walsh | 1935 |
| Men of Action | Jefferson - Crooked Banker / Jefferson | 1935 |
| Motive for Revenge | William King | 1935 |
| 'G' Men | Joseph Kratz | 1935 |
| The Devil Is a Woman | Tobacco Plant Manager | 1935 |
| Great God Gold | Nitto | 1935 |
| All the King's Horses | First Gentleman | 1935 |
| Elinor Norton | Army Doctor | 1934 |
| Cleopatra | Casca | 1934 |
| Gift of Gab | Norton - President WGAB | 1934 |
| The Cat's-Paw | District Attorney Neal | 1934 |
| The Life of Vergie Winters | Rally Speaker | 1934 |
| Burn 'Em Up Barnes | Lyman Warren | 1934 |
| Hollywood Party | Producer Buddy Goldfarb | 1934 |
| Mystery Liner | Major Pope | 1934 |
| Dancing Man | Morton Randall | 1934 |
| This Side of Heaven | R.S. Sawyer | 1934 |
| The 9th Guest | Jason Osgood | 1934 |
| Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen | Judge | 1934 |
| Lady Killer | Jeffries - Theatre Manager | 1933 |
| Christopher Bean | Auctioneer | 1933 |
| Duck Soup | Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 | 1933 |
| Fog | Ship Captain | 1933 |
| Big Time or Bust | Winthrop Allen | 1933 |
| Back Page | Martin Regal / Martin Blake | 1933 |
| Police Car 17 | Big Bill Standish | 1933 |
| Ann Vickers | Defense Attorney | 1933 |
| I Loved a Woman | Gossiper | 1933 |
| Broadway to Hollywood | Rockwell | 1933 |
| Dinner at Eight | Mr. Fitch | 1933 |
| This Day and Age | Mayor's Assistant | 1933 |
| The Narrow Corner | The Man Fred Killed / Man Fred Killed | 1933 |
| The Woman I Stole | Lentz | 1933 |
| The Man Who Dared | Fletcher | 1933 |
| Gambling Ship | District Attorney Travers / D.A | 1933 |
| Heroes for Sale | Laundry Company President | 1933 |
| The Mayor of Hell | Louis Johnson | 1933 |
| Emergency Call | Tom Rourke | 1933 |
| Night of Terror | The Maniac | 1933 |
| Mystery of the Wax Museum | Joe Worth | 1933 |
| State Trooper | W.J. Brady | 1933 |
| Wild People | President of Globe Broadcasting Company | 1933 |
| Tonight Is Ours | Mob Leader | 1933 |
| Frisco Jenny | Tom Ford | 1933 |
| The Son-Daughter | Chinese Priest | 1932 |
| You Said a Mouthful | Dr. Vorse | 1932 |
| The Girl from Calgary | Earl Darrell | 1932 |
| 6 Hours to Live | Police Commissioner | 1932 |
| Tiger Shark | Doctor | 1932 |
| Those We Love | Marshall | 1932 |
| Blessed Event | Sam Gobel | 1932 |
| American Madness | Clark | 1932 |
| Merrily We Go to Hell | Jake Symonds | 1932 |
| Grand Hotel | Dr. Waitz | 1932 |
| While Paris Sleeps | Prison Commandant | 1932 |
| The Strange Case of Clara Deane | Judge | 1932 |
| The Trial of Vivienne Ware | Detective | 1932 |
| Scarface | Detective Chief / Chief of detectives | 1932 |
| Young Bride | The Doctor | 1932 |
| The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood | Chauncey Chadwick | 1932 |
| Shopworn | Bierbauer | 1932 |
| The Impatient Maiden | Prof. Von Mueller | 1932 |
| Two Kinds of Women | Deputy Police Commissioner | 1932 |
| Ambassador Bill | Monte Montgomery / Monte | 1931 |
| The Yellow Ticket | Police Agent Boligoff | 1931 |
| Wicked | Owner of property | 1931 |
| New Adventures of Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford | Adam Carver the Hotel Manager | 1931 |
| The Magnificent Lie | Eye Specialist | 1931 |
| Daddy Long Legs | Wykoff | 1931 |
| Daybreak | Herr Hoffman | 1931 |
| Kiki | Dr. Smiley | 1931 |
| Inspiration | Uncle Julian Montell | 1931 |
| The Gorilla | Cyrus Stevens | 1930 |
| Du Barry, Woman of Passion | Maupeou | 1930 |
| Top Speed | J.W. Rollins | 1930 |
| All Quiet on the Western Front | Herr Bäumer | 1930 |
| The Taming of the Shrew | Baptista / Battista | 1929 |
