Edwin Maxwell
Biography
Date of Birth 9 February 1886, Dublin, Ireland Date of Death 13 August 1948, Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA (cerebral hemorrhage) Trivia Irish character from Broadway in Hollywood's early talkies -- played both benevolent and unscrupulous types, usually minor roles. From 1939 to 1942, Maxwell served as the dialogue director for the films of epic director Cecil B. DeMille. Maxwell is notable for appearing 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). His body was cremated; per his request, his ashes were scattered over Broadway.
The Great Moment
Vice-President of Medical Society
Mystery Liner
Major Pope
The Jolson Story
Oscar Hammerstein (uncredited)
The Taming of the Shrew
Baptista
Back Page
Martin Regal
Waterfront
Max Kramer
Crime Does Not Pay: Torture Money
Milton Beacher
Police Agent Boligoff
Girl From Calgary
Earl Darrell
Cyrus Stevens
Girl From Calgary
Earl Darrell
The Walls of Jericho
Porter Grimes (uncredited)
The Gangster
Johnny - Politician (uncredited)
The Jolson Story
Oscar Hammerstein (uncredited)
Swamp Fire
Capt. Pierre Moise
Sturzflug ins Glück
Radio Official (uncredited)
Wilson
William Jennings Bryan
Since You Went Away
Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
The Great Moment
Vice-President of Medical Society
Waterfront
Max Kramer
Holy Matrimony
King Edward VII (uncredited)
Heaven Can Wait
Doctor (uncredited)
Street of Chance
Stillwell, D.A.
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
Sen. John Randolph
Midnight Angel
District attorney
Blossoms in the Dust
City Councilman (uncredited)
The Devil And Miss Jones
Withers
Brigham Young
2nd Mob Leader
Kit Carson
John Sutter
New Moon
Capt. de Jean
The Blue Bird
Oak
Shop Around the Corner, The
Doctor
His Girl Friday
Dr. Max J. Eggelhoffer
Drums Along the Mowhawk
Rev. Daniel Gros
Ninotchka
Mercier
Way Down South
Martin Dill
Young Mr. Lincoln
John T. Stuart (uncredited)
Made For Each Other
Messerschmidt (uncredited)
You Can't Take It with You
Attorney to Kirby (uncredited)
Rich Man, Poor Girl
Mr. Krauss - the Shoe Store Manager (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris
Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Romance on the Run
Mondoon
Romance for Three
First Lawyer (uncredited)
Nothing Sacred
Mr. Bullock (uncredited)
One Hundred Men and a Girl
Ira Westing - Editor (uncredited)
The Road Back
Principal
Night Key
Kruger
A Star Is Born
Voice coach (uncredited)
Love Is News
Kenyon
Crime Does Not Pay: Torture Money
Milton Beacher
A Man Betrayed
Richards
Camille
Doctor (uncredited)
The Plainsman
Secretary of War Edwin Stanton (uncredited)
Come and Get It
Sid LeMaire
Byron C. Wakefield
Fury
Vickery
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
Douglas (uncredited)
Big Brown Eyes
Editor
The Great Ziegfeld
Charles Frohman (uncredited)
Thanks a Million
Mr. Casey
The Last Days of Pompeii
The Augur, a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
The Crusades
Ship's Master (uncredited)
The Devil is a Woman
Tobacco Plant Manager (uncredited)
G'Men
Joseph Kratz
Cleopatra
Casca
Hollywood Party
Producer Buddy Goldfarb (uncredited)
Mystery Liner
Major Pope
The 9th Guest
Jason Osgood
Judge
Back Page
Martin Regal
Dinner at Eight
Mr. Fitch (hotel manager)
Duck Soup
Freedonia's Secretary. of War #1 (uncredited)
Ann Vickers
Defense Attorney (uncredited)
Gossiper aka "That Cad" (uncredited)
Rockwell
This Day and Age
Mayor's Assistant (uncredited)
The Man Fred Killed
Emergency Call
Tom Rourke
The Mayor of Hell
Louis Johnson
Gambling Ship
D.A
Night of Terror
The Maniac
The Mystery of the Wax Museum
Joe Worth
Frisco Jenny
Tom Ford (uncredited)
The Son-Daughter
Chinese Priest (uncredited)
Badenix
Dr. Vorse
Six Hours to Live
Police Commissioner
Tiger Shark
Doctor (uncredited)
American Madness
Clark (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell
Jake Symonds (uncredited)
Prison Commandant
Detective (uncredited)
Grand Hotel
Dr. Waitz
The Doctor
Scarface
Detective Chief
The Impatient Virgin
Prof. Von Mueller (uncredited)
Ambassador Bill
Monte Montgomery
The Guilty Generation
First Lawyer (uncredited)
Police Agent Boligoff
Herr Hoffman
Kiki
Dr. Smiley
Inspiracion
Uncle Julian Montell
Cyrus Stevens
Flame of the Flesh
Maupeou
All Quiet on the Western Front
Herr Bäumer (uncredited)
The Taming of the Shrew
Baptista
