Charles Maxwell


Biography

Charles Maxwell was a fixture of Western television shows throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared in numerous guest-starring roles opposite A-list star Clint Eastwood on "Rawhide," which recounted the adventures of cowboys on a cattle drive. Maxwell also had several memorable turns, as a variety of characters, on the long-running Western "Gunsmoke," a popular show about Marshall Matt...

Biography

Charles Maxwell was a fixture of Western television shows throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He appeared in numerous guest-starring roles opposite A-list star Clint Eastwood on "Rawhide," which recounted the adventures of cowboys on a cattle drive. Maxwell also had several memorable turns, as a variety of characters, on the long-running Western "Gunsmoke," a popular show about Marshall Matt Dillon (played by James Arness) and his travails keeping the peace in Dodge City, which was a constant magnet for the most unruly frontier types. Maxwell's popularity in the Western genre even translated to his guest-starring role on an episode of the sci-fi series "Star Trek." In the episode, Maxwell played a replica of Virgil Earp (real-life older brother of famous 19th-century law enforcer Wyatt Earp) created by an alien race to face off against Captain Kirk (William Shatner) and his crew in a simulation of the famous gunfight at the OK Corral.

Filmography

 

Director (Feature Film)

Kid Monk Baroni (1952)
Dialogue Director

Cast (Feature Film)

The Search for Bridey Murphy (1956)
Father Bernard
Down Liberty Road (1956)
Bill Roberts
Finger Man (1955)
Fred Amory
A Life at Stake (1955)
Fireman Save My Child (1954)
Driver
Wings and the Woman (1942)

Producer (Feature Film)

A Life at Stake (1955)
Executive Producer

Music (Feature Film)

The Horse with the Flying Tail (1960)
Orchestration
The Littlest Outlaw (1955)
Orchestration
Retreat, Hell! (1952)
Orchestration
Cattle Town (1952)
Orchestration
Five (1951)
Orchestration
Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison (1951)
Orchestration
The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
Orchestration
Breakthrough (1950)
Orchestration
The Great Jewel Robber (1950)
Orchestration
50 Years Before Your Eyes (1950)
Orchestration
Colt .45 (1950)
Orchestration
Barricade (1950)
Orchestration
Highway 301 (1950)
Orchestration
This Side of the Law (1950)
Orchestration
Homicide (1949)
Orchestration
Flaxy Martin (1949)
Orchestration
The House Across the Street (1949)
Orchestration
The Younger Brothers (1949)
Orchestration
Embraceable You (1948)
Orchestration
The Street with No Name (1948)
Orchestration
The Big Punch (1948)
Orchestra Arrangement
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)
Music Score
The Battle of China (1944)
Music Arrangement
The Battle of Russia (1943)
Orchestration
Northwest Passage (Book I--Rogers' Rangers) (1940)
Orchestration
Lancer Spy (1937)
Music orch and Arrangements
Charlie Chan at the Opera (1937)
Orchestration
Lost Horizon (1937)
Orchestration
This Is My Affair (1937)
Music comp and Arrangements
Lancer Spy (1937)
Music Composition
Heidi (1937)
Music comp and Arrangements--partial score
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Arrangements
Parole! (1936)
Music Score
White Hunter (1936)
Music comp and Arrangements
Girls' Dormitory (1936)
Music comp and Arrangements
Calm Yourself (1935)
Music
West Point of the Air (1935)
Synchronized score
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Orchestration
Operator 13 (1934)
Orchestration
Viva Villa (1934)
Orchestration
The Merry Widow (1934)
Orchestration
Speak Easily (1932)
Composer

Film Production - Main (Special)

Supernature (1999)
Photography
Zambezi Shark (1998)
Photography

Location Manager (Special)

Great White. Deep Trouble (1999)
Location Manager

Music (Short)

The Story of "The Jonker Diamond" (1936)
Orchestrator

Life Events

Bibliography