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Edwin Maxwell was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Maxwell's earliest roles were in film, including "The Taming of the Shrew" (1929), "Top Speed" (1930) and "Du Barry, Woman of Passion" (1930). He also appeared in the Lew Ayres dramatic adaptation "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930), "Ambassador Bill" (1931) and "The Yellow Ticket" (1931). His film career continu...

Filmography

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The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Dial Supervisor

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Dial Supervisor

The Buccaneer (1938)

Dial Supervisor

Campus Honeymoon (1948)

The Vicious Circle (1948)

Presiding judge

The Walls of Jericho (1948)

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Drums Along The Mohawk (1939) -- (Movie Clip) At The Borst Home

Scarface (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Where's Camonte?

Biography

Edwin Maxwell was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Maxwell's earliest roles were in film, including "The Taming of the Shrew" (1929), "Top Speed" (1930) and "Du Barry, Woman of Passion" (1930). He also appeared in the Lew Ayres dramatic adaptation "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930), "Ambassador Bill" (1931) and "The Yellow Ticket" (1931). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like the drama "Heroes For Sale" (1933) with Richard Barthelmess, "The Woman I Stole" (1933) and the Bela Lugosi thriller "Night of Terror" (1933). He also appeared in "The Mystery of the Wax Museum" (1933) with Lionel Atwill. Toward the end of his career, he tackled roles in "Slave Ship" (1937), the Tyrone Power comedy "Love Is News" (1937) and the western "The Plainsman" (1937) with Gary Cooper. He also appeared in the crime flick "Night Key" (1937) with Boris Karloff and the Greta Garbo dramatic adaptation "Camille" (1937). Maxwell was most recently credited in the comedy "Half Angel" (1951) with Loretta Young. Maxwell passed away in August 1948 at the age of 62.

Filmography

Director (Feature Film)

The Story of Dr. Wassell (1944)

Dial Supervisor

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Dial Supervisor

The Buccaneer (1938)

Dial Supervisor

Cast (Feature Film)

Campus Honeymoon (1948)

The Vicious Circle (1948)

Presiding judge

The Walls of Jericho (1948)

The Jolson Story (1947)

Oscar Hammerstein

Second Chance (1947)

The Gangster (1947)

Swamp Fire (1946)

[Captain] Pierre Moise

Mama Loves Papa (1945)

William Jennings Bryan

Practically Yours (1944)

Since You Went Away (1944)

The Great Moment (1944)

Vice president of medical society

Waterfront (1944)

Heaven Can Wait (1943)

Holy Matrimony (1943)

King Edward VII

Behind Prison Walls (1943)

I Live on Danger (1942)

Street of Chance (1942)

Stillwell, D.A.

Ten Gentlemen from West Point (1942)

The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)

Ride on Vaquero (1941)

Buy Me That Town (1941)

Pacific Blackout (1941)

District Attorney

Blossoms in the Dust (1941)

The Shop Around the Corner (1940)

Kit Carson (1940)

New Moon (1940)

Captain de Jean

His Girl Friday (1940)

Dr. [Max J.] Egelhoffer

The Blue Bird (1940)

Parole Fixer (1940)

Brigham Young--Frontiersman (1940)

Made for Each Other (1939)

Ninotchka (1939)

Way Down South (1939)

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

Reverand Daniel Gros

Romance on the Run (1938)

The Rage of Paris (1938)

Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938)

Manager of shoe store

Hold That Kiss (1938)

Theater manager

You Can't Take It with You (1938)

Vacation from Love (1938)

Samson Hatfield

Paradise for Three (1938)

The Road Back (1937)

Night Key (1937)

Love Takes Flight (1937)

The Plainsman (1937)

Love Is News (1937)

Slave Ship (1937)

A Star Is Born (1937)

Nothing Sacred (1937)

The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

Charles Frohman

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)

Dangerous Waters (1936)

Come and Get It (1936)

A Man Betrayed (1936)

George Richards

Panic on the Air (1936)

Absolute Quiet (1936)

Big Brown Eyes (1936)

To Mary--With Love (1936)

Byron C. Wakefield

Atlantic Adventure (1935)

All the King's Horses (1935)

Happiness C.O.D. (1935)

Great God Gold (1935)

Men of Action (1935)

Motive for Revenge (1935)

Thanks a Million (1935)

The Crusades (1935)

Elinor Norton (1934)

The Cat's-Paw (1934)

District Attorney Neal

This Side of Heaven (1934)

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen (1934)

Cleopatra (1934)

Dancing Man (1934)

The Ninth Guest (1934)

Burn-'Em-Up Barnes (1934)

Mystery Liner (1934)

Back Page (1934)

Gift of Gab (1934)

Norton, President WGAB

Dinner at Eight (1934)

Hollywood Party (1934)

The Life of Vergie Winters (1934)

Ann Vickers (1933)

Heroes for Sale (1933)

Laundry company president

Night of Terror (1933)

Tonight Is Ours (1933)

Gambling Ship (1933)

District Attorney

Emergency Call (1933)

Mystery of the Wax Museum (1933)

Big Time or Bust (1933)

The Woman I Stole (1933)

State Trooper (1933)

Police Car 17 (1933)

["Big Bill"] Standish

Broadway to Hollywood (1933)

Duck Soup (1933)

Secretary of War

The Mayor of Hell (1933)

Frisco Jenny (1933)

Those We Love (1932)

Shopworn (1932)

Scarface (1932)

Detective chief

6 Hours to Live (1932)

Police commissioner

The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood (1932)

Mr. [Chauncey] Chadwick

Blessed Event (1932)

You Said a Mouthful (1932)

American Madness (1932)

Grand Hotel (1932)

Two Kinds of Women (1932)

Deputy police commissioner

Daybreak (1931)

Daddy Long Legs (1931)

Ambassador Bill (1931)

Inspiration (1931)

The Yellow Ticket (1931)

Owner of property

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)

Du Barry, Woman of Passion (1930)

Top Speed (1930)

The Gorilla (1930)

All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)

Taming of the Shrew (1929)

Writer (Feature Film)

Union Pacific (1939)

Dial Supervisor

The Plainsman (1937)

Dial Supervisor

Film Production - Main (Feature Film)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Dial Supervisor

Cast (Short)

Jack Pot (1940)

Torture Money (1937)

Public Ghost # 1 (1935)

Wild People (1932)

Life Events

Videos

Drums Along The Mohawk (1939) -- (Movie Clip) At The Borst Home The first scene in director John Ford’s first color (Technicolor) film, Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert as colonials Gil and Lana are married in Albany, New York, 1776, cinematography credit shared by Bert Glennon and Ray Rennahan, Edwin Maxwell the celebrant, Robert Grieg and Clara Blandick her parents, opening Drums Along The Mohawk, 1939.

Scarface (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Where's Camonte? Buddy Rinaldo (George Raft) on sort-of lookout duty in the barber shop, when the chief detective (Edwin Maxwell) intrudes, and Tony Camonte (Paul Muni) unveils himself, early in Howard Hawks' Scarface, 1932.

Scarface (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The World Is Yours Thugs Rinaldo (George Raft) and Angelo (Vince Barnett) splitting as Tony (Paul Muni), who's just rubbed out another rival, welcomes their bosses' girlfriend Poppy (Karen Morley), in Howard Hawks' Scarface, 1932.

You Said A Mouthful (1932) -- (Movie Clip) The Sharks Won't Like The Flavor Nearing the end, Joe E. Brown, a nerd non-swimmer, mistaken for a Canadian champ, thinking he’s wearing the unsinkable swimsuit he invented, with sidekick Farina, desperate to impress Ginger Rogers as heiress Alice, getting ready for the big race from Catalina Island, Preston Foster his rival Ed, in You Said A Mouthful, 1932.

Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Did He Get On? With a long pause on a poem, John Ford begins with pompous Stuart (Edwin Maxwell) introducing lanky Abe (Henry Fonda), then his first encounter with the pivotal, but fictional, Clay family, in Young Mr. Lincoln, 1939.

All Quiet On The Western Front (1930) -- (Movie Clip) Death Is Not An Adventure Prologue from Erich Maria Remarque's novel of Germany in World War I, opening scene introducing postman Himmelstoss (John Wray), and ambitious shooting from director Lewis Milestone, from All Quiet On The Western Front, 1930.

'G' Men (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Honest Lawyer Stuff After a prologue and credits, the opening is pure joy for James Cagney fans, as "Brick" Davis he addresses the camera, then is visited by a local gangster (Edwin Maxwell) then an old pal (Regis Toomey), in Warner Bros.' 'G' Men, 1935.

Ninotchka (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Have Some Lunch! Pressed by Paris dealer Mercier (Edwin Maxwell), Soviet commissars Iranoff, Buljanoff and Kopalski (Sig Rumann, Felix Bressart, Alexander Granach) are sidetracked by Count Leon (Melvyn Douglas), as they try to sell confiscated jewels, in Ernst Lubitsch's Ninotchka, 1939.

Rich Man, Poor Girl (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Are You Sure You Had Shoes? Stealing the movie, supporting players Lew Ayres as cousin Henry, selling shoes, 18 year-old Lana Turner as sister Helen, learning to type, joining parents (Guy Kibbee, Sarah Padden) and brother (Don Castle) to meet heroine Joan (Ruth Hussey) at the station, in Rich Man, Poor Girl, 1938.

Way Down South (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Bayou Lovelle Credits notable for their content, co-star Clarence Muse and poet Langston Hughes sharing original screenplay credit, framing scenes at the plantation then Muse, his owner Ralph Morgan, and Edwin Maxwell with exposition, in producer Sol Lesser's musical one-off Way Down South, 1939.

Come and Get It (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Lotta Lotta (Frances Farmer) helps Barney Glasgow (Edward Arnold) win a bet then schemes with Sid (Edwin Maxwell) to win the money back in Samuel Goldwyn's Come and Get It, 1936, from the Edna Ferber novel.

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