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Known For
Acting
Birthday
February 9, 1886
Died
August 13, 1948
Place of Birth
Dublin, Ireland
Edwin Maxwell
1.9 Popularity
Biography
Edwin Maxwell was born on February 9, 1886 in Dublin, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Scarface (1932), The Shop Around the Corner (1940) and His Girl Friday (1940). He was previously married to Betty Alden. He died on August 13, 1948 in Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA.
Known For
4.9
Porter Grimes
The Walls of Jericho
1948
5.5
Presiding Judge
The Vicious Circle
1948
🎬
0.0
Sen. Hughes
Campus Honeymoon
1948
5.1
Politician (as Eddie Maxwell)
The Gangster
1947
5.0
Mr. Davenport
Second Chance
1947
6.6
Oscar Hammerstein (uncredited)
The Jolson Story
1946
5.2
Capt. Pierre Moise
Swamp Fire
1946
0.0
Kirkwood
Mama Loves Papa
1945
0.0
Radio Official (uncredited)
Practically Yours
1944
5.5
William Jennings Bryan
Wilson
1944
Credits
The Walls of Jericho
as Porter Grimes
1948
4.9
The Vicious Circle
as Presiding Judge
1948
5.5
🎬
Campus Honeymoon
as Sen. Hughes
1948
0.0
The Gangster
as Politician (as Eddie Maxwell)
1947
5.1
Second Chance
as Mr. Davenport
1947
5.0
The Jolson Story
as Oscar Hammerstein (uncredited)
1946
6.6
Swamp Fire
as Capt. Pierre Moise
1946
5.2
Mama Loves Papa
as Kirkwood
1945
0.0
Practically Yours
as Radio Official (uncredited)
1944
0.0
Wilson
as William Jennings Bryan
1944
5.5
The Great Moment
as Vice-President of Medical Society
1944
5.6
Since You Went Away
as Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
1944
6.5
Waterfront
as Max Kramer
1944
4.6
Heaven Can Wait
as Doctor (uncredited)
1943
6.9
🎬
Behind Prison Walls
as Percy Webb
1943
0.0
Street of Chance
as Stillwell, D.A.
1942
5.3
Ten Gentlemen from West Point
as Sen. John Randolph
1942
5.8
I Live on Danger
as Wingy Keefe
1942
5.7
Pacific Blackout
as District attorney
1941
6.3
Buy Me That Town
as P.V. Baxter
1941
6.0
Blossoms in the Dust
as City Councilman
1941
6.6
Ride on Vaquero
as Dan Clark
1941
4.2
The Devil and Miss Jones
as Withers
1941
7.7
Know For Sure
as Dr. Paxton
1941
3.8
Brigham Young
as 2nd Mob Leader
1940
4.4
Kit Carson
as John Sutter
1940
6.1
New Moon
as Captain de Jean
1940
6.5
Jack Pot
as Rocky Fallon
1940
6.4
His Girl Friday
as Dr. Egelhoffer
1940
7.4
The Blue Bird
as Oak
1940
5.7
The Shop Around the Corner
as Doctor
1940
8.1
Ninotchka
as Mercier
1939
7.5
Drums Along the Mohawk
as Rev. Daniel Gros
1939
6.4
Way Down South
as Martin Dill
1939
5.8
Young Mr. Lincoln
as John T. Stuart (uncredited)
1939
7.2
Made for Each Other
as Messerschmidt (uncredited)
1939
6.1
You Can't Take It with You
as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
1938
7.5
Rich Man, Poor Girl
as Krauss
1938
5.9
The Rage of Paris
as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1938
5.8
Paradise for Three
as First Lawyer (uncredited)
1938
6.8
Hold That Kiss
as Theatre Manager
1938
6.5
Romance on the Run
as Mondoon
1938
6.0
Nothing Sacred
as Mr. Bullock (uncredited)
1937
6.3
Love Takes Flight
as Dave Miller
1937
3.0
One Hundred Men and a Girl
as Ira Westing - Editor
1937
6.4
Slave Ship
as Auctioneer
1937
4.5
The Road Back
as Principal
1937
5.7
A Star Is Born
as Vocal Coach (uncredited)
1937
7.2
Night Key
as Lawyer Kruger
1937
6.2
Love Is News
as Kenyon
1937
6.0
Torture Money
as Milton Beacher
1937
6.0
A Man Betrayed
as Richards
1936
6.0
Camille
as Doctor (uncredited)
1936
6.9
Come and Get It
as Sid LeMaire
1936
6.8
To Mary - with Love
as Byron C. Wakefield
1936
4.5
Fury
as Vickery
1936
7.4
Absolute Quiet
as Baxter (Uncredited)
1936
5.5
Panic on the Air
as Gordon
1936
5.3
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town
as Douglas (uncredited)
1936
7.5
Big Brown Eyes
as Newspaper Editor
1936
6.3
Dangerous Waters
as Mr. Brunch
1936
4.5
Public Ghost # 1
as Insane Man
1935
4.0
Thanks a Million
as Mr. Casey
1935
6.1
The Last Days of Pompeii
as The Augur - a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
1935
5.6
The Last Days of Pompeii
as The Augur, a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
1935
5.6
Happiness C.O.D.
as Lester Walsh
1935
6.0
Men of Action
as Jefferson
1935
5.0
Motive for Revenge
as William King
1935
5.0
'G' Men
as Joseph Kratz (uncredited)
1935
6.6
The Devil Is a Woman
as Tobacco Plant Manager (uncredited)
1935
6.2
Great God Gold
as Nitto
1935
5.0
All the King's Horses
as First Gentleman
1935
6.0
Elinor Norton
as Army Doctor
1934
6.0
Cleopatra
as Casca
1934
6.0
Burn 'Em Up Barnes
as Lyman Warren
1934
5.2
Hollywood Party
as Buddy Goldfarb (uncredited)
1934
5.8
Mystery Liner
as Major Pope
1934
4.1
Dancing Man
as Morton Randall
1934
5.0
This Side of Heaven
as R.S. Sawyer (uncredited)
1934
7.0
The 9th Guest
as Jason Osgood
1934
5.9
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
as Judge
1934
5.0
Dinner at Eight
as Mr. Fitch
1933
6.7
Lady Killer
as Jeffries, the Theatre Manager (uncredited)
1933
6.9
Duck Soup
as Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)
1933
7.3
Fog
as Ship Captain
1933
5.0
Big Time Or Bust
as Winthrop Allen
1933
3.5
Back Page
as Martin Blake
1933
6.4
Police Car 17
as Big Bill Standish
1933
2.0
Ann Vickers
as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1933
5.5
I Loved a Woman
as Gossiper aka "That Cad" (uncredited)
1933
4.5
Broadway to Hollywood
as Rockwell
1933
4.6
This Day and Age
as Mayor's Assistant
1933
3.0
The Narrow Corner
as The Man Fred Killed
1933
5.5
The Woman I Stole
as Lentz
1933
2.7
Emergency Call
as Tom Rourke
1933
5.8
The Mayor of Hell
as Louis Johnson
1933
7.1
Gambling Ship
as District Attorney Travers
1933
5.2
Heroes for Sale
as Laundry Company President
1933
7.0
Night of Terror
as The Maniac
1933
5.3
Mystery of the Wax Museum
as Worth
1933
6.4
State Trooper
as W.J. Brady
1933
0.0
Tonight Is Ours
as Mob Leader
1933
0.0
Frisco Jenny
as Tom Ford (uncredited)
1933
6.3
You Said a Mouthful
as Dr. Vorse
1932
5.0
The Girl from Calgary
as Earl Darrell
1932
4.0
6 Hours to Live
as Police Commissioner
1932
4.5
Tiger Shark
as Doctor (uncredited)
1932
6.3
Those We Love
as Marshall
1932
6.0
Blessed Event
as Sam Gobel
1932
6.5
American Madness
as Clark (uncredited)
1932
6.8
Merrily We Go to Hell
as Jake Symonds (uncredited)
1932
6.3
Grand Hotel
as Dr. Waitz
1932
7.0
While Paris Sleeps
as Prison Commandant
1932
5.8
The Trial of Vivienne Ware
as Detective (uncredited)
1932
0.0
Scarface
as Chief of Detectives
1932
7.4
Young Bride
as The Doctor
1932
3.0
The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood
as Chauncey Chadwick
1932
0.0
The Impatient Maiden
as Prof. Von Mueller (uncredited)
1932
0.0
Ambassador Bill
as Monte
1931
6.0
The Yellow Ticket
as Police Agent Boligoff
1931
4.7
Wicked
as Owner of Property
1931
4.7
Wicked
as Owner of property
1931
4.7
Men of the Sky
as Count
1931
0.0
Daddy Long Legs
as Wykoff (uncredited)
1931
4.0
Daybreak
as Herr Hoffman
1931
3.4
Kiki
as Dr. Smiley
1931
4.5
Inspiration
as Uncle Julian Montell
1931
5.5
The Gorilla
as Cyrus Stevens
1930
0.0
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as Maupeou
1930
5.4
Top Speed
as J.W. Rollins
1930
6.0
All Quiet on the Western Front
as Herr Bäumer (uncredited)
1930
7.7
The Taming of the Shrew
as Battista
1929
5.4