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Edwin Maxwell

Actor

Edwin Maxwell

Born February 9, 1886 in Dublin, IrelandDied August 13, 1948131 films

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.

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The Shop Around the Corner posterFirst watchThe Shop Around the Corner19408.1as DoctorTwo employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
All Quiet on the Western Front poster7.8All Quiet on the Western Front1930His Girl Friday poster7.4His Girl Friday1940Duck Soup poster7.3Duck Soup1933Scarface poster7.4Scarface1932You Can't Take It with You poster7.5You Can't Take It with You1938Ninotchka poster7.5Ninotchka1939Mr. Deeds Goes to Town poster7.5Mr. Deeds Goes to Town1936Fury poster7.5Fury1936

Filmography

131 films as actor
  1. 1948The Walls of JerichoPorter Grimes
  2. 1948The Vicious CirclePresiding Judge
  3. 1948Campus HoneymoonSen. Hughes
  4. 1947The GangsterPolitician (uncredited)
  5. 1947Second ChanceMr. Davenport
  6. 1946The Jolson StoryOscar Hammerstein (uncredited)
  7. 1946Swamp FireCapt. Pierre Moise
  8. 1945Mama Loves PapaKirkwood
  9. 1944Practically YoursRadio Official (uncredited)
  10. 1944WilsonWilliam Jennings Bryan
  11. 1944The Great MomentVice-President of Medical Society
  12. 1944Since You Went AwayBusinessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
  13. 1944WaterfrontMax Kramer
  14. 1943Heaven Can WaitDoctor (uncredited)
  15. 1943Behind Prison WallsPercy Webb
  16. 1942Street of ChanceStillwell, D.A.
  17. 1942Ten Gentlemen from West PointSen. John Randolph
  18. 1942I Live on DangerWingy Keefe
  19. 1941Pacific BlackoutDistrict attorney
  20. 1941Know For SureDr. Paxton
  21. 1941Buy Me That TownP.V. Baxter
  22. 1941Blossoms in the DustCity Councilman
  23. 1941Ride on VaqueroDan Clark
  24. 1941The Devil and Miss JonesWithers
  25. 1940Brigham Young2nd Mob Leader
  26. 1940Kit CarsonJohn Sutter
  27. 1940New MoonCaptain de Jean
  28. 1940Jack PotRocky Fallon
  29. 1940His Girl FridayDr. Egelhoffer
  30. 1940The Blue BirdOak
  31. 1940The Shop Around the CornerDoctor
  32. 1939NinotchkaMercier
  33. 1939Drums Along the MohawkRev. Daniel Gros
  34. 1939Way Down SouthMartin Dill
  35. 1939Young Mr. LincolnJohn T. Stuart (uncredited)
  36. 1939Made for Each OtherMesserschmidt (uncredited)
  37. 1938You Can't Take It with YouKirby's Attorney (uncredited)
  38. 1938Rich Man, Poor GirlKrauss
  39. 1938The Rage of ParisHotel Manager (uncredited)
  40. 1938Paradise for ThreeFirst Lawyer (uncredited)
  41. 1938Hold That KissTheatre Manager
  42. 1938Romance on the RunMondoon
  43. 1937Nothing SacredMr. Bullock (uncredited)
  44. 1937Love Takes FlightDave Miller
  45. 1937One Hundred Men and a GirlIra Westing - Editor
  46. 1937Slave ShipAuctioneer
  47. 1937The Road BackPrincipal
  48. 1937A Star Is BornVocal Coach (uncredited)
  49. 1937Night KeyLawyer Kruger
  50. 1937Love Is NewsKenyon
  51. 1937Torture MoneyMilton Beacher
  52. 1936A Man BetrayedRichards
  53. 1936CamilleDoctor (uncredited)
  54. 1936Come and Get ItSid LeMaire
  55. 1936To Mary - with LoveByron C. Wakefield
  56. 1936FuryVickery
  57. 1936Absolute QuietBaxter (Uncredited)
  58. 1936Panic on the AirGordon
  59. 1936Mr. Deeds Goes to TownDouglas (uncredited)
  60. 1936Big Brown EyesNewspaper Editor
  61. 1936Dangerous WatersMr. Brunch
  62. 1935Public Ghost # 1Insane Man
  63. 1935Thanks a MillionMr. Casey
  64. 1935The Last Days of PompeiiThe Augur - a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
  65. 1935Happiness C.O.D.Lester Walsh
  66. 1935Men of ActionJefferson
  67. 1935Motive for RevengeWilliam King
  68. 1935'G' MenJoseph Kratz (uncredited)
  69. 1935The Devil Is a WomanTobacco Plant Manager (uncredited)
  70. 1935Great God GoldNitto
  71. 1935All the King's HorsesFirst Gentleman
  72. 1934Elinor NortonArmy Doctor
  73. 1934CleopatraCasca
  74. 1934The Cat's-PawDistrict Attorney Neal
  75. 1934Burn 'Em Up BarnesLyman Warren
  76. 1934Hollywood PartyBuddy Goldfarb (uncredited)
  77. 1934Mystery LinerMajor Pope
  78. 1934Dancing ManMorton Randall
  79. 1934This Side of HeavenR.S. Sawyer (uncredited)
  80. 1934The 9th GuestJason Osgood
  81. 1934Miss Fane's Baby Is StolenJudge
  82. 1933Dinner at EightMr. Fitch
  83. 1933Lady KillerJeffries, the Theatre Manager (uncredited)
  84. 1933Duck SoupFreedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)
  85. 1933FogShip Captain
  86. 1933Big Time Or BustWinthrop Allen
  87. 1933Back PageMartin Blake
  88. 1933Police Car 17Big Bill Standish
  89. 1933Ann VickersDefense Attorney (uncredited)
  90. 1933I Loved a WomanGossiper aka "That Cad" (uncredited)
  91. 1933Broadway to HollywoodRockwell
  92. 1933This Day and AgeMayor's Assistant
  93. 1933The Narrow CornerThe Man Fred Killed
  94. 1933The Woman I StoleLentz
  95. 1933The Mayor of HellLouis Johnson
  96. 1933Emergency CallTom Rourke
  97. 1933Gambling ShipDistrict Attorney Travers
  98. 1933Heroes for SaleLaundry Company President
  99. 1933Night of TerrorThe Maniac
  100. 1933Mystery of the Wax MuseumWorth
  101. 1933State TrooperW.J. Brady
  102. 1933Tonight Is OursMob Leader
  103. 1933Frisco JennyTom Ford (uncredited)
  104. 1932You Said a MouthfulDr. Vorse
  105. 1932The Girl from CalgaryEarl Darrell
  106. 19326 Hours to LivePolice Commissioner
  107. 1932Tiger SharkDoctor (uncredited)
  108. 1932Grand HotelDr. Waitz
  109. 1932Those We LoveMarshall
  110. 1932Blessed EventSam Gobel
  111. 1932American MadnessClark (uncredited)
  112. 1932Merrily We Go to HellJake Symonds (uncredited)
  113. 1932While Paris SleepsPrison Commandant
  114. 1932The Trial of Vivienne WareDetective (uncredited)
  115. 1932ScarfaceChief of Detectives
  116. 1932Young BrideThe Doctor
  117. 1932The Cohens and Kellys in HollywoodChauncey Chadwick
  118. 1932The Impatient MaidenProf. Von Mueller (uncredited)
  119. 1931Ambassador BillMonte
  120. 1931The Yellow TicketPolice Agent Boligoff