Edwin Maxwell

Actor, Film actor

1886 – 1948

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Who was Edwin Maxwell?

Edwin Maxwell was an Irish character actor in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently cast as shady businessmen and shysters, though often ones with a dignified bearing.

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, Grand Hotel, The Great Ziegfeld and You Can't Take It With You.

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Born
Feb 9, 1886
Dublin
Ethnicity
  • Irish people
Nationality
  • Republic of Ireland
Profession
Lived in
  • Dublin
Died
Aug 13, 1948
Falmouth

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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