Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

131

Gender

Male

Birthday

1886-02-09

Deathday

1948-08-13 (62 years old)

Place of Birth

Dublin, Ireland

Edwin Maxwell

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

7.4%

His Girl Friday

Jan 18, 1940

7.8%

All Quiet on the Western Front

Apr 29, 1930

7.3%

Duck Soup

Nov 12, 1933

8.1%

The Shop Around the Corner

Jan 12, 1940

7.5%

Scarface

Apr 9, 1932

7.5%

You Can't Take It with You

Sep 1, 1938

7.5%

Ninotchka

Nov 23, 1939

7.5%

Mr. Deeds Goes to Town

Apr 9, 1936

6.9%

Grand Hotel

May 25, 1932

7.4%

Fury

Jun 5, 1936

6.9%

Heaven Can Wait

Aug 5, 1943

7.1%

A Star Is Born

Apr 27, 1937

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Acting

1948		The Walls of Jericho as Porter Grimes
1948		The Vicious Circle as Presiding Judge
1948		Campus Honeymoon as Sen. Hughes

1947		The Gangster as Politician (as Eddie Maxwell)
1947		Second Chance as Mr. Davenport

1946		The Jolson Story as Oscar Hammerstein (uncredited)
1946		Swamp Fire as Capt. Pierre Moise

1945

Mama Loves Papa as Kirkwood

1944		Practically Yours as Radio Official (uncredited)
1944		Wilson as William Jennings Bryan
1944		The Great Moment as Vice-President of Medical Society
1944		Since You Went Away as Businessman in Cocktail Lounge (uncredited)
1944		Waterfront as Max Kramer

1943		Heaven Can Wait as Doctor (uncredited)
1943		Behind Prison Walls as Percy Webb

1942		Street of Chance as Stillwell, D.A.
1942		Ten Gentlemen from West Point as Sen. John Randolph
1942		I Live on Danger as Wingy Keefe

1941		Pacific Blackout as District attorney
1941		Buy Me That Town as P.V. Baxter
1941		Blossoms in the Dust as City Councilman
1941		Ride on Vaquero as Dan Clark
1941		The Devil and Miss Jones as Withers
1941		Know For Sure as Dr. Paxton

1940		Brigham Young as 2nd Mob Leader
1940		Kit Carson as John Sutter
1940		New Moon as Captain de Jean
1940		Jack Pot as Rocky Fallon
1940		His Girl Friday as Dr. Egelhoffer
1940		The Blue Bird as Oak
1940		The Shop Around the Corner as Doctor

1939		Ninotchka as Mercier
1939		Drums Along the Mohawk as Rev. Daniel Gros
1939		Way Down South as Martin Dill
1939		Young Mr. Lincoln as John T. Stuart (uncredited)
1939		Made for Each Other as Messerschmidt (uncredited)

1938		You Can't Take It with You as Kirby's Attorney (uncredited)
1938		Rich Man, Poor Girl as Krauss
1938		The Rage of Paris as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
1938		Paradise for Three as First Lawyer (uncredited)
1938		Hold That Kiss as Theatre Manager
1938		Romance on the Run as Mondoon

1937		Nothing Sacred as Mr. Bullock (uncredited)
1937		Love Takes Flight as Dave Miller
1937		One Hundred Men and a Girl as Ira Westing - Editor
1937		Slave Ship as Auctioneer
1937		The Road Back as Principal
1937		A Star Is Born as Vocal Coach (uncredited)
1937		Night Key as Lawyer Kruger
1937		Love Is News as Kenyon
1937		Torture Money as Milton Beacher

1936		A Man Betrayed as Richards
1936		Camille as Doctor (uncredited)
1936		Come and Get It as Sid LeMaire
1936		To Mary - with Love as Byron C. Wakefield
1936		Fury as Vickery
1936		Absolute Quiet as Baxter (Uncredited)
1936		Panic on the Air as Gordon
1936		Mr. Deeds Goes to Town as Douglas (uncredited)
1936		Big Brown Eyes as Newspaper Editor
1936		Dangerous Waters as Mr. Brunch

1935		Public Ghost # 1 as Insane Man
1935		Thanks a Million as Mr. Casey
1935		The Last Days of Pompeii as The Augur - a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
1935		The Last Days of Pompeii as The Augur, a Pompeii Official (uncredited)
1935		Happiness C.O.D. as Lester Walsh
1935		Men of Action as Jefferson
1935		Motive for Revenge as William King
1935		'G' Men as Joseph Kratz (uncredited)
1935		The Devil Is a Woman as Tobacco Plant Manager (uncredited)
1935		Great God Gold as Nitto
1935		All the King's Horses as First Gentleman

1934		Elinor Norton as Army Doctor
1934		Cleopatra as Casca
1934		Burn 'Em Up Barnes as Lyman Warren
1934		Hollywood Party as Buddy Goldfarb (uncredited)
1934		Mystery Liner as Major Pope
1934		Dancing Man as Morton Randall
1934		This Side of Heaven as R.S. Sawyer (uncredited)
1934		The 9th Guest as Jason Osgood
1934		Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen as Judge

1933		Dinner at Eight as Mr. Fitch
1933		Lady Killer
1933		Duck Soup as Freedonia's Secretary of War #1 (uncredited)
1933		Fog as Ship Captain
1933		Big Time Or Bust as Winthrop Allen
1933		Back Page as Martin Blake
1933		Police Car 17 as Big Bill Standish
1933		Ann Vickers as Defense Attorney (uncredited)
1933		I Loved a Woman as Gossiper aka "That Cad" (uncredited)
1933		Broadway to Hollywood as Rockwell
1933		This Day and Age as Mayor's Assistant
1933		The Narrow Corner as The Man Fred Killed
1933		The Woman I Stole as Lentz
1933		The Mayor of Hell as Louis Johnson
1933		Emergency Call as Tom Rourke
1933		Gambling Ship as District Attorney Travers
1933		Heroes for Sale as Laundry Company President
1933		Night of Terror as The Maniac
1933		Mystery of the Wax Museum as Worth, Eigor's bootlegger partner
1933		State Trooper as W.J. Brady
1933		Tonight Is Ours as Mob Leader
1933		Frisco Jenny as Tom Ford (uncredited)

1932		You Said a Mouthful as Dr. Vorse
1932		The Girl from Calgary as Earl Darrell
1932		6 Hours to Live as Police Commissioner
1932		Tiger Shark as Doctor (uncredited)
1932		Those We Love as Marshall
1932		Blessed Event as Sam Gobel
1932		American Madness as Clark (uncredited)
1932		Merrily We Go to Hell as Jake Symonds (uncredited)
1932		Grand Hotel as Dr. Waitz
1932		While Paris Sleeps as Prison Commandant
1932		Scarface as Chief of Detectives
1932		Young Bride as The Doctor
1932		The Cohens and Kellys in Hollywood as Chauncey Chadwick
1932		The Impatient Maiden as Prof. Von Mueller (uncredited)

1931		Ambassador Bill as Monte
1931		The Yellow Ticket as Police Agent Boligoff
1931		Wicked as Owner of Property
1931		Wicked as Owner of property
1931		Men of the Sky as Count
1931		Daddy Long Legs as Wykoff (uncredited)
1931		Daybreak as Herr Hoffman
1931		Kiki as Dr. Smiley
1931		Inspiration as Uncle Julian Montell

1930		The Gorilla as Cyrus Stevens
1930		Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Maupeou
1930		Top Speed as J.W. Rollins
1930		All Quiet on the Western Front as Herr Bäumer (uncredited)

1929

The Taming of the Shrew as Battista

Crew

1939

Union Pacific as Dialogue Coach

Sound

1940

North West Mounted Police as Supervising Dialogue Editor