Edwin Maxwell

Edwin Maxwell (February 9, 1886 in Dublin, Ireland – August 13, 1948) 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" (1930), "Grand Hotel" (1932), "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) and "You Can't Take It With You" (1938).

Partial filmography

* "The Taming of the Shrew" (1929) film debut as Baptista
* "All Quiet on the Western Front" (1930) as Mr. Baumer
* "The Yellow Ticket" (1931)
* "Scarface" (1932) as chief of detectives
* "Grand Hotel" (1932) as Dr. Waitz
* "Duck Soup" (1933) as Freedonia's Secretary of War
* "Dinner at Eight" (1933) as Mr. Fitch
* "Cleopatra" (1934) as Casca
* "The Great Ziegfeld" (1936) as Charles Frohman
* "Fury" (1936) as Will Vickery
* "Torture Money" (1937)
* "You Can't Take It With You" (1938) as Kirby's attorney
* "Ninotchka" (1939) as Mercier
* "Drums Along the Mohawk" (1939) as Reverend Daniel Gros
* "His Girl Friday" (1940) as Dr. Eggelhoffer
* "Wilson" (1944) as William Jennings Bryan
* "The Jolson Story" (1946) as Oscar Hammerstein