Edwin Maxwell (9 February 1886 â€" 13 August 1948) was an Irish
character actor on in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s,
frequently cast as shady businessmen and shysters, though often ones
with a pompous or dignified bearing. Prior to that, he was an actor on
the Broadway stage and a director of plays.Maxwell was a native of
Dublin.In the late 1920s, Maxwell directed and acted in plays with the
New York Theater Guild Repertory Company.From 1939 to 1942, Maxwell
served as the dialogue director for the films of epic director Cecil
B. DeMille. Maxwell appeared 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).
character actor on in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s,
frequently cast as shady businessmen and shysters, though often ones
with a pompous or dignified bearing. Prior to that, he was an actor on
the Broadway stage and a director of plays.Maxwell was a native of
Dublin.In the late 1920s, Maxwell directed and acted in plays with the
New York Theater Guild Repertory Company.From 1939 to 1942, Maxwell
served as the dialogue director for the films of epic director Cecil
B. DeMille. Maxwell appeared 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).
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