Biografie

9. Februar 1886 · Dublin, Irland

13. August 1948 · Falmouth, Massachusetts, USA (Hirnblutung)

His body was cremated; per his request, his ashes were scattered over Broadway.

He appeared in four Best Picture Academy Award winners: Im Westen nichts Neues (1930), Menschen im Hotel (1932), Der große Ziegfeld (1936) and Lebenskünstler (1938). He also appears in nine other Best Picture nominees: Cleopatra (1934), Mr. Deeds geht in die Stadt (1936), Ein Stern geht auf (1937), Hundert Mann und ein Mädchen (1937), Ninotschka (1939), Blüten im Staub (1941), Ein himmlischer Sünder (1943), Als du Abschied nahmst (1944), and Wilson (1944).

Irish character from Broadway in Hollywood's early talkies -- played both benevolent and unscrupulous types, usually minor roles.

Prolific on Broadway between 1918 and 1928. Subsequently concentrated on screen acting and also worked as a dialogue director in the early 1940's.

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