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Edwin Maxwell

Actor (1886-1948)

PersonDied aged 62humanQ1294814

Born: February 9, 1886
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1.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Died: August 13, 1948
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1.Stated in Internet Broadway DatabaseRetrieved 2017-10-09
2.Stated in Find a GraveRetrieved 2017-10-09
3.Stated in DiscogsRetrieved 2017-10-09
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Birthplace: Dublin
Place of death: Falmouth
Citizenship: Ireland
Occupation: actor
, stage actor
, film actor

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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. Prior to that, he was an actor on the Broadway stage and a director of plays.

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Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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Given name: Edwin
Family name: Maxwell
Start of work period: 1918

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