Edwin Maxwell 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.
Career
From 1939 to 1942, Maxwell served as the dialogue director for the films of epic director Cecil B. DeMille.
Achievements
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 lieutenant with You (1938).
