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Edwin Maxwell (b. February 9, 1886 in Dublin, Ireland; d. August 13, 1948) was an Irish character actor in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently cast as shady businessmen and shysters. From 1939 to 1942, Maxwell served as the dialogue director for the films of epic director Cecil B. DeMille. Maxwell is the only actor to appear 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
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
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

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