Person Details

Birthday: 1921-11-12 20:56:23

Death: 1991-12-19 20:56:23

Aliases: No known aliases

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

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Movie Involvements: 28

TV Involvements: 14


Most Famous Work

Biography

Paul Maxwell (12 November 1921 – 19 December 1991) was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in British cinema and television, in which he was usually cast as American characters. In terms of audience, his most notable role was probably that of the ex-GI groom of Elsie Tanner in the character's 1967 wedding in the soap opera Coronation Street. In the 1960s, Maxwell appeared in many TV series produced by ITC Entertainment, such as Danger Man and The Baron. He also voiced North American characters in series filmed by Gerry Anderson's production company Century 21, most prominently the leading character of Colonel Steve Zodiac in Fireball XL5 (1962) and the supporting character of Captain Grey in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons(1967). Maxwell also starred as the "Man with the Panama Hat" in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), as a C.I.A chief in The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976), and as General Maxwell Taylor in A Bridge Too Far (1977). His real passion, however, was theatre; he starred in the West End several times, with roles in Twelve Angry Men and the musical Promises, Promises. After the Second World War, Maxwell married Mary Lindsay. The couple had one daughter, named Lindsay.

Most Famous Work

Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Average
8
The Saint
Average
7

The Saint

(1962) Kolben
Play of the Month
Average
5

Play of the Month

(1965) Lieut. John E. Donovan
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
Average
8
Aliens
Average
8

Aliens

(1986) Van Leuwen
M Squad
Average
5

M Squad

(1957) Andy Markham
The Champions
Average
6

The Champions

(1968) Capt. Baxter
Thunderbirds
Average
8

Thunderbirds

(1965) Captain Paul Travers

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2014 Steve Zodiac / Captain Grey (voice)
1991 Barrington Cabot
1990 Capt. Calvelli
1989 Panama Hat
1988 Dr. Wallace
Esterbrook
1987 Bill Freed
Andrew Tolliver
Agent Hopkins
1986 Lt.Gen. Geoffrey Keyes
Van Leuwen
Mace
1985 Scott Benson
Sheepherder No. 1
1984 N/A
1979 Eugene Hellman
1978 N/A
1977 Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor
1976 CIA Director
Submarine Captain
1975 Colonel Fischer
1974 N/A
1973 Doctor Chilton
Mr Baxter
Paul
1972 Don Fleming
N/A
Connors
1971 N/A
1970 Lt. Jim Lewis
1969 CIA Man
1968 Capt. Baxter
N/A
1967 N/A
Judson Murphy
1966 Captain Paul Travers (voice)
Jim Perkins
1965 Lieut. John E. Donovan
N/A
Captain Paul Travers
Mike Foster
1964 Major Smith
1963 N/A
Bud Fredericks (uncredited)
Bill Martin
Commander Spelling U.S.N.
C.M.A.A.
1962 N/A
Kolben
N/A
1961 Craig Owen
1958 Lt. Cmdr. Bill Hallohan
N/A
Jeffrey Clayton
N/A
1957 Mike, assistant coroner
Jim Landry
Andy Markham
1955 N/A
Detective Sgt. Singer
Lab Technician
Saul
1951 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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