John Maxwell
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John Maxwell (March 11, 1918 Spokane, Washington – July 18, 1982) was an American film and television actor who appeared in over 100 films of the 1940s and 1950s. Many times the actor appeared in films uncredited. Occasionally he played larger roles in films, such as in The Prowler. He was born in Spokane, Washington. His television guest appearances included The Lone Ranger, Lassie, The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp, The Rifleman and Bonanza.
Maxwell also starred as Pappy Sawyer in Disneyland's television miniseries The Nine Lives of Elfego Baca.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 7.099 |
Birthday | 1918-03-11 |
Place of Birth | Spokane, Washington, USA |
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1951
The Prowler
6.8/81
Los Angeles, California. A cop who, unhappy with his job, blames others for his work problems, is assigned to investigate the case of a prowler who st...
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The Prowler
1952
Without Warning!
5.9/15
Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears
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Without Warning!
1956
Terror at Midnight
4.9/8
A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves.
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Terror at Midnight
1954
Young at Heart
5.9/38
The lives and romances of three sisters in a musical family; the youngest daughter's life is complicated by the subsequent arrival of a charming compo...
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Young at Heart
1950
The Asphalt Jungle
7.5/464
Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of v...
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The Asphalt Jungle
1944
Lady in the Death House
5.4/12
As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.
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Lady in the Death House
1958
The Man Who Died Twice
5.6/13
An innocent nightclub singer becomes mixed up in illegal drug dealings shortly after witnessing her husband's death and the murder of a couple of narc...
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The Man Who Died Twice
1951
The Unknown Man
4.8/13
A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty.
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The Unknown Man
1949
Arson, Inc.
6/6
An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance.
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Arson, Inc.
1953
The Bigamist
6.392/88
San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. J...
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The Bigamist
1960
Cage of Evil
5.5/8
While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfri...
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Cage of Evil
1948
The Paleface
6.062/65
Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Pete...
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The Paleface
1951
Three Guys Named Mike
5.6/14
A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When...
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Three Guys Named Mike
1956
A Strange Adventure
5.1/8
A trio of thieves make their getaway by kidnapping a young hot-rodder, and take over a mountain cabin for a hideout after overpowering its occupants.
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A Strange Adventure
1944
Alaska
5/1
A man who has been framed on a murder charge is placed in the custody of a crooked U.S. marshal, who is secretly running a murderous claim-jumping gan...
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Alaska
1942
Murder in the Big House
6.5/4
When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...
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Murder in the Big House
1942
Man From Headquarters
6/2
A police reporter solves a murder case in Chicago, then moves on to St. Louis-but not voluntarily, since he has been kidnapped by the minions of the W...
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Man From Headquarters
1950
Side Street
6.6/35
A struggling young father-to-be gives in to temptation and impulsively steals an envelope of money from the office of a corrupt attorney. Instead of a...
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Side Street
1955
The Eternal Sea
6.4/7
Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury.
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The Eternal Sea
1942
Arizona Terrors
0/0
A crooked gambler poses as a descendant of a noble Spanish family has successfully secured court validation of a counterfeit land grant, and proceeds...
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Arizona Terrors
1941
Borrowed Hero
4/2
A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case.
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Borrowed Hero
1942
Spy Ship
6/1
A radio reporter begins to suspect that a commentator at his station may be using her position to broadcast shipping information to enemy spies. With...
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Spy Ship
1949
Adam's Rib
7.099/297
A woman's attempted murder of her uncaring husband results in everyday quarrels in the lives of Adam and Amanda, a pair of happily married lawyers who...
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Adam's Rib
1942
Gentleman Jim
7.1/57
As bare-knuckled boxing enters the modern era, brash extrovert Jim Corbett uses new rules and dazzlingly innovative footwork to rise to the top of the...
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Gentleman Jim
1953
Devil's Canyon
4.8/10
An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun.
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Devil's Canyon
1942
The Omaha Trail
7/1
The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
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The Omaha Trail
1942
Wild Bill Hickok Rides
4.7/3
The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend.
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Wild Bill Hickok Rides
1941
Honky Tonk
6.4/12
Fast-talking con-man and grifter Candy Johnson rises to be the corrupt boss of Yellow Creek, but his wife's alcoholic father tries to set things right...
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Honky Tonk
1944
The Last Horseman
0/0
Former Hopalong Cassidy sidekick Russell Hayden retains his nickname of Lucky in this average entry in his short-lived starring series for Columbia.
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The Last Horseman
1941
Father Steps Out
3/1
Story concerns railroad tycoon J.B. Matthews (Jed Prouty) taking over a rival line, being sent on an R&R vacation by his doctor, falling off his p...
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Father Steps Out
1943
False Faces
7/2
A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer.
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False Faces
1941
You're in the Army Now
3.6/5
Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge.
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You're in the Army Now
1943
Silver Skates
5/2
The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.
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Silver Skates
1943
Batman
6.5/103
Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American sc...
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Batman
1943
Mission to Moscow
5.2/17
Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism.
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Mission to Moscow
1942
Grand Central Murder
5.9/22
Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a...
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Grand Central Murder
1956
Time Table
5.8/18
An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a meticulously-planned train robbery in Arizona.
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Time Table
1950
Pretty Baby
6/4
A young woman living in Manhattan pretends to be the mother of an infant in order to get a seat on the subway.
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Pretty Baby
1950
Mystery Street
6.7/49
When a young woman's skeletal remains turn up on a Massachusetts beach, Barnstable cop Peter Moralas teams with Boston police and uses forensics, with...
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Mystery Street
1951
Too Young to Kiss
5/8
Eric Wainwright, a busy impresario, is besieged by hordes of wannabe concert stars, eager for their big break. One of them is Cynthia Potter, a talent...
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Too Young to Kiss
1957
The Wayward Girl
6/1
Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket.
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The Wayward Girl
1953
The War of the Worlds
6.816/602
The residents of a small town are excited when a flaming meteor lands in the hills, until they discover it is the first of many transport devices from...
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The War of the Worlds
1942
Seven Sweethearts
7/2
Little Delft, Michigan follows the customs of old-world Holland and is known for its Tulip Festival. The owner of the hotel insists that his seven dau...
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Seven Sweethearts
1941
Nine Lives Are Not Enough
5/4
A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions.
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Nine Lives Are Not Enough
1942
The Lone Prairie
0/0
Hayden enters the lawless prairie in which criminals have had free reign to manipulate the innocent settlers.
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The Lone Prairie
1953
Meet Me at the Fair
7/1
In 1904, Doc Tilbee, medicine show huckster and champion tall-tale teller, gives a ride to a young boy escaped from an orphanage, where bad conditions...
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Meet Me at the Fair
1956
Showdown at Abilene
5.2/9
Jim Trask, former sheriff of Abilene, returns to the town after fighting for the Confederacy to find everyone thought he was dead. His old friend Dave...
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Showdown at Abilene
1941
Flying Cadets
3/1
Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers.
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Flying Cadets
1951
Night Into Morning
5.8/9
Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son.
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Night Into Morning
1951
The Lady from Texas
0/0
An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane.
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The Lady from Texas
1956
Francis in the Haunted House
5.1/7
A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself!
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Francis in the Haunted House
1958
Flood Tide
0/0
When the testimony of a crippled child sends a murder suspect to prison, a friend of the accused sets out to investigate the crime on his own.
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Flood Tide
1956
Backlash
6.3/40
Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for...
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Backlash
1942
The Male Animal
4.1/9
The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threaten...
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The Male Animal
1953
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
3/2
With the help of Pocahontas, Captain John Smith overcomes the treachery of some of his men and resentment of the local Native Americans to establish t...
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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas
1950
Dial 1119
5.5/25
A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of...
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Dial 1119
1958
The Lineup
7.079/82
In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers.
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The Lineup
1951
The Enforcer
7.065/92
After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieu...
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The Enforcer
1942
The Mystery of Marie Roget
5.438/8
A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress.
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