Paul Maxey

Paul Maxey

Nascimento : 1907-03-15, Wheaton, Illinois, USA

Morte : 1963-06-03

História

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Paul Maxey (1907–1963) was an American actor. Born in Wheaton, Illinois, the rotund Maxey played character roles in films from 1937, notably as the composer Victor Herbert in Till the Clouds Roll By (1946), and was in many TV shows from the 1950s onwards, notably in the role of Mayor John Peoples in the sitcom The People's Choice (1955–1958) and such other shows as M Squad, Wagon Train, Dennis the Menace, The Untouchables, Perry Mason and Lassie before his death in 1963 at age 56.

Perfil

Paul Maxey

Filmes

Pelos Bairros do Vício
Auctioneer
At the Doll House, a 1930s New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit.
Bachelor Flat
Big Man in Jaguar in Dream
Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female students and is engaged to Helen Bushmill. While Helen goes on vacation, Bruce decides to stay at her apartment but is surprised by the arrival of Libby, Helen's 17-year-old daughter. Having never been told by Helen of this daughter, Bruce assumes she's another student. During her stay, Libby is noticed by an amorous neighbor, Mike.
Disneyland '59
Self
Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that consisted of the debuts of Matterhorn Bobsleds, the Disneyland-Alweg Monorail, and the Submarine Voyage, a project so massive that it was called "The Second Opening of Disneyland". Highlights include a mammoth, star-studded parade and the official launching of the Disneyland submarines by U.S. Navy officers. Among the guests are then-Vice-President Richard Nixon and family, Clint Eastwood, and Meredith Willson, who leads the Disneyland band in his own "76 Trombones." Sponsored by Kodak, the commercial spokespersons include Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
Revolta em Boot Hill
Judge Wallen
Bounty hunter Luke Welsh arrives looking for a wanted man. When that man draws on him he has to kill him. To collect his reward he needs a statement identifying him. But the man was well liked in town and no one will sign such a statement. When he outdraws another man who thought he was faster, some townsmen decide he should be killed and they organize a mob to go after him.
Dançando nas Nuvens
Fielding (uncredited)
Ted, Doug, and Angie são três ex-G.I.s (soldados) que resolveram marcar um encontro 10 anos depois num bar de Nova Yorke em 11 de outubro de 1955. Todos apareceram no dia marcado, mas rapidamente percebem que a amizade não é a mesma de antes. Um diretor de programa quer levar os três amigos para um Live TV show. As circunstâncias ficam ainda mais complicadas porque um grupo de gângster está atrás te Ted. (e 12 - Estimado 12 Anos)
City of Shadows
Davis, Disbarred Lawyer
After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in Republic's City of Shadows. McLaglen plays Big Tim Channing, an ageing but powerful gangster who raises young newsboy Dan Mason as his own son. Upon reaching adulthood, Mason (John Baer) becomes a law student, with the covert (and illegal) help of Channing. Despite his checkered past, Mason opts for honesty when he falls in love with Fern Fellows (Kathleen Crowley). This decision ultimately spells the doom for Mason's mentor Big Tim.
Arizona Violenta
Randolph Scott, um poderoso rancheiro e criador de gado, está determinado a administrar o seu vasto negócio com mão de ferro e integridade. Porém, tem como seu maior inimigo, um proprietário de terras local (Richard Boone), de caráter duvidoso, que não gosta de resolver seus problemas com base na lei, e sim, prefere usar o persuasivo poder da pistola. Produção primorosa do próprio Scott e Harry J. Brown, seu sócio em vários filmes, que fizeram grande sucesso de bilheteria. Interpretações irrepreensíveis de Richard Boone e Jocelyn Brando (irmã de Marlon Brando), que honrou o nome da família de atores
Black Tuesday
Donaldson
Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.
Os Corruptos
George Fuller (uncredited)
O policial durão Dave Bannion enfrenta o sindicato do crime politicamente poderoso. Dave Bannion é um policial honesto investigando uma gangue cruel que ele suspeita ter influência sobre a força policial. Bannion é alertado após o suicídio de um colega e o silêncio suspeito de seus colegas policiais o leva a acreditar que eles estão na folha de pagamento dos gângsteres. Quando uma bomba destinada a ele mata sua esposa, Bannion se torna uma furiosa força de vingança e justiça, auxiliado ao longo do caminho pela rejeitada namorada do gângster, Debby. Quando Bannion e Debby caem cada vez mais na armadilha traiçoeira e brutal do mundo do crime, eles devem usar todos os meios necessários (incluindo assassinato) para chegar à verdade. (e 14 - Estimado 14 Anos)
Run for the Hills
Sheriff Jack
Fearing nuclear war, an insurance man moves to a cave with his wife and family.
Assim Estava Escrito
Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Narrado em flashback, o filme traça a ascensão e a queda de um produtor de Hollywood duro e ambicioso, Jonathan Shields, visto pelos olhos de vários conhecidos, incluindo o escritor James Lee Bartlow, a estrela Georgia Lorrison e o diretor Fred Amiel. Ele é um homem difícil e ambicioso que impiedosamente usa todos - incluindo o escritor, estrela e diretor - na escalada para se tornar um dos maiores de Hollywood. (e 16 - Estimado 16 Anos)
Dreamboat
Member of College Board
Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action hero - is disturbed, feeling his privacy has been violated, and his professional credibility as a scholar jeopardized, when he learns his old movies have been resurrected and are being aired on TV. He sets out to demand this cease. However, his former co-star is the hostess of the TV show playing the films, and she has other plans.
Here Come the Marines
Jolly Joe Johnson
After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him. Sach discovers that the colonel knew his father and he is promoted. During a drill that he is putting the rest of the gang through, they find a soldier left for dead on the side of the road. Slip discovers a playing card next to the marine and traces it to Jolly Joe Johnson's gambling house. They suspect that the gambling house is cheating and set out to uncover the proof.
Rumo ao Inferno
Sam Jennings
Uma mulher que vai testemunhar contra um chefão da Máfia deve ser protegida contra seus assassinos na viagem de trem de Chicago para Los Angeles.
Kid Monk Baroni
Al Petry
Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer to escape his life in "Little Italy" New York.
Cantando na Chuva
Dancing Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
Em 1927, Hollywood, está um verdadeiro rebuliço com a transição do cinema mudo para o falado. Don Lockwood e Lina Lamont, o casal mais querido do cinema mudo, se prepara para rodar um musical. Mas, infelizmente, Lina não só não sabe cantar como tem uma voz horrível. A estreante, Kathy Selden, é chamada a emprestar sua voz à estrela. As gravações são uma confusão, mas tudo piora quando Don se apaixona pela doce Kathy. Ao lado de seu inseparável amigo, o compositor Cosmo Brown, ele tenta mostrar ao mundo o talento de Kathy.
A Hora da Vingança
Senator (uncredited)
Com seu jornal prestes a ser vendido, o combativo editor Ed Hutcheson tenta completar uma reportagem sobre o gangster Rienzi.
Na Voragem do Vício
Hofstadter (uncredited)
Aging advertising executive Alan Miller is a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of Alcoholics Anonymous, is called by the elevator operator of a residential hotel to come and intervene in the case of one of the guests, struggling Broadway actress Jenny Carey. The two find they have even more in common than their taste for drink. But Jenny wants to put an end to their romance because Alan is a married man, who moreover is the father of two children. How will Jenny and Alan resolve their feelings without destroying Alan's marriage?
O Melhor é Casar
Mr. Ringrose
The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too, but does not want to give up his solo life at all. Thus she plans a trap for him...
Bride of the Gorilla
Van Heusen
The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is plagued by a strange voodoo curse which transforms him into a gorilla. But is his transformation real or is it all in his head?
Sinfonia de Paris
John McDowd (uncredited)
O veterano da Segunda Guerra Mundial, Jerry, vive em Paris tentando se firmar como pintor. Ele conhece a milionária Milo que o apoia e tenta ajudá-lo a subir na carreira, mesmo estando mais interessada em Jerry do que na sua arte. Mas ele acaba se apaixonando por Lise que está noiva de Henri, por quem ela tem uma dívida de gratidão por ter salvado sua família e ela durante a guerra.
The Return of Jesse James
Elmer Galway
Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead brother in order to duplicate his crimes.
O Papai da Noiva
Fat Man (uncredited)
Stanley Banks, um orgulhoso pai, lembra o dia em que sua filha, Kay, se casou. Desde quando ela anuncia seu noivado até o dia do casamento propriamente. Veremos todas as surpresas e desastres que podem ocorrer ao longo desse sinuoso caminho.
O Papai da Noiva
Party Guest
Stanley Banks, um orgulhoso pai, lembra o dia em que sua filha, Kay, se casou. Desde quando ela anuncia seu noivado até o dia do casamento propriamente. Veremos todas as surpresas e desastres que podem ocorrer ao longo desse sinuoso caminho.
The Reformer and the Redhead
Thompson
A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.
Bagdad
Clothes Merchant
An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian) and his Black Riders.
A Grande Ilusão
Local Chairman (Uncredited)
O filme conta a história de ascensão e queda de um político rebelde do interior que começa exigindo reformas e justiça social, mas acaba embriagado pelo próprio poder. O roteiro é uma adaptação do romance de Robert Penn Warren, publicado em 1946, e pelo qual o autor recebeu o Prémio Pulitzer de Literatura.
Bride for Sale
Gentry
Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks she can find a suitable husband by inspecting their clients' tax documents. Martin finds out and tries to dissuade her from this approach, later enlisting the help of his friend Steve Adams, who tries to woo Shelley.
A Vida é um Jogo
Fat Santa Claus (Uncredited)
When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning WWII hero Joe Miracle steals the money from the club's safe and hides in a settlement home, while the mob is on his tail.
Mississippi Rhythm
Judge Kenworthy
On board a riverboat bound for Creek City, singer Jimmie Davis, who is going to become half-owner of a land development company willed to him by his uncle, shares a cabin with traveling salesman Dixie Dalrymple. After Dixie invites Jimmie to perform in a concert he is putting on for the other passengers, Jimmie is persuaded to participate in a crooked card game run by Judge Homer Kenworthy and his associates. However, with Dixie's intervention, Jimmie wins handsomely, then accuses the gamblers of trying to cheat him.
O Voo da Morte
John Anderson
All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up, it is discovered that a quarter-million dollars is missing. Charlie Chan--and, of course, his #1 son--must discover the identity of the person who doped the passengers and stole the money.
Homicide
Police Dispatcher
Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the case is closed after the only witness is found dead. Will Michael be able to fathom the mystery?
Fighting Fools
Editor
The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing. During a crooked match Jimmy is killed. The boys seek out his older brother, Johnny, a former boxer who gave up the sport rather than go crooked, and help train him to get back in the ring. They try to get him a shot at the title, and when they do the same crooked gangsters that were behind Jimmy's death try to get Johnny to take a dive.
Shed No Tears
First Insurance Investigator (Uncredited)
A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance policy.
The Amazing Mr. Nordill
Treasury Department Expert (uncredited)
This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the gentlemanly life and masterful counterfeiting exploits of Everett Nordill, one of the cleverest counterfeiters who ever baffled the agents of the U.S. Treasury department.
Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Martin Jamison
Philo Vance is hired to write a true-crime mystery... but when the facts about an unsolved crime are about to be brought out into the open a murder takes place.
Borrowed Blonde
Leon's Boss
Leon's boss and his wife aren't getting along together, so Leon asks them to visit his home and observe how he and Mrs. Errol manage to keep the old knot tied. Before the couple arrives, Leon manages to get into a situation with a pretty, blonde neighbor, which leaves him having to introduce her as his wife when they do arrive. Neither Leon's wife, when she comes home, nor the neighbor's husband are too pleased with this arrangement.
The Brasher Doubloon
Coroner (uncredited)
Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that belonged in her deceased husband's collection. Marlowe begins investigating, but quickly finds himself entangled in a series of unexplained murders.
Quando as Nuvens Passam
Victor Herbert
Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.
Below the Deadline
Arthur Brennan
A veteran, Joe Hilton, returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton, a gangster, has been killed. His quest for revenge leads him to take over his brother's illegal operations but his sweetheart, Lynn Turner, persuades him to change his ways and return to the straight and narrow.
Silver Queen
Servant Announcing Party Guests (uncredited)
A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father and his fortune die during market crash of the 1800's.
I'll Sell My Life
Dennis Grady
A woman hoping to raise cash to pay for an operation to restore her blind brother's eyesight finds herself implicated in a nightclub murder.
Let's Go Collegiate
'Bullet' Bill Miller
Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship rowing team it's ever had. Unfortunately, he gets drafted into the army before he's able to join the team. Two of the team's members get the bright idea of passing off a burly truck driver as the "athlete". Complications ensue.
You're Out of Luck
Pete, the Reporter
An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an illegal gambling operation. Monogram.
Four Mothers
Fat Ocean Zephyr Investor (uncredited)
Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.
Tear Gas Squad
Harmon
A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.
Laddie
Mr. Wilson
Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military father, recently immigrated from England.
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Fred - Substitute Singer (uncredited)
A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.