Paul Maxey

Born: 1907-03-15

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.


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Singin' in the Rain

as Dancing Fat Man at Party (uncredited)
Released: 1952-04-09

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.

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An American in Paris

as John McDowd (uncredited)
Released: 1951-09-26

Jerry Mulligan is an exuberant American expatriate in Paris trying to make a reputation as a...

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Father of the Bride

as Party Guest
Released: 1950-05-18

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she...

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Father of the Bride

as Fat Man (uncredited)
Released: 1950-05-18

Proud father Stanley Banks remembers the day his daughter, Kay, got married. Starting when she...

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The Big Heat

as George Fuller (uncredited)
Released: 1953-10-14

After the suspicious suicide of a fellow cop, tough homicide detective Dave Bannion takes the...

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The Narrow Margin

as Sam Jennings
Released: 1952-05-03

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a tense train ride.

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The Three Musketeers

as uncredited
Released: 1948-10-20

Athletic adaptation of Alexandre Dumas' classic adventure about the king's musketeers and their...

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The Bad and the Beautiful

as Man Talking to Gabby Agent at the Party (uncredited)
Released: 1952-12-25

Told in flashback form, the film traces the rise and fall of a tough, ambitious Hollywood...

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The Pirate

as Hotel Manager (uncredited)
Released: 1948-06-11

A girl is engaged to the local richman, but meanwhile she has dreams about the legendary pirate...

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

as Dr. Turner (uncredited)
Released: 1951-04-12

As novice detectives, Bud and Lou come face to face with the Invisible Man.

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All the King's Men

as Local Chairman (uncredited)
Released: 1949-11-16

A man of humble beginnings and honest intentions rises to power by nefarious means. Along for...

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Monkey Business

as Board Member (uncredited)
Released: 1952-09-03

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of...

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Deadline - U.S.A.

as Senator (uncredited)
Released: 1952-03-14

With three days before his paper folds, a crusading editor tries to expose a vicious gangster.

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They Won't Believe Me

as uncredited
Released: 1947-07-16

On trial for murdering his girlfriend, philandering stockbroker Larry Ballentine takes the stand...

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It's Always Fair Weather

as Mr. Fielding (uncredited)
Released: 1955-08-30

Three World War II buddies promise to meet at a specified place and time 10 years after the war....

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Till the Clouds Roll By

as Victor Herbert
Released: 1946-12-05

Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs...

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Something to Live For

as Hofstadter (uncredited)
Released: 1952-03-07

Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of...

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Bride of the Gorilla

as Van Heusen
Released: 1951-10-01

The owner of a plantation in the jungle marries a beautiful woman. Shortly afterward, he is...

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South of St. Louis

as uncredited
Released: 1949-03-06

With the advent of the American Civil War, three partners in a ranch see how this is destroyed....

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Ten Wanted Men

as uncredited
Released: 1955-02-01

When his ward seeks protection with rival cattleman John Stewart, embittered, jealous rancher...

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Black Tuesday

as Donaldson (uncredited)
Released: 1954-12-31

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to...

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City of Shadows

as Davis, Disbarred Lawyer
Released: 1955-06-02

After several years of supporting parts, Victor McLaglen once more landed a leading role in...

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Love Is Better Than Ever

as Mr. Ringrose
Released: 1952-02-23

The dancing teacher Anastasia falls in love with the smart theatre agent Jud. He likes her, too,...

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Mr. Soft Touch

as Fat Santa Claus (Uncredited)
Released: 1949-07-28

When he learns that a gangster has taken over his nightclub and murdered his partner, returning...

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The Brasher Doubloon

as Coroner (uncredited)
Released: 1947-02-06

Mrs. Elizabeth Bright Murdock hires Marlowe to find an old rare coin, the Brasher Doubloon, that...

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Bride for Sale

as Gentry
Released: 1949-11-12

Nora Shelley is a tax expert for the accounting company which is led by Paul Martin. She thinks...

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Bagdad

as Clothes Merchant
Released: 1949-11-23

An Arab sheik's daughter (Maureen O'Hara) avenges his death, blamed on Hassan (Paul Christian)...

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Disneyland '59

as Self
Released: 1959-06-15

Walt Disney and Art Linkletter co-host a live celebration of Disneyland's 1959 expansion that...

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Bachelor Flat

as Big Man in Jaguar in Dream
Released: 1961-12-07

Professor Bruce Patterson is constantly having to fight off the advances of his young female...

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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

as Fred - Substitute Singer (uncredited)
Released: 1937-08-11

A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio.

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The Reformer and the Redhead

as Thompson
Released: 1950-05-05

A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper.

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Four Mothers

as Fat Ocean Zephyr Investor (uncredited)
Released: 1941-01-04

Four married sisters face motherhood, financial, marital and family issues together.

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Tear Gas Squad

as Harmon
Released: 1940-05-04

A brash night club singer becomes a cop to impress a woman.

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Dreamboat

as Member of College Board
Released: 1952-07-26

Thornton Sayre, a respected college professor - secretly formerly a silent films romantic action...

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Below the Deadline

as Arthur Brennan
Released: 1946-08-03

A veteran, Joe Hilton, returns from the war to find that his brother Jeffrey Hilton, a gangster,...

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Silver Queen

as Servant Announcing Party Guests (uncredited)
Released: 1942-11-14

A beautiful heiress is an excellent poker player. Her comfortable life changes when her father...

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The Return of Jesse James

as Elmer Galway
Released: 1950-08-01

Frank James resents and tries to stop a ruthless drifter who has adopted the name of his dead...

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Sky Dragon

as John Anderson
Released: 1949-04-27

All the passengers on an airplane headed for San Francisco are drugged, and when they wake up,...

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I'll Sell My Life

as Dennis Grady
Released: 1941-09-12

A woman hoping to raise cash to pay for an operation to restore her blind brother's eyesight...

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Shed No Tears

as First Insurance Investigator (Uncredited)
Released: 1948-06-09

A man listens to his wife and fakes his own death so that she can get her hands on his insurance...

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Showdown at Boot Hill

as Judge Wallen
Released: 1958-05-01

Bounty hunter Luke Welsh arrives looking for a wanted man. When that man draws on him he has to...

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Kid Monk Baroni

as Al Petry
Released: 1952-05-01

Leonard Nimoy is "Kid" Monk Baroni, the leader of a street gang who becomes a professional boxer...

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Let's Go Collegiate

as 'Bullet' Bill Miller
Released: 1941-09-12

Rawley University is about to receive a star athlete who could give it the first championship...

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Fighting Fools

as Editor
Released: 1949-03-17

The boys are working at the local boxing arena where their friend, Jimmy Higgins, is boxing....

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Homicide

as Police Dispatcher
Released: 1949-04-02

Michael Landers, a police lieutenant, sets out to investigate an intricate murder case. But, the...

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Philo Vance's Secret Mission

as Martin Jamison
Released: 1947-08-30

Philo Vance is hired to write a true-crime mystery... but when the facts about an unsolved crime...

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Run for the Hills

as Sheriff Jack
Released: 1953-06-01

Fearing nuclear war, an insurance man moves to a cave with his wife and family.

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Laddie

as Mr. Wilson
Released: 1940-01-18

Handsome Laddie Stanton courts neighbor Pamela Pryor, meeting opposition from her stern military...

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You're Out of Luck

as Pete, the Reporter
Released: 1941-01-20

An elevator operator and a janitor team up to solve two murders that may be connected to an...

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Here Come the Marines

as Jolly Joe Johnson
Released: 1952-06-29

After Slip is drafted into the Marines, the rest of the gang volunteers so they can be with him....

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Mississippi Rhythm

as Judge Kenworthy
Released: 1949-05-28

On board a riverboat bound for Creek City, singer Jimmie Davis, who is going to become...

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Borrowed Blonde

as Leon's Boss
Released: 1947-03-07

Leon's boss and his wife aren't getting along together, so Leon asks them to visit his home and...

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The People's Choice

as Mayor John Peoples
First aired: 1955-10-06

The People's Choice is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1955 to 1958,...

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