Paul Maxey

Paul Maxey

Birthday: 1907-03-15

Place of Birth: Wheaton, Illinois, USA

Biography: 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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Bride of the Gorilla
Bride of the Gorilla

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

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The Narrow Margin
The Narrow Margin

A tough cop meets his match when he has to guard a gangster's widow on a train journey from Chicago ...

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Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday

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

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Singin' in the Rain
Singin' in the Rain

In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film star falls for a chorus girl just as he and his paranoid screen par...

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Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man

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

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Below the Deadline
Below the Deadline

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

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City of Shadows
City of Shadows

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

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Philo Vance's Secret Mission
Philo Vance's Secret Mission

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

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Fighting Fools
Fighting Fools

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

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Monkey Business
Monkey Business

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

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South of St. Louis
South of St. Louis

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

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Here Come the Marines
Here Come the Marines

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

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The Amazing Mr. Nordill
The Amazing Mr. Nordill

This John Nesbitt's Passing Parade short takes a look at the gentlemanly life and masterful counterf...

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Till the Clouds Roll By
Till the Clouds Roll By

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

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Ten Wanted Men
Ten Wanted Men

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

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Let's Go Collegiate
Let's Go Collegiate

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

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Mississippi Rhythm
Mississippi Rhythm

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

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I'll Sell My Life
I'll Sell My Life

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

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Shed No Tears
Shed No Tears

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

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Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show
Jack Benny Christmas Shopping Show

Jack is determined to finish his Christmas shopping in one visit and tortures a wallet salesman with...

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Dreamboat
Dreamboat

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

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The Bad and the Beautiful
The Bad and the Beautiful

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

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They Won't Believe Me
They Won't Believe Me

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

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Showdown at Boot Hill
Showdown at Boot Hill

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

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All the King's Men
All the King's Men

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

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An American in Paris
An American in Paris

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

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The Return of Jesse James
The Return of Jesse James

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

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Laddie
Laddie

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

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The Big Heat
The Big Heat

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

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The Pirate
The Pirate

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

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It's Always Fair Weather
It's Always Fair Weather

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

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The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers

In 17th century France, young D'Artagnan wants to join the King's Musketeers, but instead befriends ...

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In Room 303
In Room 303

Leon needs to make a business deal with Mr. Marshall but can't unless his son and Marshall's daughte...

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Bagdad
Bagdad

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

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Four Mothers
Four Mothers

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

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Something to Live For
Something to Live For

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

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Silver Queen
Silver Queen

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

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Run for the Hills
Run for the Hills

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

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Sky Dragon
Sky Dragon

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

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You're Out of Luck
You're Out of Luck

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

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The Reformer and the Redhead
The Reformer and the Redhead

A small-town politician falls for an idealistic zookeeper....

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Tear Gas Squad
Tear Gas Squad

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

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Deadline - U.S.A.
Deadline - U.S.A.

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

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Bride for Sale
Bride for Sale

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

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Love Is Better Than Ever
Love Is Better Than Ever

A dance instructor falls in love with a smart theatre agent; while he returns her affections, it's j...

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Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride

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

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Homicide
Homicide

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

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Father of the Bride
Father of the Bride

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

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The Brasher Doubloon
The Brasher Doubloon

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

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Bachelor Flat
Bachelor Flat

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

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Mr. Dodd Takes the Air
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air

A country bumpkin becomes a singing sensation on the radio....

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Mr. Soft Touch
Mr. Soft Touch

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

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Kid Monk Baroni
Kid Monk Baroni

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

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Disneyland '59
Disneyland '59

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

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Borrowed Blonde
Borrowed Blonde

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

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Rhubarb
Rhubarb

Rich, eccentric T.J. Banner adopts a feral cat who becomes an affectionate pet he names Rhubarb. The...

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