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John Maxwell

John Maxwell

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.

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Movies Starring John Maxwell (62)

Cage of Evil (1960)

While investigating a diamond heist, disgruntled cop Harper falls for Holly, the top suspect's main squeeze. When she convinces him to kill her boyfriend and make off with her and the loot, they start down a treacherous path full of dark surprises. ...

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The Lineup (1958)

In San Francisco, a psychopathic gangster and his mentor retrieve heroin packages carried by unsuspecting travelers. ...

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The Man Who Died Twice (1958)

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 narcotics agents. ...

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Flood Tide (1958)

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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The Wayward Girl (1957)

Framed by her stepmother for manslaughter, a convict turns to a parole racket. ...

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Showdown at Abilene (1956)

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 Mosely is now engaged to Trask's former sweetheart and is one of the cattlemen increasingly feuding with ...

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A Strange Adventure (1956)

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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Francis in the Haunted House (1956)

A Ha-Ha-Haunted House Has Got 'Em! ...and it's every ghost for himself! ...

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Terror at Midnight (1956)

A newly promoted police sergeant discovers his girlfriend my be involved with a gang of car thieves. ...

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Backlash (1956)

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 help but disappeared with a lot of gold. In the process, he gets several people gunning for him, and he ke ...

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Time Table (1956)

An insurance detective encounters numerous surprises when he is assigned to investigate a meticulously-planned train robbery in Arizona. ...

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The Eternal Sea (1955)

Biography of Admiral John Hoskins' efforts to retain active command despite WW2 injury. ...

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Young at Heart (1954)

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 composer and a cynical music arranger. ...

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Johnny Guitar (1954)

On the outskirts of town, the hard-nosed Vienna owns a saloon frequented by the undesirables of the region, including Dancin' Kid and his gang. Another patron of Vienna's establishment is Johnny Guitar, a former gunslinger and her lover. When a heist is pu ...

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The Bigamist (1953)

San Francisco businessman Harry Graham and his wife and business partner, Eve, are in the process of adopting a child. When private investigator Mr. Jordan uncovers the fact that Graham has another wife, Phyllis, and a small child in Los Angeles, he confes ...

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Captain John Smith and Pocahontas (1953)

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 the colony of Jamestown. ...

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The War of the Worlds (1953)

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 Mars bringing an army of invaders invincible to any man-made weapon, even the atomic bomb. ...

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Devil's Canyon (1953)

An outlaw woman helps one Arizona convict stop another with a Gatling gun. ...

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Meet Me at the Fair (1953)

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 (the result of political graft) are being investigated by new appointee Zerelda Wing, who doesn't know th ...

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Without Warning! (1952)

Los Angeles is paralysed with terror when a lovesick murderer takes to the streets with a pair of garden shears ...

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Too Young to Kiss (1951)

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 talented pianist... but she can't get in to see him. When she learns that Wainwright is auditioning young musici ...

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The Unknown Man (1951)

A scrupulously honest lawyer discovers that the client he's gotten off was really guilty. ...

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The Lady from Texas (1951)

An eccentric Civil War widow is accused of being insane. ...

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Night Into Morning (1951)

Berkeley university professor adjusts (using alcohol) to tragic fire deaths of wife & son. ...

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The Prowler (1951)

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 stalks the home of a married woman. ...

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Three Guys Named Mike (1951)

A stewardess becomes romantically involved with an airline pilot, a college professor, and a successful businessman...all of whom are named Mike. When the three find out about each other, she has to decide which one she loves the most. ...

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The Enforcer (1951)

After years of investigation, Assistant District Attorney Martin Ferguson has managed to build a solid case against an elusive gangster whose top lieutenant is about to testify. ...

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Dial 1119 (1950)

A deranged killer escapes from a mental institution, intent on locating the psychiatrist whose testimony sent him to the asylum, holds the patrons of a bar hostage. ...

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Pretty Baby (1950)

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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Mystery Street (1950)

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 the help of a Harvard professor, to determine the woman's identity, how she died, and who killed her. ...

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The Damned Don't Cry (1950)

Fed up with her small-town marriage, a woman goes after the big time and gets mixed up with the mob. ...

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The Asphalt Jungle (1950)

Recently paroled from prison, legendary burglar "Doc" Riedenschneider, with funding from Alonzo Emmerich, a crooked lawyer, gathers a small group of veteran criminals together in the Midwest for a big jewel heist. ...

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Side Street (1950)

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 few hundred dollars, it contains $30,000, and when he decides to return the money things go wrong and tha ...

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Adam's Rib (1949)

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 end up on opposite sides of the case in court. ...

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Arson, Inc. (1949)

An arson investigator goes undercover to break up a ring that sets fires in order to collect the insurance. ...

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The Paleface (1948)

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" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless Calamity as she fights off outlaws and Indi ...

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Alaska (1944)

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 gang. ...

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The Last Horseman (1944)

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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Lady in the Death House (1944)

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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Batman (1943)

Japanese master spy Daka operates a covert espionage-sabotage organization located in Gotham City's now-deserted Little Tokyo, which turns American scientists into pliable zombies. The great crime-fighters Batman and Robin, with the help of their allies, a ...

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False Faces (1943)

A district attorney sets out to vindicate his son who's been accused of murdering a nightclub singer. ...

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Mission to Moscow (1943)

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to the US as an advocate of socialism. ...

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Silver Skates (1943)

The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts. ...

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Gentleman Jim (1942)

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 boxing world. ...

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Seven Sweethearts (1942)

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 daughters marry in order, from eldest to youngest. ...

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The Lone Prairie (1942)

Hayden enters the lawless prairie in which criminals have had free reign to manipulate the innocent settlers. ...

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The Omaha Trail (1942)

The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war. ...

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Spy Ship (1942)

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 the help of the girl's sister, he sets out to expose the spy and her Nazi gang. ...

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Broadway (1942)

Gangsters, nightclubs and the Roaring '20s. ...

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Grand Central Murder (1942)

Conniving Broadway starlet Mida King has plenty of enemies, so when she's found murdered at Grand Central Station, Inspector Gunther calls together a slew of suspects for questioning. Mida's shady ex-flame, Turk, seems the most likely culprit, but when sma ...

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The Mystery of Marie Roget (1942)

A detective investigates the mysterious death of a young actress. ...

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Murder in the Big House (1942)

When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy... ...

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The Male Animal (1942)

The trustees of Midwestern University have forced three teachers out of their jobs for being suspected communists. Trustee Ed Keller has also threatened mild mannered English Professor Tommy Turner, because he plans to read a controversial piece of prose i ...

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Wild Bill Hickok Rides (1942)

The Western hero takes on a ruthless land baron whose henchmen killed his best friend. ...

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Man From Headquarters (1942)

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 Windy City gang leader against whom he is scheduled to testify. ...

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Arizona Terrors (1942)

A crooked gambler poses as a descendant of a noble Spanish family has successfully secured court validation of a counterfeit land grant, and proceeds to drive out ranchers already settled on the land with high taxes, road tolls and violent tactics. A pair ...

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You're in the Army Now (1941)

Incompetent door-to-door vacuum cleaner salesmen become enlisted without their knowledge. ...

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Borrowed Hero (1941)

A struggling lawyer is named as special prosecutor in a racketeering case. ...

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Flying Cadets (1941)

Story of test pilots at a school that trains new flyers. ...

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Honky Tonk (1941)

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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Nine Lives Are Not Enough (1941)

A reporter is constantly in trouble for jumping to conclusions. ...

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Father Steps Out (1941)

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 private train-car and landing in a hobo jungle occupied by Faylen and Hall, and being cured of all his ills ...

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