John Maxwell (March 11, 1918 – July 18, 1982) was an American film and television actor.
Biography
Maxwell was born in
Spokane, Washington
Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south o ...
, and appeared in more than 100 films of the 1940s and 1950s, often uncredited. Occasionally he played larger roles in films, such as in ''
The Prowler'' (1951). His television guest appearances included ''
The Lone Ranger'', ''
Lassie'', ''
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp'', ''
The Rifleman'' and ''
Bonanza
''Bonanza'' is an American Western television series that ran on NBC from September 12, 1959, to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 431 episodes, ''Bonanza'' is NBC's longest-running Western, the second-longest-running Western series on ...
''.
Maxwell also starred as Pappy Sawyer in
Disneyland
Disneyland is a amusement park, theme park at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. It was the first theme park opened by the Walt Disney Company and the only one designed and constructed under the direct supervision of Walt Disney, ...
's television miniseries ''The Nine Lives of
Elfego Baca''.
Selected filmography
* ''
Man from Headquarters'' (1942)
* ''
Silver Skates'' (1943)
* ''
Kismet'' (1944)
* ''
Lady in the Death House'' (1944)
* ''
The Last Horseman'' (1944)
* ''
The Paleface'' (1948)
* ''
Side Street'' (1950)
* ''
The Damned Don't Cry'' (1950)
* ''
The Asphalt Jungle'' (1950)
* ''
Mystery Street'' (1950)
* ''
The Enforcer'' (1951)
* ''
Three Guys Named Mike'' (1951)
* ''
The Prowler'' (1951)
* ''
Without Warning!'' (1952)
* ''
Captain John Smith and Pocahontas'' (1953) - Ship's Doctor (uncredited)
* ''
The Bigamist'' (1953)
* ''
Johnny Guitar'' (1954)
* ''
Them!'' (1954)
* ''
The Eternal Sea'' (1955)
* ''
Gunfight at the O.K. Corral'' (1957)
External links
*
* https://web.archive.org/web/20121016184423/http://orlabs.oclc.org/identities/lccn-no2002-67535
* http://www.sfi.se/en-gb/Swedish-film/Filmdatabasen/?type=PERSON&itemid=82487&iv=OVERVIEW
1918 births
1982 deaths
American male film actors
American male television actors
Male actors from Spokane, Washington
20th-century American male actors
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