Roger Maxwell real name Roger Done Latham (1 January 1900 – 24 November 1971) was an English actor and first-class

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er. The son of Alexander Mere Latham, he was born at Chelsea on

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in 1900. He was educated at Wellington College, completing his education there in 1917. With the

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ongoing, Maxwell attended the

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from which he graduated into the Middlesex Regiment as a

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in August 1918. Following the war, he was promoted to

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in September 1921, which was antedated to February 1920. Maxwell played

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for the

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(MCC) against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in June 1920. Batting once in the match, he ended the MCC's first innings unbeaten on 16, sharing in a 58 runs stand for the final wicket with

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. Progressing into a career in acting, Maxwell's first role was in the 1927 docudrama ''

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''. On stage he appeared in the West End in Ian Hay's '' Leave It to Psmith'' and '' Off the Record'',

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's '' Who Is Sylvia?'' and Peter Jones's '' The Party Spirit''. In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the

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. Maxwell died on the

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at Onchan in November 1971.Wills. '' Kent & Sussex Courier''. 7 July 1972. p. 44

Filmography

References

External links

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Roger Maxwell career list of roles; Aveleyman website
1900 births 1971 deaths Male actors from London People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Middlesex Regiment officers British Army personnel of World War I English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers 20th-century English male actors English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors {{England-actor-stub