1952Winner
Best Performance
Singin' in the Rain
Paul Maxey
Actor
Wheaton, Illinois, USA
March 15, 1907
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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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1951Nominee
Best Performance
An American in Paris
1953Winner
Best Performance
The Big Heat
Career Highlights
1948Highlight
Best Performance
The Pirate
1949Highlight
Best Performance
All the King's Men
Video
Singin' in the Rain
An American in Paris
The Big Heat