Actor. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the stern Fred Amory in the motion picture "Finger Man" (1955). After attaining his degree in theatrical arts from the HB Studio in New York City, New York, he relocated to California to begin a career in the film industry. After making his debut in "Wings and the Woman" (1942), he would go on to enjoy a 30-year career in the film and television industry appearing in over 80 features; mostly typecast as husbands, fathers, lawyers, clergymen, doctors, educators, retail clerks, military men, blue-collared guys, guards, policemen, sheriffs, cowboys, playboys, aristocrats, heroes, villains, gigolos, eccentrics, corporals, and public servants. In films, he appeared in "Fireman Save My Child" (1953), "The Search for Bridey Murphy" (1956), "The Go-Getter" (1956), "The Power of the Resurrection" (1958), and "Brainstorm" (1965). With the advent of television, he flourished as a household name appearing in several guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "Four Stay Playhouse," "Topper," "A Life at Stake," "Meet Corliss Archer," "The Cisco Kid," "Crusader," "Down Liberty Road," "Warner Brothers Presents," "Chevron Hall of Stars," "I Led 3 Lives," "The Man Called X," "Science Fiction Theater," "West Point," "Hey, Jeannie!," "Blondie," "Harvard Command," "Target," "Adventures of Superman," "Yancy Derringer," "Peter Gunn," "Mackenzie's Raiders," "The Rough Riders," "Highway Patrol," "The Restless Gun," "Rescue 8," "World of Giants," "Tales of Wells Fargo," "Shotgun Slade," "Bronco," "Pony Express," "Maverick," "Tombstone Territory," "The Wonderful World of Disney," "Overland Trail," "Zane Grey Theater," "Sugarfoot," "The Texan," "Men Into Space," "Sea Hunt," "The Blue Angels," "Two Faces West," "Lock Up," "The Brothers Brannigan," "Outlaws," "The Rebel," "77 Sunset Strip," "Bat Masterson," "The Detectives," "Rawhide," "Laramie," "Lawman," "The Rifleman," "My Favorite Martian," "Kraft Suspense Theater," "The Twilight Zone," "The Tycoon," "Branded," "Gilligan's Island," "Tarzan," "Combat!," "The Rat Patrol," "Iron Horse," "Hondo," "Star Trek," "Mission: Impossible," "Gunsmoke," "The Virginian," "The Outcasts," "The High Chaparral," and "Bonanza." During his career, he was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, was a regular parishioner of the United Methodist Church, supported the California State Democratic Committee, served on the board of directors for the Canyon Theater Guild, served in the United States Army during World War II, and he presided as a chairman for his local divisions of the American Red Cross and Habitat for Humanity. After retiring from acting in 1971, Maxwell, who neither married nor had any children, spent the last two decades of his life dividing time between his homes in Bel Air, California, and Rochester, New York, was a regular attendee at autograph conventions, and he was a member of the prestigious Los Angeles Country Club where he would often be seen golfing and dining out almost on a daily basis.