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Paul Maxwell was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in British cinema and television, in which he was usually cast as American characters. In terms of audience, his most notable role was probably that of Steve Tanner, the ex-GI husband of Elsie Tanner in the soap opera Coronation Street from 1967 until 1968.
Born
Saturday, 12 November 1921
Died
Thursday, 19 December 1991
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters | Steve Tanner | 2010 |
| Sleepers | Barrington Cabot | 1991 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Capt. Calvelli | 1990 |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Panama Hat | 1989 |
| Intrigue | Esterbrook | 1988 |
| Cloud Waltzing | Andrew Tolliver | 1987 |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Hopkins / Agent Hopkins | 1987 |
| The Last Days of Patton | Lt.Gen. Geoffrey Keyes | 1986 |
| Aliens | Van Leuwen | 1986 |
| Howards' Way | Scott Benson | 1985 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Stars of the Street: 50 Years, 50 Classic Characters | Steve Tanner | 2010 |
| Sleepers | Barrington Cabot | 1991 |
| Perry Mason: The Case of the Desperate Deception | Capt. Calvelli | 1990 |
| Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade | Panama Hat | 1989 |
| Intrigue | Esterbrook | 1988 |
| Cloud Waltzing | Andrew Tolliver | 1987 |
| The Return of Sherlock Holmes | Hopkins / Agent Hopkins | 1987 |
| The Last Days of Patton | Lt.Gen. Geoffrey Keyes | 1986 |
| Aliens | Van Leuwen | 1986 |
| Howards' Way | Scott Benson | 1985 |
| Rustlers' Rhapsody | Sheepherder No.1 | 1985 |
| Screen Two | Bill Freed | 1985 |
| The First Olympics: Athens 1896 | US Ambassador Ebin Alexander | 1984 |
| One by One | Magruder | 1984 |
| Sahara | Chase | 1983 |
| Danger Bay | Tim Buckman | 1983 |
| Philip Marlowe, Private Eye | J.P. Magnus | 1983 |
| Revenge of the Mysterons from Mars | Captain Grey / Breck | 1981 |
| The Aphrodite Inheritance | Hellman / Eugene Hellman | 1979 |
| Return of the Saint | Buzz Wepner | 1978 |
| A Bridge Too Far | Maj. Gen. Maxwell Taylor / Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor | 1977 |
| The Pink Panther Strikes Again | C.I.A. Director / CIA Director | 1976 |
| Spy Story | Submarine Captain | 1976 |
| The Cuckoo Waltz | Stephan Margolis | 1975 |
| Quiller | Colonel Fischer | 1975 |
| It's Not the Size That Counts | UN Delegate | 1974 |
| Pollyanna | Dr. Chilton | 1973 |
| Baxter! | Mr Baxter / Mr. Baxter | 1973 |
| Get Charlie Tully | 1st US Tourist | 1972 |
| The Adventurer | Don Fleming | 1972 |
| Whodunnit? | Howard Massey | 1972 |
| Madame Sin | Connors | 1972 |
| Man at the Top | Donald Hudson | 1970 |
| UFO | Lt. Jim Lewis | 1970 |
| My Partner the Ghost | Alan Corder | 1969 |
| The Looking Glass War | CIA Man / C I A Man | 1969 |
| ITV Saturday Night Theatre | Feingers / Mark L. Herris | 1969 |
| The First Lady | Eliot Jay | 1968 |
| The Champions | Capt. Baxter | 1968 |
| Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons | (voice) (credit only) / World President / Supreme Commander of Earth Forces / General Ward / Fire Chief / Captain Grey / Guard / General Tiempo / Porter Benson / DT19 Pilot / Breck / 1st Policeman / Captain - USS Panther II / Base Commander | 1967 |
| The Man Outside | Judson Murphy | 1967 |
| The 25th Hour | Photographer | 1967 |
| Thunderbirds Are GO | Captain Paul Travers / Captain Paul Travers (voice) | 1966 |
| It! | Jim Perkins | 1966 |
| The Baron | Dino Rossi / Jim Carey | 1966 |
| BBC Play of the Month | Lieut. John E. Donovan | 1965 |
| Out of the Unknown | Elijah Baley | 1965 |
| Thunderbirds | Captain Paul Travers / Captain Ashton / 2nd Reporter | 1965 |
| Riviera Police | Larry Bryant | 1965 |
| City of Fear | Mike Foster | 1965 |
| Mogul | Al Stevens | 1965 |
| Up from the Beach | Cpl. Evans | 1965 |
| Undermind | Dr. Polson | 1965 |
| The Winston Affair | Major Smith | 1964 |
| Revenge of the Black Knight | 1963 | |
| The Sentimental Agent | Robert Lamont | 1963 |
| The Haunting | Bud Fredericks | 1963 |
| Shadow of Fear | Bill Martin | 1963 |
| Follow the Boys | C.M.A.A. | 1963 |
| We Joined the Navy | Commander Spelling U.S.N. | 1962 |
| Fireball XL5 | Colonel Steve Zodiac / XL9 Pilot / Emergency Tannoy / Doctor Stamp / Dr. Howard Rootes / General Shan / Joe Briggs / Mrs Doughty / Okinawa Station / Research Control / Space Control / Tannoy / Technician / XL18 Pilot / XL24 Pilot | 1962 |
| The Saint | Kolben | 1962 |
| Man of the World | Colonel Cutler / Perez | 1962 |
| Ghost Squad | Frank Maine | 1961 |
| The Pursuers | Lambert | 1961 |
| Freedom to Die | Craig Owen | 1961 |
| Danger Man | Col. Doyle / Colonel Doyle | 1960 |
| Bells Are Ringing | Party Guest | 1960 |
| Armchair Mystery Theatre | Murdoch | 1960 |
| Never So Few | Co-Pilot | 1959 |
| Bourbon Street Beat | Lt. Patterson / Police Sergeant | 1959 |
| Skyport | Canadian pilot | 1959 |
| Submarine Seahawk | Lt. Cmdr. Bill Hallohan, XO | 1958 |
| Bronco | Lou Drum | 1958 |
| Steve Canyon | Maj. Russell | 1958 |
| How to Make a Monster | Jeffrey Clayton / Jeff Clayton | 1958 |
| The True Story of Lynn Stuart | Customer | 1958 |
| Sea Hunt | Welkin / Dr. Neal Martin / Dan Morgan | 1958 |
| Blood of Dracula | Mike, the young doctor / Mike, assistant coroner | 1957 |
| Harbor Command | Tom Gorman | 1957 |
| The Thin Man | George Hollander | 1957 |
| M Squad | Jim Landry / Andy Markham | 1957 |
| Death in Small Doses | Doctor | 1957 |
| Tales of Wells Fargo | Joe Pope | 1957 |
| Men of Annapolis | McHenry / Captain | 1957 |
| Playhouse 90 | Cooley / Gendarme / M.P. / Recorder | 1956 |
| Armchair Theatre | Walt Benedict / Walalce Westrey / Kovaric | 1956 |
| Highway Patrol | Martin Haggard | 1955 |
| Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Detective Sgt. Singer / Ed Sobel / Lab Technician / Not listed / Saul | 1955 |
| ITV Play of the Week | Don Gregory / Gentleman caller | 1955 |
| ITV Television Playhouse | Ken Thompson | 1955 |
| Schlitz Playhouse | Lewis | 1951 |
