James Maxwell

Career timeline

1. 1931 · Born

   Born in Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

2. 1950 · Screen debut

   Sunday Night Theatre (TV)

3. 1961 · Breakthrough

   The Avengers (TV)

4. 1979 · Died

   September 5, 1979

5. 1984 · Latest release

   Under the Hammer (Movie)

Career in numbers

5 1950s

32 1960s

21 1970s

4 1980s

• Drama47
• Tv Movie10
• Crime9
• Thriller7
• Mystery6
• Comedy6

Highest-rated title Doctor Who 1963 7.9 Most popular title Doctor Who 1963 7.9

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside James Maxwell in our catalogue.

Peter Hammond

7 titles together

Christopher Morahan

6 titles together

Herbert Wise

6 titles together

John Gorrie

6 titles together

Stuart Burge

5 titles together

Waris Hussein

4 titles together

John Mackenzie

3 titles together

John Mortimer

3 titles together

Robert Holmes

3 titles together

Robert Asher

3 titles together

1. 1984 Under the Hammer as Geoffrey Anderson Movie
2. 1982 American Playhouse as Lloyd Garrison TV
3. 1981 Four Friends as Hippie 6.8 Movie
4. 1980 Oppenheimer as Lloyd Garrison TV
5. 1979 The Racing Game TV
6. 1978 The Law Centre as Giles Eliott TV
7. 1978 Enemy at the Door as General-Major Von Wittke TV
8. 1978 Doctor Who: Underworld as Jackson Movie
9. 1976 John Macnab as Sir Edward Leithen TV
10. 1975 Rumpole of the Bailey as Everard Wystan 7.1 TV
11. 1975 Good Salary, Prospects, Free Coffin as Carter Movie
12. 1975 The Hanged Man as Leonid Frengel TV
13. 1974 Ransom as Bernhard 5.5 Movie
14. 1974 Father Brown as Professor Gerald Smaill TV
15. 1974 Armchair Cinema as Roland Blanchet TV
16. 1974 The Prison as Roland Blanchet Movie
17. 1973 Thriller as Carter TV
18. 1972 Crown Court as Major Alastair Fitton TV
19. 1972 The Visitors as Abe Schulman TV
20. 1972 The Shadow of the Tower as King Henry VII TV
21. 1971 Justice as Mr. Stanhope TV
22. 1970 One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich as Captain Movie
23. 1970 Connecting Rooms as Principal of Art College Movie
24. 1970 Doomwatch as Dr. Whittaker TV
25. 1970 Manhunt as Egon TV
26. 1969 Tower of London: The Innocent as King Henry VII Movie
27. 1969 W. Somerset Maugham as Jack Almond TV
28. 1969 Otley as Rollo 6.3 Movie
29. 1968 Dracula as Dr. Seward Movie
30. 1968 The Champions as Stanton 6.5 TV
31. 1968 The Expert as Michael Jackson TV
32. 1968 The Portrait of a Lady as Gilbert Osmond TV
33. 1966 The Fastest Draw as Peter Stenning Movie
34. 1966 The Hunchback of Notre Dame as Claude Frollo TV
35. 1966 Mystery and Imagination as Dr Jack Seward TV
36. 1965 The Power Game as Colin Townley TV
37. 1965 The Dead Past as Jonas Foster Movie
38. 1965 Out of the Unknown as Jonas Foster TV
39. 1965 The Troubleshooters as Ian Palmer TV
40. 1965 The Man Without Papers as David Castle Movie
41. 1964 The Wednesday Play as Capt. Miller TV
42. 1964 The Hidden Truth TV
43. 1964 The Evil of Frankenstein as Priester 6.2 Movie
44. 1964 Theatre 625 as Boris TV
45. 1964 The Third Secret as Mark 6.2 Movie
46. 1963 Doctor Who as Jackson 7.9 TV
47. 1963 Festival as Alfred Allmers TV
48. 1963 Espionage as Smith TV
49. 1963 The Road as Sir Timothy Hassell Movie
50. 1962 The Damned as Mr. Talbot 6.3 Movie
51. 1962 The Saint as Joseph 7.4 TV
52. 1962 The Traitors as Ray Ellis Movie
53. 1962 Design for Loving as Joe Movie
54. 1962 Private Potter as Lt. Col. Harry Gunyon Movie
55. 1961 The Avengers as Jason Wade 7.8 TV
56. 1961 Girl on Approval as John Howland Movie
57. 1960 Maigret TV
58. 1959 Subway in the Sky as Officer Movie
59. 1959 No Hiding Place TV
60. 1959 Brand as Ejnar Movie
61. 1956 Armchair Theatre as Father Brady TV
62. 1950 Sunday Night Theatre as Feste TV

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