Max Wagner

Interprétation · Né(e) en 1901 · Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

Biographie

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Wagner (November 28, 1901 – November 16, 1975) was a Mexican-born American film actor who specialized in playing small parts such as thugs, gangsters, sailors, henchmen, bodyguards, cab drivers and moving men, appearing more than 400 films in his career, most without receiving screen credit. Newspaper gossip columnists noted his rise from playing "Gangster #4", with no lines, and not carrying a gun, to "Gangster #2", with both lines and a gun. Wagner was one of five children, all boys, of William Wallace Wagner, a railroad conductor, and Edith Wagner, a writer who provided dispatches for the Christian Science Monitor during the Mexican Revolution. When he was 10 years old, his father was killed by rebels and the family moved to Salinas, California, where he met John Steinbeck, who became a lifelong friend. Steinback based the character of the boy in his novel The Red Pony on Wagner. Under the name "Max Baron", Wagner acted in many Spanish-language versions of English-language films, which studios made as a matter of course in the early days of sound films, He also served as a Spanish language coach for other actors, and appeared in many of the "Mexican Spitfire" films starring Lupe Vélez, where he also served to monitor Velez's Spanish ad-libs for profanity. Other series that Wagner appeared in include the Charlie Chan films, and Tom Mix serials, as well as others made by Mascot Pictures Corporation. In the 1940s, Wagner was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in six films written and directed by Sturges, beginning with The Palm Beach Story In 1940 during the filming of "The Mad Doctor", Wagner was credited for driving 50,000 miles as an on-screen taxi driver on the studio back lots of Hollywood. Since his appearance as a cab driver in Charlie Chan in Shanghai (1935), producers often cast him as a wise-cracking or henchman taxi driver. "I was cast as a taxi driver about five years ago", Wagner told a reporter. "And I was typed." In 1952, Wagner began to appear on television, in episodes of such shows as The Cisco Kid, Zane Grey Theater and Perry Mason, playing much the same kind of parts he played in the movies. He was a regular cast member on the western television series Gunsmoke, making nearly 80 appearances between 1959 and 1973. He also appeared in many episodes of The Rifleman, Bonanza, Cimarron Strip, The Wild Wild West and Maverick, including a guest-starring role in the 1959 Rifleman episode "Blood Brother." He also had roles in the original Star Trek and The Twilight Zone series. He appeared in more than 200 television episodes between 1952 and 1974. Notable film roles for Wagner include a supporting role in the cult science fiction classic Invaders from Mars (1953), an actor playing a gangster in the film-within-a-film segment of Bullets or Ballots (1936), and the bull farm attendant in the Laurel and Hardy comedy The Bullfighters (1945). Late in his career, he appeared in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962). He also occasionally composed music, such as the Mexican folk ballad "Pedro, Rudarte y Simon" in the Western film The Last Trail (1933). Wagner died of a heart attack in Hollywood in 1975.

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Filmographie

7.9
Frankenstein Junior
1974
1974 · Villager (uncredited)
5.2
Terror in the Wax Museum
1973
1973 · Music Hall Drunk (Uncredited)
6.2
Evil Roy Slade
1972
1972 · Townsman (uncredited)
8.1
Columbo
1971
1971 · Derelict (uncredited)
6.6
Tueur malgré lui
1971
1971 · Townsman Watching Fight (uncredited)
5.9
The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again
1970
1970 · Barfly (uncredited)
6.4
Attaque au Cheyenne Club
1970
1970 · Barfly (uncredited)
7.3
Cent dollars pour un shérif
1969
1969 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
6.0
Le Démon des femmes
1968
1968 · Reporter (uncredited)
7.8
Rosemary's Baby
1968
1968 · Man in Dream Sequence (uncredited)
6.9
Pendez-les haut et court
1968
1968 · Prisoner
6.1
Le Justicier De L'Arizona
1967
1967 · Barfly (uncredited)
7.1
Gros coup à Dodge City
1966
1966 · Cashier (uncredited)
7.1
La Grande Course autour du monde
1965
1965 · Barfly (uncredited)
7.0
Les prairies de l'honneur
1965
1965 · Church Member
5.2
4 du Texas
1963
1963 · Blackjack Dealer
7.0
Un monde fou, fou, fou, fou
1963
1963 · Spectator (uncredited)
8.0
Du silence et des ombres
1962
1962 · Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
7.8
L'Homme qui tua Liberty Valance
1962
1962 · Townsman (uncredited)
7.6
The Andy Griffith Show
1960
1960 · Townsman (uncredited)
6.0
Sunrise at Campobello
1960
1960 · Convention Delegate (uncredited)
6.3
Les aventuriers
1960
1960 · Party Guest (uncredited)
8.5
La Quatrième Dimension
1959
1959 · Roller Coaster Operator
7.5
Bonanza
1959
1959 · Townsman (uncredited)
6.3
Public Pigeon No. 1
1957
1957 · Police Detective (uncredited)
6.7
L'Odyssée de Charles Lindbergh
1957
1957 · Reporter (uncredited)
5.2
Robbery Under Arms
1957
1957 · Sergeant Goring
3.6
Le Conquérant
1956
1956 · Mongul Guard (uncredited)
6.2
La Peur au ventre
1955
1955 · Deputy Charlie (uncredited)
6.5
Témoin à abattre
1955
1955 · Bartender (uncredited)
6.5
Le mariage est pour demain
1955
1955 · Townsman (uncredited)
6.7
Gunsmoke Police Des Plaines
1955
1955 · Townsman (uncredited)
6.8
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955
1955 · Gambler (uncredited)
7.5
À l'est d'Éden
1955
1955 · Workman (uncredited)
7.0
Une fille de la province
1954
1954 · Expressman (uncredited)
10.0
The Great Diamond Robbery
1954
1954 · Policeman (uncredited)
6.2
Donovan's Brain
1953
1953 · Station Agent (uncredited)
5.9
Les Envahisseurs de la planète rouge
1953
1953 · Sergeant Rinaldi
7.2
The Abbott and Costello Show
1952
1952 · First Workman
6.3
Racket
1951
1951 · Durko (uncredited)
6.6
L'Énigme du lac noir
1951
1951 · Jack Purcell (uncredited)
5.5
Pier 23
1951
1951 · Bar Patron (uncredited)
6.0
La Femme Sans Loi
1950
1950 · Drunk (uncredited)
6.8
Le Livre noir
1949
1949 · Citizen (uncredited)
6.6
It Happens Every Spring
1949
1949 · Umpire (uncredited)
6.0
Le Poney rouge
1949
1949 · Bartender
6.6
Pris au piège
1949
1949 · Projectionist (uncredited)
5.7
Flaxy Martin
1949
1949 · Charles McMahon
5.1
Shed No Tears
1948
1948 · Second Investigating Detective (Uncredited)
7.3
The Sainted Sisters
1948
1948 · Townsman (uncredited)
6.2
The Miracle of the Bells
1948
1948 · Baggage Man
7.0
Half Past Midnight
1948
1948 · Mike
6.9
La possédée
1947
1947 · Man in Café (uncredited)
6.0
Sinbad le marin
1947
1947 · Assistant Overseer (uncredited)
5.6
That Brennan Girl
1946
1946 · Moving Man (uncredited)
8.3
La vie est belle
1946
1946 · Cashier / Nick's Assistant Bouncer (uncredited)
5.4
Dick Tracy contre Cueball
1946
1946 · Bartender (uncredited)
5.0
The Truth About Murder
1946
1946 · Henchman Mike (uncredited)
7.6
Le Poison
1945
1945 · Mike (uncredited)
6.6
Crime passionnel
1945
1945 · Bartender (uncredited)
9.0
Radio Stars on Parade
1945
1945 · George
5.2
Circumstantial Evidence
1945
1945 · Truck Driver
5.6
A Medal for Benny
1945
1945 · Jake (uncredited)
9.8
Hi, Beautiful
1944
1944 · Sailor (uncredited)
6.9
Miracle au village
1944
1944 · Military Police Driver (uncredited)
10.0
L'Attaque de la Mine
1944
1944 · Sergeant George Dunne
6.0
Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines
1943
1943 · Rudy the Sailor
6.8
A Night to Remember
1942
1942 · Policeman Temple (uncredited)
5.7
Panama Hattie
1942
1942 · Jailer (uncredited)
9.0
Overland to Deadwood
1942
1942 · Buck
5.4
Mexican Spitfire's Elephant
1942
1942 · Villa Luigi Headwaiter
7.0
Madame et ses flirts
1942
1942 · Tom's Best Man (uncredited)
7.5
Sabotage Squad
1942
1942 · Recruiting Sergeant
7.4
La Justice des hommes
1942
1942 · Moving Man (uncredited)
5.5
Matri-Phony
1942
1942 · Guard (uncredited)
6.2
Les Écumeurs
1942
1942 · Deputy (uncredited)
6.0
Come on Danger
1942
1942 · Tough Guy
6.4
La Péniche d'amour
1942
1942 · Fisherman (uncredited)
5.5
The Wife Takes a Flyer
1942
1942 · Sergeant
6.0
Obliging Young Lady
1942
1942 · Jack - Diner Counterman (uncredited)
4.6
The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
1941
1941 · Bartender
6.7
Texas
1941
1941 · Fats Delaney
6.4
Cyclone on Horseback
1941
1941 · Jamison
5.2
Ride on Vaquero
1941
1941 · Partner
6.2
The Mad Doctor
1940
1940 · Cab Driver (Uncredited)
10.0
Trail of the Vigilantes
1940
1940 · Joe
6.6
Mines de rien
1940
1940 · Shirtless Ditchdigger (uncredited)
6.8
Hired Wife
1940
1940 · Streetcar Conductor
4.6
Men Against the Sky
1940
1940 · Max - Radioman
6.9
Le rythme de la rivière
1940
1940 · Cherry's Cabbie
5.4
Wildcat Bus
1940
1940 · Bus Driver Jackson (uncredited)
6.1
Partenaires chanceux
1940
1940 · Waiter (uncredited)
6.9
Une femme dangereuse
1940
1940 · Sweeney, Driver (uncredited)
6.5
Le Mystère du château maudit
1940
1940 · Ship Porter (uncredited)
6.7
Pop Always Pays
1940
1940 · Bill - Policeman in Car 43
5.0
Buck Benny Rides Again
1940
1940 · Cowboy
5.5
You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940
1940 · Burglar
7.8
Les Raisins de la colère
1940
1940 · Guard (uncredited)
4.5
Millionaire Playboy
1940
1940 · Highway Patrol Officer
5.6
Destin dans la nuit
1940
1940 · Jim
6.8
Charlie Chan au Panama
1940
1940 · Soldier
5.0
Mexican Spitfire
1940
1940 · Headwaiter - Mexican Pete's
5.3
The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1940
1940 · Truck Driver
6.7
Reno
1939
1939 · Police Lt. Joe Wilson
7.5
Les Fantastiques Années 20
1939
1939 · Gangster (uncredited)
7.0
La fille de la 5e avenue
1939
1939 · Policeman (uncredited)
7.5
The Day the Bookies Wept
1939
1939 · Bet Placing Taxi Driver (uncredited)
8.0
Our Leading Citizen
1939
1939 · Workman
6.3
The Gracie Allen Murder Case
1939
1939 · Thug
5.1
The Girl from Mexico
1939
1939 · Headwaiter
6.3
The Return of the Cisco Kid
1939
1939 · Brings in Rustler
6.7
M. Moto en péril
1939
1939 · Sailor at Wrestling Match
6.8
Money to Loan
1939
1939 · Hanley's Strong-Arm Man
I'll Tell the World
1939
1939 · Salesman
5.8
Fast and Loose
1939
1939 · Nolan's Henchman (uncredited)
6.2
Wings of the Navy
1939
1939 · Boss Mechanic
6.4
Off the Record
1939
1939 · Visitor (uncredited)
10.0
Scouts to the Rescue
1939
1939 · Joe - Truck Driver-Henchman
6.7
Submarine Patrol
1938
1938 · Marine Corporal (uncredited)
5.3
Tarnished Angel
1938
1938 · Tough Casino Decoy
6.7
The Arkansas Traveler
1938
1938 · Hobo
6.0
Painted Desert
1938
1938 · Henchman Kincaid
5.8
Professor Beware
1938
1938 · Chinatown Barker
9.0
Cocoanut Grove
1938
1938 · Brakeman
5.9
Maid's Night Out
1938
1938 · Sam Johnson - Milk Man (uncredited)
6.0
Penrod and His Twin Brother
1938
1938 · Blackie
7.5
Born to Be Wild
1938
1938 · Jake - Trucker in Cafe (uncredited)
Many Unhappy Returns
1937
1937 · Ernie - Counter Girl's Boyfriend
5.1
Alcatraz Island
1937
1937 · Party Guest (uncredited)
7.1
Pension d'artistes
1937
1937 · Baggage Man (uncredited)
6.0
Step Lively, Jeeves!
1937
1937 · Joey
7.0
Border Cafe
1937
1937 · Shakey
6.7
La Révolte
1937
1937 · Prison Runner
6.4
Wings Over Honolulu
1937
1937 · Marine
6.9
Septième district
1937
1937 · School Bus Driver (uncredited)
6.6
La Légion noire
1937
1937 · Truck Driver in Diner (uncredited)
7.1
J’ai le droit de vivre
1937
1937 · Dan - Corridor Guard (uncredited)
5.2
God's Country and the Woman
1937
1937 · Gus
7.0
We Who Are About to Die
1937
1937 · Cell Block E Convict (uncredited)
6.4
Smart Blonde
1937
1937 · Chuck Cannon
6.4
Night Waitress
1936
1936 · Diner Trying to Date Helen
6.6
The Big Game
1936
1936 · Man Outside Hotel
7.0
The Girl on the Front Page
1936
1936 · Fireman
6.3
Walking on Air
1936
1936 · Sam, Second Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
6.3
Love Begins at Twenty
1936
1936 · Lester - O'Bannion's Driver
6.6
Guerre au crime
1936
1936 · Actor Impersonating Kruger in Newsreel (uncredited)
5.7
Le Danseur pirate
1936
1936 · Pirate (uncredited)
5.2
Sons o' Guns
1936
1936 · Soldier
7.0
The Crime Patrol
1936
1936 · Bennie
4.7
The Girl from Mandalay
1936
1936 · Drunken Brawler
6.0
Two in Revolt
1936
1936 · Davis
10.0
The House of a Thousand Candles
1936
1936 · Henchman
7.0
Love on a Bet
1936
1936 · Reporter
7.0
Paddy O'Day
1936
1936 · Milkman's Helper on Dock
7.0
Chatterbox
1936
1936 · Himself (uncredited)
5.7
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
1936
1936 · Pug O'Leary
6.5
The Fighting Marines
1935
1935 · Gibson
9.0
Mary Burns, Fugitive
1935
1935 · Sailor
6.8
3 Kids and a Queen
1935
1935 · Reporter
6.6
Dr. Socrates
1935
1935 · Gangster
6.7
Charlie Chan à Shanghai
1935
1935 · Taxi Driver Henchman
10.0
The Daring Young Man
1935
1935 · Reporter
5.5
Le cavalier miracle
1935
1935 · Morley
6.5
A Notorious Gentleman
1935
1935 · Taxicab Driver
10.0
The Oil Raider
1934
1934 · Simmons
4.8
Gridiron Flash
1934
1934 · Convict Football Player
6.0
She Had to Choose
1934
1934 · Hold-Up Man
9.0
Name the Woman
1934
1934 · Reporter
8.0
Blind Date
1934
1934 · Evans - Bob's Chauffeur
3.9
The Lost Jungle
1934
1934 · Slade
4.4
The Personality Kid
1934
1934 · Max
10.0
Hell Bent for Love
1934
1934 · Ernest Dallas
3.4
The Lost Jungle
1934
1934 · Slade
6.0
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen
1934
1934 · Grip
5.7
Before Dawn
1933
1933 · Policeman in Car (uncredited)
7.5
Arizona to Broadway
1933
1933 · Pete
6.0
Renegades of the West
1932
1932 · Bob
6.5
Rockabye
1932
1932 · Reporter (uncredited)
7.7
The World and the Flesh
1932
1932 · Vorobiov
7.7
Cock of the Air
1932
1932 · Military Policeman
5.0
Suicide Fleet
1931
1931 · Radio Operator (uncredited)
6.5
The Good Bad Girl
1931
1931 · Thug
7.0
L'aviateur
1930
1930 · Ferguson - Pilot
El Valiente
1930
1930 · Sargento de Policia
5.1
Numbered Men
1930
1930 · Convict Road Laborer (extra)
6.5
The Thrill Seekers
1927
1927 · A Hood
5.8
The First Auto
1927
1927 · Bartender
3.5
Flashing Oars
1927
1927 · Student
6.8
The Relay
1927
1927 · Sophomore
9.0
Making Good
1926
1926 · Student