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Max Wagner‌

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Birthday

calendar1901-11-28

Popularity

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Max Wagner

Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

Max Wagner

Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1901-11-28

Popularity

star3.3

Biography

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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The Last of the Vargas

The Last of the Vargas‌
star0.0
calendar 1930

Invaders from Mars

Invaders from Mars‌
star5.9
calendar 1953

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball‌
star5.2
calendar 1946

The Thrill Seekers

The Thrill Seekers‌
star6.0
calendar 1927

It Happens Every Spring

It Happens Every Spring‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Name the Woman

Name the Woman‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Hell Bent for Love

Hell Bent for Love‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Charlie Chan in Shanghai

Charlie Chan in Shanghai‌
star6.6
calendar 1935

The Relay

The Relay‌
star4.5
calendar 1927

Flashing Oars

Flashing Oars‌
star3.0
calendar 1927

Making Good

Making Good‌
star0.0
calendar 1926

Step Lively, Jeeves!

Step Lively, Jeeves!‌
star4.7
calendar 1937

Born to Be Wild

Born to Be Wild‌
star7.0
calendar 1938

The House Across the Bay

The House Across the Bay‌
star5.3
calendar 1940

Shed No Tears

Shed No Tears‌
star5.0
calendar 1948

The Fighting Marines

The Fighting Marines‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Gunpoint

Gunpoint‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

Support Your Local Gunfighter

Support Your Local Gunfighter‌
star6.5
calendar 1971

I Died a Thousand Times

I Died a Thousand Times‌
star6.1
calendar 1955

Donovan's Brain

Donovan's Brain‌
star6.1
calendar 1953

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World‌
star7.0
calendar 1963

The Great Race

The Great Race‌
star7.1
calendar 1965

Shenandoah

Shenandoah‌
star6.8
calendar 1965

Young Frankenstein

Young Frankenstein‌
star7.9
calendar 1974

Rosemary's Baby

Rosemary's Baby‌
star7.8
calendar 1968

Hang 'em High

Hang 'em High‌
star6.8
calendar 1968

Flaxy Martin

Flaxy Martin‌
star5.7
calendar 1949

The Arkansas Traveler

The Arkansas Traveler‌
star6.0
calendar 1938

Alcatraz Island

Alcatraz Island‌
star4.9
calendar 1937

Maid's Night Out

Maid's Night Out‌
star6.2
calendar 1938

God's Country and the Woman

God's Country and the Woman‌
star4.2
calendar 1937

Many Unhappy Returns

Many Unhappy Returns‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again

The Over-the-Hill Gang Rides Again‌
star5.0
calendar 1970

The Miracle Rider

The Miracle Rider‌
star4.3
calendar 1935

Love on a Bet

Love on a Bet‌
star7.0
calendar 1936

The Crime Patrol

The Crime Patrol‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Illegal

Illegal‌
star6.5
calendar 1955

Dr. Socrates

Dr. Socrates‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

Pressure Point

Pressure Point‌
star6.6
calendar 1962

Frenchie

Frenchie‌
star5.7
calendar 1950

Robbery Under Arms

Robbery Under Arms‌
star5.4
calendar 1957

Numbered Men

Numbered Men‌
star4.6
calendar 1930

Radio Stars on Parade

Radio Stars on Parade‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Cock of the Air

Cock of the Air‌
star0.0
calendar 1932

Matri-Phony

Matri-Phony‌
star4.7
calendar 1942

True Grit

True Grit‌
star7.4
calendar 1969

Arizona to Broadway

Arizona to Broadway‌
star7.0
calendar 1933

We Who Are About to Die

We Who Are About to Die‌
star6.8
calendar 1937

Gridiron Flash

Gridiron Flash‌
star3.3
calendar 1934

Walking on Air

Walking on Air‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

Blind Date

Blind Date‌
star7.0
calendar 1934

The Personality Kid

The Personality Kid‌
star4.2
calendar 1934

Cocoanut Grove

Cocoanut Grove‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

Going Wild

Going Wild‌
star6.0
calendar 1930

Two in Revolt

Two in Revolt‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Tarnished Angel

Tarnished Angel‌
star5.3
calendar 1938

Paddy O'Day

Paddy O'Day‌
star7.0
calendar 1936

Border Cafe

Border Cafe‌
star6.3
calendar 1937

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen

Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen‌
star5.0
calendar 1934

Wings of the Navy

Wings of the Navy‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Fast and Loose

Fast and Loose‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Mr. Moto in Danger Island

Mr. Moto in Danger Island‌
star7.0
calendar 1939

The Return of the Cisco Kid

The Return of the Cisco Kid‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

5th Ave Girl

5th Ave Girl‌
star7.0
calendar 1939

The Girl from Mexico

The Girl from Mexico‌
star4.2
calendar 1939

The Gracie Allen Murder Case

The Gracie Allen Murder Case‌
star5.5
calendar 1939

The Red Pony

The Red Pony‌
star5.7
calendar 1949

Professor Beware

Professor Beware‌
star6.1
calendar 1938

Reno

Reno‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties‌
star7.5
calendar 1939

Pier 23

Pier 23‌
star5.2
calendar 1951

The Day the Bookies Wept

The Day the Bookies Wept‌
star5.0
calendar 1939

Millionaire Playboy

Millionaire Playboy‌
star2.7
calendar 1940

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

The Man Who Wouldn't Talk‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath‌
star7.8
calendar 1940

The Lost Weekend

The Lost Weekend‌
star7.6
calendar 1945

East of Eden

East of Eden‌
star7.6
calendar 1955

Night Waitress

Night Waitress‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

Wings Over Honolulu

Wings Over Honolulu‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

The Great O'Malley

The Great O'Malley‌
star6.7
calendar 1937

It's a Wonderful Life

It's a Wonderful Life‌
star8.3
calendar 1946

To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird‌
star8.0
calendar 1962

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell

The Adventures of Frank Merriwell‌
star4.0
calendar 1936

The Girl from Mandalay

The Girl from Mandalay‌
star3.0
calendar 1936

Evil Roy Slade

Evil Roy Slade‌
star6.2
calendar 1972

I'll Tell the World

I'll Tell the World‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Daring Young Man

The Daring Young Man‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Charlie Chan in Panama

Charlie Chan in Panama‌
star6.8
calendar 1940

Smart Blonde

Smart Blonde‌
star6.2
calendar 1937

Mexican Spitfire

Mexican Spitfire‌
star4.6
calendar 1940

The Truth About Murder

The Truth About Murder‌
star5.0
calendar 1946

The Oil Raider

The Oil Raider‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance‌
star7.8
calendar 1962

Money to Loan

Money to Loan‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Trail of the Vigilantes

Trail of the Vigilantes‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady‌
star7.1
calendar 1966

Ride on Vaquero

Ride on Vaquero‌
star4.2
calendar 1941

Buck Benny Rides Again

Buck Benny Rides Again‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Overland to Deadwood

Overland to Deadwood‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

The World and the Flesh

The World and the Flesh‌
star6.5
calendar 1932

Little Tough Guys in Society

Little Tough Guys in Society‌
star0.0
calendar 1938

That Brennan Girl

That Brennan Girl‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

Fallen Angel

Fallen Angel‌
star6.4
calendar 1945

Love Begins at Twenty

Love Begins at Twenty‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

The Great Diamond Robbery

The Great Diamond Robbery‌
star0.0
calendar 1954

The First Auto

The First Auto‌
star3.7
calendar 1927

Mary Burns, Fugitive

Mary Burns, Fugitive‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

San Quentin

San Quentin‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick‌
star6.4
calendar 1940

Hired Wife

Hired Wife‌
star6.8
calendar 1940

They Drive by Night

They Drive by Night‌
star6.9
calendar 1940

Men Against the Sky

Men Against the Sky‌
star4.4
calendar 1940

The Spirit of St. Louis

The Spirit of St. Louis‌
star6.6
calendar 1957

Lucky Partners

Lucky Partners‌
star5.9
calendar 1940

The Mad Doctor

The Mad Doctor‌
star6.0
calendar 1940

Rhythm on the River

Rhythm on the River‌
star7.0
calendar 1940

Wildcat Bus

Wildcat Bus‌
star4.6
calendar 1940

The Ghost Breakers

The Ghost Breakers‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

Caught

Caught‌
star6.5
calendar 1949

Sons o' Guns

Sons o' Guns‌
star4.3
calendar 1936

The Girl on the Front Page

The Girl on the Front Page‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Our Leading Citizen

Our Leading Citizen‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Sainted Sisters

The Sainted Sisters‌
star7.0
calendar 1948

Cafe Society

Cafe Society‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Cyclone on Horseback

Cyclone on Horseback‌
star5.8
calendar 1941

Pop Always Pays

Pop Always Pays‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Boss of Boomtown

Boss of Boomtown‌
star0.0
calendar 1944

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife‌
star4.5
calendar 1940

Come on Danger

Come on Danger‌
star5.7
calendar 1942

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines

Undercover: How to Operate Behind Enemy Lines‌
star5.7
calendar 1943

The Spoilers

The Spoilers‌
star6.2
calendar 1942

Sabotage Squad

Sabotage Squad‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

Chatterbox

Chatterbox‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Texas

Texas‌
star6.5
calendar 1941

The Good Bad Girl

The Good Bad Girl‌
star5.5
calendar 1931

The Wife Takes a Flyer

The Wife Takes a Flyer‌
star4.5
calendar 1942

Renegades of the West

Renegades of the West‌
star5.5
calendar 1932

Rockabye

Rockabye‌
star6.2
calendar 1932

Suicide Fleet

Suicide Fleet‌
star4.3
calendar 1931

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby

The Mexican Spitfire's Baby‌
star4.3
calendar 1941

The House of a Thousand Candles

The House of a Thousand Candles‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Obliging Young Lady

Obliging Young Lady‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

Stage Door

Stage Door‌
star6.9
calendar 1937

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant

Mexican Spitfire's Elephant‌
star5.2
calendar 1942

Off the Record

Off the Record‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Panama Hattie

Panama Hattie‌
star4.0
calendar 1942

Penrod and His Twin Brother

Penrod and His Twin Brother‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

The Big Game

The Big Game‌
star5.8
calendar 1936

Circumstantial Evidence

Circumstantial Evidence‌
star4.8
calendar 1945

Scouts to the Rescue

Scouts to the Rescue‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek‌
star6.8
calendar 1943

The Secret of Convict Lake

The Secret of Convict Lake‌
star6.5
calendar 1951

The Miracle of the Bells

The Miracle of the Bells‌
star6.1
calendar 1948

Half Past Midnight

Half Past Midnight‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

A Night to Remember

A Night to Remember‌
star6.3
calendar 1942

3 Kids and a Queen

3 Kids and a Queen‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Reign of Terror

Reign of Terror‌
star6.9
calendar 1949

A Medal for Benny

A Medal for Benny‌
star4.5
calendar 1945

Bullets or Ballots

Bullets or Ballots‌
star6.5
calendar 1936

Black Legion

Black Legion‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

Moontide

Moontide‌
star6.3
calendar 1942

You Only Live Once

You Only Live Once‌
star7.1
calendar 1937

Terror in the Wax Museum

Terror in the Wax Museum‌
star5.2
calendar 1973

The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Dancing Pirate

Dancing Pirate‌
star5.4
calendar 1936

Painted Desert

Painted Desert‌
star5.8
calendar 1938

The Racket

The Racket‌
star6.3
calendar 1951

Flaming Feather

Flaming Feather‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

The Lost Jungle

The Lost Jungle‌
star3.4
calendar 1934

The Lost Jungle

The Lost Jungle‌
star3.0
calendar 1934

4 for Texas

4 for Texas‌
star5.1
calendar 1963

Before Dawn

Before Dawn‌
star5.6
calendar 1933

Tycoon

Tycoon‌
star5.3
calendar 1947

She Had to Choose

She Had to Choose‌
star4.0
calendar 1934

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town‌
star7.3
calendar 1942

Ice Palace

Ice Palace‌
star5.8
calendar 1960

Return of the Gunfighter

Return of the Gunfighter‌
star6.1
calendar 1967

Tv Credits

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone‌
star8.4
calendar 1959

The Rifleman

The Rifleman‌
star7.0
calendar 1958

Columbo

Columbo‌
star8.1
calendar 1971