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Robert Maxwell (Actor)
(06-26-1924
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12-24-2002)
Age 78
Radio personality and voice over actor, Robert "Bob" Maxwell appeared on radio in New York from the 1960s -1980s. He then moved to Hollywood and appeared in a couple of films including "City Heat" and "Tough Guys."
He appeared in the following 33 episodes of Radio Mystery Theater
| Date | Episode | Title | Plot |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/20/1974 | 0094 | The Crack in the Wall | A house fire claims the life of the young daughter of the house. Her bereft parents move to a new apartment but cannot seem to repair a hole in their basement wall. Gradually, cries of a voice that seems startlingly like their daughter's begins to flow through the hole. |
| 06/27/1974 | 0111 | Yesterday's Murder | Determined to change her fate, a woman is granted the chance to go back in time to set her life in order. |
| 07/22/1974 | 0121 | The Deadly Process | In order to save his job and further his career, an unskilled engineer pilfers the secret to a revolutionary process from an old friend. Now he must lie, cheat and bribe his way through life in a desperate bid to keep his new-found status. |
| 08/22/1974 | 0138 | The Case of M.J.H. | A professional swindler seduces a lonely unmarried woman who works as a psychiatrist's assistant. He persuades her to pilfer her employer's patient files in order to extort money from them. |
| 10/24/1974 | 0165 | A Cage for Augie Karo | A seasoned thief discovers a way to pull off the perfect crime while in jail. A fellow prisoner hands him a special chemical that will allow him to sleep for centuries. But has he calculated how the world around him will change with the passage of time? |
| 12/09/1974 | 0184 | The Fatal Connection | A young couple expecting a child also happen to inherit a furnished house. Among their acquired furniture is a phone that can send them back in time to relive the lives of their ancestors. They slowly realize that their ancestors were not very nice. |
| 03/28/1975 | 0247 | Key to Murder | A double bill of the classic Poe plot. An investigator probes the case of two murders that took place in rooms sealed from the inside with no other visible entrances or exits. |
| 05/02/1975 | 0267 | The Final Witness | An average Joe becomes the accidental witness to the murder of a friend. But his nerves fail him in the witness stand and the murderer is acquitted. Soon after his friend starts paying visits much to his horror and only extreme steps will appease his spirit. |
| 05/22/1975 | 0278 | Return to Shadow Lake | The Maxwell couple make their way through a blizzard to get to their summer cabin where someone has apparently attempted a burglary. But they encounter a mystical scene from the past over there - a scene that might not let to get back to their regular lives unscathed. |
| 05/30/1975 | 0283 | Someday I'll Find You | Ann Markle's husband is presumed dead in a cave-in. But just as she recovers from the trauma, she finds a recent painting by him in a flea market in Mexico. She decides to undertake a cross-country hike to get back her amnesiac husband. |
| 07/03/1975 | 0302 | Murder Will Out | In order to exact revenge on the man who murdered his father, a police officer from New York travels to Maine in search of the killer. He is forced to examine his values and beliefs when he finally finds him. |
| 07/17/1975 | 0310 | Nightmare's Nest | In order to pursue his interests in peace, a reclusive scientist purchases a remote country manor. Little does he know that a malevolent spirit prowls the estate's grounds. |
| 08/13/1975 | 0325 | The Master Computer | In a fully automated world, a couple come home from vacation to find that their existence has been wiped clean from society's records. The culprit that disrupted their lives is later revealed to be a computer glitch. |
| 09/04/1975 | 0338 | The Special Undertaking | In order to discover the identity of their new home's invisible resident, a country doctor and his young wife look to an antique music box for clues. |
| 09/23/1975 | 0349 | The Headless Hessian | On the eve of their battle at Trenton, George Washington's troops are spooked and later assisted by a decapitated ghost. |
| 10/02/1975 | 0357 | The Man Who Ran Away | Devastated by the discovery of his wife's infidelity, a man seeks refuge in a nearby town. He comes across a seemingly run-down estate and intends to drown his sorrows in solitude. However, he is surprised to find that the house occupied by a lady just as lonely as he is. |
| 11/03/1975 | 0373 | The Mortgage | When he is featured in the local broadsheet and lauded as a good Samaritan, a sleeper agent is troubled by the thought that he may be called to duty; thereby disrupting his quiet life. |
| 12/31/1975 | 0405 | Sagamore Cottage | A young couple find themselves hiding inside the walls of a witch's house when they stumble across her terrifying secret. That all the charming china dolls the old woman owned were actually people she had shrunk as she did with them! |
| 01/26/1976 | 0421 | The Ferret | Time and again the United States' plan to become independent of foreign energy sources falls short as their partner; Energy Exploration, Inc.'s resources are sabotaged. Amory Mills, EEI's hotshot lawyer sets up an elaborate scheme to entrap a corrupt EEI executive suspected of selling out the company. The clock is ticking as he zeroes in on Clem Ferris and finally comes close to unmasking "The Ferret." |
| 02/20/1976 | 0435 | The Bloody Legend | Immersed in a study of Beowulf, Dash becomes obsessed with the tale and soon finds himself suffering horrible nightmares. These nightmares lead him to come home one evening in blood-stained clothes and with no recollection of what he'd done. Martha Saxon seeks psychiatrist Frank Sherby's help with her husband's strange behavior. When carnage at a nearby animal shelter and a double homicide lead the police to the Saxon's home, they must do everything they can to evoke his memory and clear Dash's name. |
| 04/08/1976 | 0465 | Sleeping Dogs | A widow continues to search for the identity of the man who betrayed her husband to the Nazis despite repeated warnings from her new husband and their friends to let go of the past. |
| 06/14/1976 | 0491 | The Unthinkable | When his wife lands a job and starts moving up the corporate ladder, an unemployed engineer's ego takes a beating. He takes matters into his own hands and finds gratification in robbing a bank-- and not just any bank but the place where she works. |
| 08/05/1976 | 0504 | Lovers and Killers | A young lothario is on trial for killing a woman's husband when he catches them together after an evening at a singles bar. A reluctant juror must make up his mind about the suspect's guilt based on a number of criterea. |
| 10/19/1976 | 0538 | The Mission of Atropos | A detective follows the clues left by a corrupt industrialist using an illegal and deadly chemical. |
| 01/24/1977 | 0590 | License to Kill | Billy (Chappie) Chapman is a huge 6-foot 260-pound player is cut from the football squad because he lacks the killer instinct. When his wife is seriously injured in an auto accident and the medical bills start piling up, Chappie asks the coach for another chance. The coach renames him \'The Chopper,\' and tells him to go out on the field and destroy his opponents. Unfortunately, Chappie takes his coaches words literally to heart. |
| 05/06/1977 | 0647 | Bottom of the World | Arctic scientists must escape when threatened by a planetary catastrophe. |
| 08/08/1977 | 0692 | Hope Springs Eternal | A woman's fiancee disappears without a trace after walking out the back door of their cabin. For the next 40 years, she waits for his return. |
| 09/20/1977 | 0712 | The Tunnel Man | A deranged scientist invents a machine that can cut through elemental rock as easily as a ship cruising through the ocean. With the forecast of an approaching seismic disturbances in the town, he has the power to make it dance to his tunes and the mayor must decide on their course. |
| 10/24/1977 | 0728 | Trial for Murder | Two writers interested in reporting a murder end up sharing resources on the same murder trial. Furthermore, the spirit of the murdered man appears to help things along. |
| 12/02/1977 | 0749 | Neatness Counts | An investigator ends up with the unfortunate duty of solving the murder mystery about a man so universally panned that each and every person he knew in his lifetime could be a suspect. |
| 07/28/1978 | 0872 | Double Take | Two women novelists write the same story without even being aware of the other's existence. Slowly, they realise they are also enacting the plot in their real lives. |
| 10/06/1980 | 1124 | Second Sight | In order to evade capture during an attempted robbery of a wealthy man, Arthur Dickson aka Fingers accidentally blinds the detective leading the task force. Dickson is later charged with murder when the millionaire turns up dead. The blind detective comes out of retirement to once again work on the case, this time he believes Dickson's claims of innocence and sets out to exonerate him. |
| 02/17/1982 | 1291 | The Washington Kidnap | When the Tories attempt to kidnap General George Washington, two convicts use their skills in order to hinder their plans. |
5 Responses to Maxwell Robert
The photo you show is not of Robert Maxwell, the actor. Your photo is of corrupt UK newspaper tycoon Robert Maxwell, who misappropriated pension funds, was totally dishonest, and died when he fell off his yacht - no kidding.
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Robert Maxwell (born Max Rosen; April 19, 1921 – February 7, 2012[1]) was a harpist and songwriter, who wrote the music for two well-known songs: "Ebb Tide" and "Shangri-La" (originally a composition entitled "Fantasy for Harp"). He also wrote "Solfeggio", used in a repeated skit by entertainment television innovator Ernie Kovacs.
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