Max Showalter

Personal Info

Known For
Acting
Born
June 2, 1917 (83 years old)
Died
July 30, 2000
Place of Birth
Caldwell, Kansas, USA
Popular Genres
Romance Drama Comedy
Career Span
1949 – 1986

Max Showalter

4 wins
71 nominations
4 Oscars
44 credits

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Max Showalter (June 2, 1917 – July 30, 2000), also credited as Casey Adams, was an American film, television, and stage actor, as well as a composer, pianist, and singer. One of Showalter's most memorable roles was as Jean Peters' character's husband in the 1953 film Niagara.

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Personal Info

Born
Jun 2, 1917
From
Caldwell, Kansas, USA
Known For
Acting
Career
1949 – 1986

Award Recognition

4
Wins
71
Nominations
4
Oscars

Complete Filmography

1986

Marilyn Monroe: Beyond the Legend as Self (from Niagara [1953]) (archive footage)

1984

Sixteen Candles as Grandpa Fred Award
Racing with the Moon as Mr. Arthur, Piano Teacher Award

1981

A Gun in the House as Peter Schechter

1979

10 as Reverend Award

1978

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band as Ernest Shears Award

1973

Bonnie's Kids as Frank

1971

The Anderson Tapes as Bingham Award

1970

The Moonshine War as Mr. Worthman

1969

A Talent for Loving as Franklin

1966

Lord Love a Duck as Howard Greene

1965

How to Murder Your Wife as Tobey Rawlins Award

1964

Sex and the Single Girl as Holmes Award
Fate Is the Hunter as Dan Crawford Award
The Lucille Ball Comedy Hour as Walter

1963

Move Over, Darling as Hotel Desk Clerk Award
My Six Loves as B. J. Smith

1962

The Music Man as Salesman On Train (uncredited) Award
Bon Voyage! as The Tight Suit
Smog as Paul Prescott

1961

Summer and Smoke as Roger Doremus Award
Return to Peyton Place as Nick Parker

1960

Elmer Gantry as Deaf Man (uncredited) Award

1959

It Happened to Jane as Selwyn Harris

1958

The Female Animal as Charlie Grant
Voice in the Mirror as Don Martin
The Naked and the Dead as Colonel Dalleson

1957

The Monster That Challenged the World as Dr. Tad Johns Award
Dragoon Wells Massacre as Phillip Scott

1956

Bus Stop as Life Magazine Reporter Award
Indestructible Man as Lt. Richard Chasen Award
Never Say Goodbye as Andy Leonard Award

1955

The Return of Jack Slade as Billy Wilcox

1954

Down Three Dark Streets as Dave Millson Award
Night People as Frederick S. Hobart Award
Naked Alibi as Det. Lt. Parks (as Casey Adams) Award

1953

Niagara as Ray Cutler Award
Vicki as Larry Evans
Dangerous Crossing as Jim Logan
Destination Gobi as Walter Landers

1952

What Price Glory as Lieutenant Moore
My Wife's Best Friend as Pete Bentham
With a Song in My Heart as Harry Guild

1949

Always Leave Them Laughing as Comet Pen Salesman

Photos & Videos

Featured in Trailers

10
Sixteen Candles
Niagara
Elmer Gantry
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Bus Stop
Racing with the Moon
The Music Man
Sex and the Single Girl

Career Statistics

Roles by Genre
Genre Evolution