Paul Maxwell

Paul Maxwell (born Maxim Popovich; 12 November 1921 – 19 December 1991) was a Canadian actor who worked mostly in British cinema and television, in which he was usually cast as American characters. In terms of audience, his most notable role was probably that of Steve Tanner, the ex-GI husband of Elsie Tanner in the soap opera Coronation Street in 1967. Also, notable science fiction work he performed in was voicing Captain Grey in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Colonel Steve Zodiac in Fireball XL5, acted as Elijah Baley in the Out of the Unknown episode "The Naked Sun", Lt. Jim Lewis in the UFO episode "Sub-Smash", Jim Gordon in the Dirk Maggs audio drama Batman: The Lazarus Syndrome and Van Leuwen in Aliens.