Arthur John Maude (23 July 1880 – 9 January 1950) was an English actor, screenwriter, and film director.

[5][6] The two continued to play opposite each other in, and to co-write, films during World War I, including six with the short-lived American Film Manufacturing Company (Flying "A" Studios) of Santa Barbara, California, which at the time was one of the largest motion picture studios in the United States.

[7] After Crawley's death in 1919, Maude continued to act, write screenplays and direct films.

His last major film project in the United States was the 1927, patriotic-themed silent movie The Flag: A Story Inspired by the Tradition of Betsy Ross, for which he was both writer and director.

Although the film was short, a two-reeler that ran about 20 minutes, it was produced in colour using the Technicolor process.