Max Maximilian (born Franz Kuhn; 23 September 1885 – 25 June 1930)[1] was a German singer, actor and director.
[2] Maximilian was born in Cologne and began his career as a singer and stage actor.
In 1906 he moved to the Studienhaus in Coburg, in 1907 to Pirmasens, in 1908 to the Meininger Residenztheater, and in 1909 as an operetta singer at the Bochum City Theater.
[1] In the last few years before the outbreak of World War I, Max Maximilian turned to the new medium of film.
There he covered the entire range of supporting roles: he played fathers and subordinate service providers, seamen and miners, shady characters and police gendarmes.