Maxwell Caulfield began his film career in a big way. He was chosen from among thousands of applicants to appear as Michael Carrington in the sequel to the most successful musical film of all time. Both he and his co-star, a fresh-faced young newcomer named Michelle Pfeiffer , were hailed as "The Next Overnight Sensations" and Grease 2 was going to make him a star. However, the film was a critical and commercial disaster, and his career was seriously affected. Despite a first-rate performance in the gritty and disturbing The Boys Next Door and a convincing turn in the award-winning TV movie The Parade , Caulfield's only widely seen role in the s was his inspired portrayal of bad boy Miles Colby in the soaps Dynasty and The Colbys Since then he has appeared in a number of uninspired B-movies and direct-to-video schlock.

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Maxwell Caulfield
Maxwell Caulfield began his film career in a big way. He was chosen from among thousands of applicants to appear as Michael Carrington in the sequel to the most successful musical film of all time. Both he and his co-star, a fresh-faced young newcomer named Michelle Pfeiffer, were hailed as "The Next Overnight Sensations" and Grease 2 was going to make him a star. However, the film was a critical and commercial disaster, and his career was seriously affected. Despite a first-rate performance in the gritty and disturbing The Boys Next Door and a convincing turn in the award-winning TV movie The Parade , Caulfield's only widely seen role in the s was his inspired portrayal of bad boy Miles Colby in the soaps Dynasty and The Colbys Since then he has appeared in a number of uninspired B-movies and direct-to-video schlock. However, it was his stage work that allowed him to demonstrate his range as an actor.
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By , his parents had divorced. Although not a working child actor, aged around 7, he played "Ted" under the name 'Maxwell Findlater', using his mother's maiden name in the film, Accident. The actor's American stepfather, Peter Maclaine, a former Marine , reportedly kicked Caulfield out of the house at the age of Caulfield became an exotic dancer at London's Windmill Theatre to obtain an Equity card enabling him to work as an actor. Later he got his green card through his stepfather. Salinger 's novel Catcher in the Rye. Sloane in , alongside Joseph Maher and Barbara Bryne. His performance was widely praised:.
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