Adam Maitland

Adam Maitland
Background information
Feature films	Beetlejuice
Portrayed by	Alec Baldwin
Character information
Occupation	Owner of Maitland Hardware
Home	Maitland Residence; Winton River, Connecticut
Relatives	Barbara Maitland (wife) Jane Butterfield (cousin-in-law)
Allies	Lydia Deetz, Charles Deetz, Delia Deetz, Juno
Enemies	Betelgeuse, Otho, Delia Deetz (formerly)
Likes	His wife, his house, peace, solitude, Lydia
Dislikes	The Deetzes (formerly), scaring people, being dead (formerly), his wife or Lydia in danger
Fate	Continues living in his house with the Deetz family in peace.

Adam Maitland is one of the main protagonists of Beetlejuice. He is the husband of Barbara Maitland who died alongside her in a car crash. When a family moves into their former home, Adam and Barbara do everything they can to scare away the new residents as ghosts, even reluctantly requesting the aid of a dangerous poltergeist named Betelgeuse.

He is portrayed by Alec Baldwin.

Background

Personality

Adam is a nice, polite guy who wants to get along with everyone and be in peace. Being a quiet man, his hobby was creating realistic sculptures (especially for his model of his hometown) before he and his wife Barbara died in a car accident after a short trip into town to get supplies for the day's projects. When he finds himself a ghost and his house sold, he finds the new owners do not share his aesthetic. He is disgusted by the elaborate, abstract artwork of Delia Deetz, which ruins the simple, tranquil feeling of their now haunted Victorian home. Although Jane took credit, he and his wife worked very hard on redecorating their house, and he decides that as ghosts, his and Barbara's opportunity to scare the Deetz family out of the house is their best chance to restore the house to its original beauty where he and Barbara may spend their afterlife together in peace.

Trivia

• Alec Baldwin has stated that this is one of his least favorite roles.

External links

• Adam Maitland on Beetlejuice Wiki

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