Edward Ellis
Born: 1870-11-11 in Coldwater, Michigan, USA
Died: 1952-07-26
Known For: Acting
Biography
Character actor in films, often portraying strident types, he is best remembered cast as "The Thin Man" (actually, "Wynant") of the hit 1934 MGM film. He Ellis was active on Broadway as an actor, producer and playwright from 1905-32 (see "Other Works"). He died in Beverly Hills, CA at age 81 in 1952.
Filmography
1942
- The Omaha Trail as Mr. Vane
1941
- Steel Against the Sky as Pop Aloysisus Evans
- A Man Betrayed as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
1939
- Man of Conquest as Andrew Jackson
- Three Sons as Daniel Pardway
- Main Street Lawyer as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
- Career as Stephen Cruthers
1938
- A Man to Remember as Dr. John Abbott
- Little Miss Broadway as Pop Shea
1937
- Maid of Salem as Elder Goode
- The Man in Blue as Martin Dunne
- Let Them Live as Pete Lindsey
- Midnight Madonna as Judge Clark
1936
- Fury as Sheriff
- The Texas Rangers as Major Bailey
- Winterset as Judge Gaunt
- The Lady Consents as Jim Talbot
- Chatterbox as Uriah Lowell
1935
- Transient Lady as Nick Kiley
- Wanderer of the Wasteland as Dismukes
- The Return Of Peter Grimm as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
- Village Tale as Old Ike
1934
- The Thin Man as Clyde Wynant
- Hi, Nellie! as O'Connell
- The President Vanishes as Lincoln Lee
- The 9th Guest as Tim Cronin
- The Last Gentleman as Claude, Cabot's butler
- The Trumpet Blows as Chato
1933
- Girl Missing as Detective Chief McDonald
- From Headquarters as Dr. Van de Water
- After Tonight as Maj. Lieber
- Strictly Personal as William "Soapy" Gibson
1932
- I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Bomber Wells
1921
- The Frontier of the Stars as Gregory
1919
- Out Yonder as Joey Clark
1917
- The Law That Failed as Luke Rodin
- The Great Bradley Mystery as Bradley