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
- A Man Betrayed as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
- Steel Against the Sky as Pop Aloysisus Evans
1939
- Main Street Lawyer as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
- Man of Conquest as Andrew Jackson
- Three Sons as Daniel Pardway
- Career as Stephen Cruthers
1938
- A Man to Remember as Dr. John Abbott
- Little Miss Broadway as Pop Shea
1937
- Midnight Madonna as Judge Clark
- Maid of Salem as Elder Goode
- Let Them Live as Pete Lindsey
1936
- Winterset as Judge Gaunt
- Chatterbox as Uriah Lowell
- Fury as Sheriff
- The Texas Rangers as Major Bailey
- The Lady Consents as Jim Talbot
1935
- Village Tale as Old Ike
- Transient Lady as Nick Kiley
- The Return Of Peter Grimm as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
- Wanderer of the Wasteland as Dismukes
1934
- Hi, Nellie! as O'Connell
- The President Vanishes as Lincoln Lee
- The Last Gentleman as Claude, Cabot's butler
- The Trumpet Blows as Chato
- The 9th Guest as Tim Cronin
- The Thin Man as Clyde Wynant
1933
- After Tonight as Maj. Lieber
- Strictly Personal as William "Soapy" Gibson
- Girl Missing as Detective Chief McDonald
- From Headquarters as Dr. Van de Water
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 Great Bradley Mystery as Bradley
- The Law That Failed as Luke Rodin