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