Edward Ellis
b. 1870 — d. 1952 (aged 82)
Actor
Writer
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.
Known For
Filmography
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★ 5.7
The Omaha Trail
1942 Actor
Mr. Vane
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★ 5.9
A Man Betrayed
1941 Actor
Tom Cameron aka Boss Cameron
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★ 5.8
Steel Against the Sky
1941 Actor
Pop Aloysius Evans
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★ 6.1
Man of Conquest
1939 Actor
Andrew Jackson
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★ 5.9
Three Sons
1939 Actor
Daniel Pardway
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★ 6.3
Career
1939 Actor
Stephen Cruthers
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Main Street Lawyer
1939 Actor
Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
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★ 6.5
Little Miss Broadway
1938 Actor
Pop Shea
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★ 7.0
A Man to Remember
1938 Actor
Dr. John Abbott
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★ 6.4
Maid of Salem
1937 Actor
Elder Goode
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★ 4.3
The Man in Blue
1937 Actor
Martin Dunne
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Let Them Live
1937 Actor
Pete Lindsey
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Midnight Madonna
1937 Actor
Judge Clark
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★ 7.8
Fury
1936 Actor
Sheriff
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★ 6.6
The Texas Rangers
1936 Actor
Major Bailey
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★ 6.0
Winterset
1936 Actor
Judge Gaunt
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★ 6.0
Chatterbox
1936 Actor
Uriah Lowell
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★ 6.3
The Lady Consents
1936 Actor
Jim Talbot
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★ 6.2
The Return of Peter Grimm
1935 Actor
Dr. Andrew Macpherson
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★ 4.8
Village Tale
1935 Actor
Old Ike
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★ 5.2
Transient Lady
1935 Actor
Nick Kiley
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★ 5.3
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935 Actor
Dismukes
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★ 6.7
The 9th Guest
1934 Actor
Tim Cronin
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★ 6.8
Hi, Nellie
1934 Actor
O'Connell
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★ 6.0
The President Vanishes
1934 Actor
Lincoln Lee
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★ 6.8
The Last Gentleman
1934 Actor
Claude
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★ 5.0
The Trumpet Blows
1934 Actor
Chato
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★ 6.9
Affairs of a Gentleman
1934 Writer
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★ 6.7
Girl Missing
1933 Actor
Inspector McDonald
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★ 6.2
After Tonight
1933 Actor
Maj. Lieber
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★ 5.7
Strictly Personal
1933 Actor
Soapy Gibson
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★ 8.2
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 Actor
Bomber Wells
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Frontier of the Stars
1921 Actor
Gregory
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★ 6.3
Out Yonder
1919 Actor
Joey Clark
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The Great Bradley Mystery
1917 Actor
Writer
Bradley
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The Law That Failed
1917 Actor
Luke Rodin