Edward Ellis
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1870-11-11
Day of Death
1952-07-26 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Coldwater, Michigan, USA
Edward Ellis
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.
Known For
Acting
(1942)
The Omaha Trail
as Mr. Vane
(1941)
A Man Betrayed
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
(1941)
Steel Against the Sky
as Pop Aloysisus Evans
(1939)
Career
as Stephen Cruthers
(1939)
Man of Conquest
as Andrew Jackson
(1939)
Three Sons
as Daniel Pardway
(1939)
Main Street Lawyer
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
(1938)
Little Miss Broadway
as Pop Shea
(1938)
A Man to Remember
as Dr. John Abbott
(1937)
Maid of Salem
as Elder Goode
(1937)
Let Them Live
as Pete Lindsey
(1937)
Midnight Madonna
as Judge Clark
(1936)
Fury
as Sheriff
(1936)
Winterset
as Judge Gaunt
(1936)
The Texas Rangers
as Major Bailey
(1936)
Chatterbox
as Uriah Lowell
(1936)
The Lady Consents
as Jim Talbot
(1935)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Dismukes
(1935)
Village Tale
as Old Ike
(1935)
The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
(1935)
Transient Lady
as Nick Kiley
(1934)
The Thin Man
as Clyde Wynant
(1934)
The 9th Guest
as Tim Cronin
(1934)
The President Vanishes
as Lincoln Lee
(1934)
The Last Gentleman
as Claude, Cabot's butler
(1934)
Hi, Nellie!
as O'Connell
(1934)
The Trumpet Blows
as Chato
(1933)
Strictly Personal
as William "Soapy" Gibson
(1933)
From Headquarters
as Dr. Van de Water
(1933)
After Tonight
as Maj. Lieber
(1933)
Girl Missing
as Detective Chief McDonald
(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
(1917)
The Great Bradley Mystery
as Bradley
Crew
(1917)
The Great Bradley Mystery
Scenario Writer