People
Edward Ellis
- Name: Edward Ellis
- Birthday: 1870-11-11
- Also known as: Edward Mayne Ellis
- Place of birth: Coldwater, Michigan, USA
- Popularity: 2.735
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.
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Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| The Omaha Trail as Mr. Vane | 1942-09-01 |
| Steel Against the Sky as Pop Aloysisus Evans | 1941-12-13 |
| A Man Betrayed as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron | 1941-03-07 |
| Main Street Lawyer as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs | 1939-11-02 |
| Three Sons as Daniel Pardway | 1939-10-13 |
| Career as Stephen Cruthers | 1939-07-07 |
| Man of Conquest as Andrew Jackson | 1939-05-15 |
| A Man to Remember as Dr. John Abbott | 1938-10-14 |
| Little Miss Broadway as Pop Shea | 1938-07-29 |
| Midnight Madonna as Judge Clark | 1937-07-01 |
| Let Them Live as Pete Lindsey | 1937-04-25 |
| Maid of Salem as Elder Goode | 1937-02-12 |
| Winterset as Judge Gaunt | 1936-12-03 |
| The Texas Rangers as Major Bailey | 1936-08-28 |
| Fury as Sheriff | 1936-06-05 |
| The Lady Consents as Jim Talbot | 1936-02-07 |
| Chatterbox as Uriah Lowell | 1936-01-17 |
| The Return Of Peter Grimm as Dr. Andrew Macpherson | 1935-09-13 |
| Wanderer of the Wasteland as Dismukes | 1935-09-09 |
| Village Tale as Old Ike | 1935-06-15 |
| Transient Lady as Nick Kiley | 1935-03-04 |
| The President Vanishes as Lincoln Lee | 1934-11-17 |
| The Thin Man as Clyde Wynant | 1934-05-25 |
| The Last Gentleman as Claude, Cabot's butler | 1934-04-27 |
| The Trumpet Blows as Chato | 1934-04-14 |
| The 9th Guest as Tim Cronin | 1934-01-31 |
| Hi, Nellie! as O'Connell | 1934-01-20 |
| From Headquarters as Dr. Van de Water | 1933-11-16 |
| After Tonight as Maj. Lieber | 1933-11-10 |
| Strictly Personal as William "Soapy" Gibson | 1933-03-17 |
| Girl Missing as Detective Chief McDonald | 1933-03-04 |
| I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang as Bomber Wells | 1932-11-09 |
| The Frontier of the Stars | 1921-01-30 |
| Out Yonder as Joey Clark | 1919-12-21 |
