Edward Ellis
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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
Credits
The 9th Guest (1934)
as Tim Cronin
Transient Lady (1935)
as Nick Kiley
The Thin Man (1934)
as Clyde Wynant
Hi, Nellie! (1934)
as O'Connell
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
as Bomber Wells
Main Street Lawyer (1939)
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
The Man in Blue (1937)
as Martin Dunne
Fury (1936)
as Sheriff
Steel Against the Sky (1941)
as Pop Aloysisus Evans
Let Them Live (1937)
as Pete Lindsey
Little Miss Broadway (1938)
as Pop Shea
A Man Betrayed (1941)
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
The Law That Failed (1917)
as Luke Rodin
Wanderer of the Wasteland (1935)
as Dismukes
Winterset (1936)
as Judge Gaunt
Maid of Salem (1937)
as Elder Goode
The Lady Consents (1936)
as Jim Talbot
The Return Of Peter Grimm (1935)
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
The Texas Rangers (1936)
as Major Bailey
From Headquarters (1933)
as Dr. Van de Water
Village Tale (1935)
as Old Ike
The President Vanishes (1934)
as Lincoln Lee
The Omaha Trail (1942)
as Mr. Vane
After Tonight (1933)
as Maj. Lieber
Man of Conquest (1939)
as Andrew Jackson
Girl Missing (1933)
as Detective Chief McDonald
Strictly Personal (1933)
as William "Soapy" Gibson
A Man to Remember (1938)
as Dr. John Abbott
Career (1939)
as Stephen Cruthers
The Last Gentleman (1934)
as Claude, Cabot's butler
Chatterbox (1936)
as Uriah Lowell
The Trumpet Blows (1934)
as Chato
Midnight Madonna (1937)
as Judge Clark
The Great Bradley Mystery (1917)
as Bradley
Three Sons (1939)
as Daniel Pardway
Out Yonder (1919)
as Joey Clark
The Frontier of the Stars (1921)
as Gregory