Edward Ellis
Acting
1870-11-11 · Coldwater, Michigan, USA
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.
movieThe Omaha Trail
as Mr. Vane · 1942 · 7.0
movieSteel Against the Sky
as Pop Aloysisus Evans · 1941 · 5.4
movieA Man Betrayed
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron · 1941 · 5.6
movieMain Street Lawyer
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs · 1939 · 5.0
movieThree Sons
as Daniel Pardway · 1939 · 2.5
movieCareer
as Stephen Cruthers · 1939 · 8.0
movieMan of Conquest
as Andrew Jackson · 1939 · 5.6
movieA Man to Remember
as Dr. John Abbott · 1938 · 6.7
movieLittle Miss Broadway
as Pop Shea · 1938 · 6.5
movieMidnight Madonna
as Judge Clark · 1937 · 8.0
movieThe Man in Blue
as Martin Dunne · 1937 · 10.0
movieLet Them Live
as Pete Lindsey · 1937 · 8.0
movieMaid of Salem
as Elder Goode · 1937 · 6.2
movieWinterset
as Judge Gaunt · 1936 · 6.0
movieThe Texas Rangers
as Major Bailey · 1936 · 6.6
movieFury
as Sheriff · 1936 · 7.5
movieThe Lady Consents
as Jim Talbot · 1936 · 6.4
movieChatterbox
as Uriah Lowell · 1936 · 7.0
movieThe Return Of Peter Grimm
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson · 1935 · 6.0
movieWanderer of the Wasteland
as Dismukes · 1935 · 6.0
movieVillage Tale
as Old Ike · 1935 · 7.3
movieTransient Lady
as Nick Kiley · 1935 · 6.3
movieThe President Vanishes
as Lincoln Lee · 1934 · 6.0
movieThe Thin Man
as Clyde Wynant · 1934 · 7.5