
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.
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Filmography
Acting (36)
Movies (36)
The Omaha Trail
1942as Mr. Vane
A Man Betrayed
1941as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
Steel Against the Sky
1941as Pop Aloysisus Evans
Three Sons
1939as Daniel Pardway
Man of Conquest
1939as Andrew Jackson
Main Street Lawyer
1939as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
Career
1939as Stephen Cruthers
Little Miss Broadway
1938as Pop Shea
A Man to Remember
1938as Dr. John Abbott
Midnight Madonna
1937as Judge Clark
Let Them Live
1937as Pete Lindsey
Maid of Salem
1937as Elder Goode
Fury
1936as Sheriff
Chatterbox
1936as Uriah Lowell
Winterset
1936as Judge Gaunt
The Texas Rangers
1936as Major Bailey
The Lady Consents
1936as Jim Talbot
Transient Lady
1935as Nick Kiley
Village Tale
1935as Old Ike
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935as Dismukes
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
The President Vanishes
1934as Lincoln Lee
The Trumpet Blows
1934as Chato
The Last Gentleman
1934as Claude, Cabot's butler
The 9th Guest
1934as Tim Cronin
Hi, Nellie!
1934as O'Connell
The Thin Man
1934as Clyde Wynant
Strictly Personal
1933as William "Soapy" Gibson
Girl Missing
1933as Detective Chief McDonald
After Tonight
1933as Maj. Lieber
From Headquarters
1933as Dr. Van de Water
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932as Bomber Wells
The Frontier of the Stars
1921as Gregory
Out Yonder
1919as Joey Clark
The Great Bradley Mystery
1917as Bradley
The Law That Failed
1917as Luke Rodin
Crew (1)
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