Known For
Acting
Born
Nov 11, 1870
Died
Jul 26, 1952
Place of Birth
Coldwater, Michigan, USA
Credits
37 titles
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
Filmography
The Omaha Trail
Mr. Vane
Steel Against the Sky
Pop Aloysisus Evans
A Man Betrayed
Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
Main Street Lawyer
Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
Three Sons
Daniel Pardway
Career
Stephen Cruthers
Man of Conquest
Andrew Jackson
A Man to Remember
Dr. John Abbott
Little Miss Broadway
Pop Shea
Midnight Madonna
Judge Clark
The Man in Blue
Martin Dunne
Let Them Live
Pete Lindsey
Maid of Salem
Elder Goode
Winterset
Judge Gaunt
The Texas Rangers
Major Bailey
Fury
Sheriff
The Lady Consents
Jim Talbot
Chatterbox
Uriah Lowell
The Return Of Peter Grimm
Dr. Andrew Macpherson
Wanderer of the Wasteland
Dismukes
Village Tale
Old Ike
Transient Lady
Nick Kiley
The President Vanishes
Lincoln Lee
The Thin Man
Clyde Wynant
The Last Gentleman
Claude, Cabot's butler
The Trumpet Blows
Chato
The 9th Guest
Tim Cronin
Hi, Nellie!
O'Connell
From Headquarters
Dr. Van de Water
After Tonight
Maj. Lieber
Strictly Personal
William "Soapy" Gibson
Girl Missing
Detective Chief McDonald
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
Bomber Wells
The Frontier of the Stars
Gregory
Out Yonder
Joey Clark
The Great Bradley Mystery
Bradley
The Law That Failed
Luke Rodin