- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- November 11, 1870
- Place of Birth
- Coldwater, Michigan, USA
- Died
- July 26, 1952
Edward Ellis
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.
Filmography
movieThe Omaha Trail
1942 · Mr. Vane
movieSteel Against the Sky
1941 · Pop Aloysisus Evans
movieA Man Betrayed
1941 · Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
movieMain Street Lawyer
1939 · Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
movieThree Sons
1939 · Daniel Pardway
movieCareer
1939 · Stephen Cruthers
movieMan of Conquest
1939 · Andrew Jackson
movieA Man to Remember
1938 · Dr. John Abbott
movieLittle Miss Broadway
1938 · Pop Shea
movieMidnight Madonna
1937 · Judge Clark
The Man in Blue
movieThe Man in Blue
1937 · Martin Dunne
movieLet Them Live
1937 · Pete Lindsey
movieMaid of Salem
1937 · Elder Goode
movieWinterset
1936 · Judge Gaunt
movieThe Texas Rangers
1936 · Major Bailey
movieFury
1936 · Sheriff
movieThe Lady Consents
1936 · Jim Talbot
movieChatterbox
1936 · Uriah Lowell
movieThe Return Of Peter Grimm
1935 · Dr. Andrew Macpherson
movieWanderer of the Wasteland
1935 · Dismukes
movieVillage Tale
1935 · Old Ike
movieTransient Lady
1935 · Nick Kiley
movieThe President Vanishes
1934 · Lincoln Lee
movieThe Thin Man
1934 · Clyde Wynant
movieThe Last Gentleman
1934 · Claude, Cabot's butler
movieThe Trumpet Blows
1934 · Chato
movieThe 9th Guest
1934 · Tim Cronin
movieHi, Nellie!
1934 · O'Connell
movieFrom Headquarters
1933 · Dr. Van de Water
movieAfter Tonight
1933 · Maj. Lieber
movieStrictly Personal
1933 · William "Soapy" Gibson
movieGirl Missing
1933 · Detective Chief McDonald
movieI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932 · Bomber Wells
movieThe Frontier of the Stars
1921 · Gregory
movieOut Yonder
1919 · Joey Clark
movieThe Great Bradley Mystery
1917 · Bradley, Scenario Writer
movieThe Law That Failed
1917 · Luke Rodin