Edward Ellis
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.

Top 10 collaborators

Roles

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

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