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.
Filmography
The Omaha Trail
1942
as Mr. Vane
Steel Against the Sky
1941
as Pop Aloysisus Evans
A Man Betrayed
1941
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
Main Street Lawyer
1939
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
Three Sons
1939
as Daniel Pardway
Career
1939
as Stephen Cruthers
Man of Conquest
1939
as Andrew Jackson
A Man to Remember
1938
as Dr. John Abbott
Little Miss Broadway
1938
as Pop Shea
Midnight Madonna
1937
as Judge Clark
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The Man in Blue
1937
as Martin Dunne
Let Them Live
1937
as Pete Lindsey
Maid of Salem
1937
as Elder Goode
Winterset
1936
as Judge Gaunt
The Texas Rangers
1936
as Major Bailey
Fury
1936
as Sheriff
The Lady Consents
1936
as Jim Talbot
Chatterbox
1936
as Uriah Lowell
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Dismukes
Village Tale
1935
as Old Ike
Transient Lady
1935
as Nick Kiley
The President Vanishes
1934
as Lincoln Lee
The Thin Man
1934
as Clyde Wynant