Acting
Community Rating
5.6
TMDB estimate
Born
November 11, 1870
Died
July 26, 1952 (age 81)
Born in
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.
The Omaha Trail
as Mr. Vane
1942
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Steel Against the Sky
as Pop Aloysisus Evans
1941
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A Man Betrayed
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
1941
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Main Street Lawyer
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
1939
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Three Sons
as Daniel Pardway
1939
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Career
as Stephen Cruthers
1939
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Man of Conquest
as Andrew Jackson
1939
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A Man to Remember
as Dr. John Abbott
1938
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Little Miss Broadway
as Pop Shea
1938
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Midnight Madonna
as Judge Clark
1937
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The Man in Blue
as Martin Dunne
1937
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Let Them Live
as Pete Lindsey
1937
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Maid of Salem
as Elder Goode
1937
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Winterset
as Judge Gaunt
1936
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The Texas Rangers
as Major Bailey
1936
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Fury
as Sheriff
1936
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The Lady Consents
as Jim Talbot
1936
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Chatterbox
as Uriah Lowell
1936
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
1935
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Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Dismukes
1935
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