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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 11, 1870
Died
July 26, 1952
Place of Birth
Coldwater, Michigan, USA
Also Known As
- Edward Mayne Ellis
Edward Ellis
0.2 Popularity
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
7.0
Mr. Vane
The Omaha Trail
1942
5.0
Pop Aloysisus Evans
Steel Against the Sky
1941
5.4
Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
A Man Betrayed
1941
2.0
Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
Main Street Lawyer
1939
2.5
Daniel Pardway
Three Sons
1939
0.0
Stephen Cruthers
Career
1939
5.0
Andrew Jackson
Man of Conquest
1939
6.5
Dr. John Abbott
A Man to Remember
1938
6.4
Pop Shea
Little Miss Broadway
1938
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0.0
Judge Clark
Midnight Madonna
1937
Credits
The Omaha Trail
as Mr. Vane
1942
7.0
Steel Against the Sky
as Pop Aloysisus Evans
1941
5.0
A Man Betrayed
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
1941
5.4
Main Street Lawyer
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
1939
2.0
Three Sons
as Daniel Pardway
1939
2.5
Career
as Stephen Cruthers
1939
0.0
Man of Conquest
as Andrew Jackson
1939
5.0
A Man to Remember
as Dr. John Abbott
1938
6.5
Little Miss Broadway
as Pop Shea
1938
6.4
🎬
Midnight Madonna
as Judge Clark
1937
0.0
Let Them Live
as Pete Lindsey
1937
0.0
Maid of Salem
as Elder Goode
1937
5.9
Winterset
as Judge Gaunt
1936
5.7
The Texas Rangers
as Major Bailey
1936
6.3
Fury
as Sheriff
1936
7.4
The Lady Consents
as Jim Talbot
1936
5.8
Chatterbox
as Uriah Lowell
1936
6.0
The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
1935
5.2
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Dismukes
1935
5.0
Village Tale
as Old Ike
1935
4.5
Transient Lady
as Nick Kiley
1935
5.5
The President Vanishes
as Lincoln Lee
1934
5.8
The Thin Man
as Clyde Wynant
1934
7.5
The Last Gentleman
as Claude, Cabot's butler
1934
3.0
The Trumpet Blows
as Chato
1934
5.0
The 9th Guest
as Tim Cronin
1934
5.9
Hi, Nellie!
as O'Connell
1934
6.5
From Headquarters
as Dr. Van de Water
1933
5.7
After Tonight
as Maj. Lieber
1933
6.3
Strictly Personal
as William "Soapy" Gibson
1933
5.0
Girl Missing
as Detective Chief McDonald
1933
4.6
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Bomber Wells
1932
7.8
The Frontier of the Stars
as Gregory
1921
0.0
Out Yonder
as Joey Clark
1919
6.3
The Great Bradley Mystery
as Bradley
1917
0.0
The Law That Failed
as Luke Rodin
1917
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