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.

Known For

The Thin Man

Fury

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

Hi, Nellie!

Winterset

A Man Betrayed

Little Miss Broadway

The Lady Consents

All Movies (37)

• The Omaha Trail1942 · as Mr. Vane
• Steel Against the Sky1941 · as Pop Aloysisus Evans
• A Man Betrayed1941 · as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
• Main Street Lawyer1939 · as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
• Three Sons1939 · as Daniel Pardway
• Career1939 · as Stephen Cruthers
• Man of Conquest1939 · as Andrew Jackson
• A Man to Remember1938 · as Dr. John Abbott
• Little Miss Broadway1938 · as Pop Shea
• Midnight Madonna1937 · as Judge Clark
• The Man in Blue1937 · as Martin Dunne
• Let Them Live1937 · as Pete Lindsey
• Maid of Salem1937 · as Elder Goode
• Winterset1936 · as Judge Gaunt
• The Texas Rangers1936 · as Major Bailey
• Fury1936 · as Sheriff
• The Lady Consents1936 · as Jim Talbot
• Chatterbox1936 · as Uriah Lowell
• The Return Of Peter Grimm1935 · as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
• Wanderer of the Wasteland1935 · as Dismukes
• Village Tale1935 · as Old Ike
• Transient Lady1935 · as Nick Kiley
• The President Vanishes1934 · as Lincoln Lee
• The Thin Man1934 · as Clyde Wynant
• The Last Gentleman1934 · as Claude, Cabot's butler
• The Trumpet Blows1934 · as Chato
• The 9th Guest1934 · as Tim Cronin
• Hi, Nellie!1934 · as O'Connell
• From Headquarters1933 · as Dr. Van de Water
• After Tonight1933 · as Maj. Lieber
• Strictly Personal1933 · as William "Soapy" Gibson
• Girl Missing1933 · as Detective Chief McDonald
• I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang1932 · as Bomber Wells
• The Frontier of the Stars1921 · as Gregory
• Out Yonder1919 · as Joey Clark
• The Great Bradley Mystery1917 · as Bradley
• The Law That Failed1917 · as Luke Rodin