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