
Edward Ellis
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 | Acting |
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Most Rating | 0.012 |
Birthday | 1870-11-11 |
Place of Birth | Coldwater, Michigan, USA |
Also Known As | Edward Mayne Ellis, |

1934

The Thin Man
7.5/471
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed for their efforts.
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The Thin Man

1941

A Man Betrayed
5.4/11
Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is ac...
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A Man Betrayed

1932

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
7.8/210
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economic realities. Things get even worse when he’s false...
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

1936

Fury
7.5/225
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the small town where she lives to visit her, but is wr...
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Fury

1936

The Texas Rangers
6.4/16
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to bring in an old friend, now a notorious outlaw.
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The Texas Rangers

1935

Wanderer of the Wasteland
5/1
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not commit. He wanders into the desert wastelands and...
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Wanderer of the Wasteland

1935

Village Tale
4.5/1
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love very unhappy.
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Village Tale

1935

The Return Of Peter Grimm
5.2/5
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by preventing a marriage that he knows will go wrong.
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The Return Of Peter Grimm

1939

Three Sons
3.2/2
A shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.
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Three Sons

1934

The Last Gentleman
3/1
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arliss) summons his relatives to the family estate for...
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The Last Gentleman

1939

Man of Conquest
5.2/4
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republic of Texas.
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Man of Conquest

1933

Girl Missing
5.1/7
Kay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's wedding night when she is rendered missing, Kay and June de...
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Girl Missing

1933

From Headquarters
5.8/6
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of several likely candidates.
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From Headquarters

1938

A Man to Remember
6.5/6
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
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A Man to Remember

1934

The 9th Guest
5.7/17
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselves locked in and greeted by their unknown host's v...
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The 9th Guest

1936

Chatterbox
6/2
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapprov...
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Chatterbox

1933

After Tonight
6.3/6
When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembourg, with the help of Captain Rudolph Ritter of th...
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After Tonight

1938

Little Miss Broadway
6.6/12
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The hotel's owner doesn't like the entertainers and wa...
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Little Miss Broadway

1936

The Lady Consents
5.8/4
Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending to be civilized.
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The Lady Consents

1939

Career
0/0
Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long acquaintances whose early friendship falls apart wh...
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Career

1934

The President Vanishes
7/3
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American political drama film directed by William A. Wellman a...
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The President Vanishes

1934

Hi, Nellie!
6.5/10
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield with embezzlement of the bank. He considers Frank a s...
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Hi, Nellie!

1933

Strictly Personal
5/1
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a small town. Even during the Depression years these wer...
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Strictly Personal

1935

Transient Lady
5.5/2
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is innocent.
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Transient Lady

1941

Steel Against the Sky
5/4
Steel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
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Steel Against the Sky

1919

Out Yonder
6.3/3
Flotsam (Thomas) is the daughter and helper of crusty old lighthouse keeper Joe Clark (Edward Ellis, in fine form). The reason why Clark lives 'out yo...
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Out Yonder

1921

The Frontier of the Stars
0/0
East Side gangster Buck Leslie attempts to stop a fight between chemist Gregory and a tough and is pursued by detective Phil Hoyt to a tenement roof w...
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The Frontier of the Stars

1936

Winterset
5.6/14
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly executed.
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Winterset

1937

Maid of Salem
5.9/7
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a scandal in the Puritanical town of Salem, Massachuse...
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Maid of Salem

1939

Main Street Lawyer
2/1
A prosecutor's career and his adopted daughter's happiness hang in the balance when he is blackmailed by a gangster.
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Main Street Lawyer

1942

The Omaha Trail
7/1
The coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
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The Omaha Trail

1937

Midnight Madonna
0/0
A habitual gambler comes to the aid of a desperate woman after her daughter inherits a fortune and is underhandedly taken by her estranged father.
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Midnight Madonna

1937

Let Them Live
0/0
A young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
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Let Them Live

1934

The Trumpet Blows
0/0
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His younger brother also comes home after having spent...
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The Trumpet Blows

1917

The Law That Failed
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The Law That Failed

1917

The Great Bradley Mystery
0/0
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