Actor
Edward Ellis
155 years · Coldwater, Michigan, USA · 37 films
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.
Best known for
Filmography 37
The Omaha Trail
1942 · Mr. Vane
Steel Against the Sky
1941 · Pop Aloysisus Evans
A Man Betrayed
1941 · Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
Main Street Lawyer
1939 · Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
Three Sons
1939 · Daniel Pardway
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Career
1939 · Stephen Cruthers
Man of Conquest
1939 · Andrew Jackson
A Man to Remember
1938 · Dr. John Abbott
Little Miss Broadway
1938 · Pop Shea
Midnight Madonna
1937 · Judge Clark
The Man in Blue
1937 · Martin Dunne
Let Them Live
1937 · Pete Lindsey
Maid of Salem
1937 · Elder Goode
Winterset
1936 · Judge Gaunt
On Hoopla
The Texas Rangers
1936 · Major Bailey
On Fawesome
Fury
1936 · Sheriff
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The Lady Consents
1936 · Jim Talbot
Chatterbox
1936 · Uriah Lowell
The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935 · Dr. Andrew Macpherson
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935 · Dismukes
Village Tale
1935 · Old Ike
Transient Lady
1935 · Nick Kiley
The President Vanishes
1934 · Lincoln Lee
The Thin Man
1934 · Clyde Wynant
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