Edward Ellis
Birthday: 1870-11-11
Place of Birth: Coldwater, Michigan, USA
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.
Movies
The Thin Man
A husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get killed f...
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A Man Betrayed
A bucolic lawyer takes on big-city corruption, setting out to prove that an above-suspicion politici...
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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
A World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of economi...
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Fury
Joe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to the ...
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The Texas Rangers
Two down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned to ...
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Wanderer of the Wasteland
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not...
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Village Tale
The insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love ver...
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The Return Of Peter Grimm
The ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part by ...
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The Last Gentleman
In New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George Arli...
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Man of Conquest
The story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the Republ...
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Girl Missing
Showgirls Kay and June are stranded on Palm Beach when they become involved in the case of a fellow ...
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From Headquarters
When a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out of ...
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A Man to Remember
On the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients....
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The 9th Guest
Eight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find themselv...
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Chatterbox
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes th...
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After Tonight
When war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from Luxembo...
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Little Miss Broadway
An orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people. The ...
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The Lady Consents
Civilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer pretending...
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Career
Set in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two life-long a...
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The President Vanishes
The President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American pol...
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Hi, Nellie!
Managing Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield wit...
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Strictly Personal
Soapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a smal...
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Transient Lady
A senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows is i...
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Out Yonder
Flotsam (Thomas) is the daughter and helper of crusty old lighthouse keeper Joe Clark (Edward Ellis,...
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The Frontier of the Stars
East Side gangster Buck Leslie attempts to stop a fight between chemist Gregory and a tough and is p...
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Winterset
A man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly execu...
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Maid of Salem
When a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes a sc...
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Main Street Lawyer
A prosecutor's career and his adopted daughter's happiness hang in the balance when he is blackmaile...
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Midnight Madonna
A habitual gambler comes to the aid of a desperate woman after her daughter inherits a fortune and i...
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The Trumpet Blows
In Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife. His y...
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The Law That Failed
A prospector named Rodin is blackmailed for years by Estrella, who tricks him into believing he murd...
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The Great Bradley Mystery
Business partners Bradley and Collier both love Mary. Bradley leads Collier to believe he is engaged...
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