Acting · Coldwater, Michigan, USA · Born November 11, 1870
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.
MovieThe Omaha Trail
1942
as Mr. Vane
MovieSteel Against the Sky
1941
as Pop Aloysisus Evans
MovieA Man Betrayed
1941
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
MovieMain Street Lawyer
1939
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
MovieThree Sons
1939
as Daniel Pardway
MovieCareer
1939
as Stephen Cruthers
MovieMan of Conquest
1939
as Andrew Jackson
MovieA Man to Remember
1938
as Dr. John Abbott
MovieLittle Miss Broadway
1938
as Pop Shea
MovieMidnight Madonna
1937
as Judge Clark
The Man in Blue
1937
as Martin Dunne
MovieLet Them Live
1937
as Pete Lindsey
MovieMaid of Salem
1937
as Elder Goode
MovieWinterset
1936
as Judge Gaunt
MovieThe Texas Rangers
1936
as Major Bailey
MovieFury
1936
as Sheriff
MovieThe Lady Consents
1936
as Jim Talbot
MovieChatterbox
1936
as Uriah Lowell
MovieThe Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
MovieWanderer of the Wasteland
1935
as Dismukes
MovieVillage Tale
1935
as Old Ike
MovieTransient Lady
1935
as Nick Kiley
MovieThe President Vanishes
1934
as Lincoln Lee
MovieThe Thin Man
1934
as Clyde Wynant
MovieThe Last Gentleman
1934
as Claude, Cabot's butler
MovieThe Trumpet Blows
1934
as Chato
MovieThe 9th Guest
1934
as Tim Cronin
MovieHi, Nellie!
1934
as O'Connell
MovieFrom Headquarters
1933
as Dr. Van de Water
MovieAfter Tonight
1933
as Maj. Lieber
MovieStrictly Personal
1933
as William "Soapy" Gibson
MovieGirl Missing
1933
as Detective Chief McDonald
MovieI Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
as Bomber Wells
MovieThe Frontier of the Stars
1921
as Gregory
MovieOut Yonder
1919
as Joey Clark
MovieThe Great Bradley Mystery
1917
as Bradley
MovieThe Law That Failed
1917
as Luke Rodin
