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.
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Bomber WellsA World War I veteran’s dreams of becoming a master architect evaporate in the cold light of...
Movie pageThe Thin Man
as Clyde WynantA husband and wife detective team takes on the search for a missing inventor and almost get...
Movie pageFury
as SheriffJoe, who owns a gas station along with his brothers and is about to marry Katherine, travels to...
Movie pageSteel Against the Sky
as Pop Aloysisus EvansSteel-worker brothers compete for the same woman.
Movie pageChatterbox
as Uriah LowellTeenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama...
Movie pageThe 9th Guest
as Tim CroninEight people are invited by an unsigned telegram to a penthouse apartment, where they find...
Movie pageLittle Miss Broadway
as Pop SheaAn orphan is provisionally adopted by the manager of a hotel populated by show business people....
Movie pageMaid of Salem
as Elder GoodeWhen a young woman named Barbara Clarke has an affair with adventurer Roger Coverman, it causes...
Movie pageThe President Vanishes
as Lincoln LeeThe President Vanishes, released in the United Kingdom as Strange Conspiracy, is a 1934 American...
Movie pageThe Texas Rangers
as Major BaileyTwo down-on-their-luck former outlaws volunteer to be Texas Rangers and find themselves assigned...
Movie pageWinterset
as Judge GauntA man is determined to find the real culprit behind the crime for which his father was wrongly...
Movie pageMain Street Lawyer
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' BoggsA prosecutor's career and his adopted daughter's happiness hang in the balance when he is...
Movie pageGirl Missing
as Detective Chief McDonaldKay and June, two showgirls, are hurt when they seek financial help from Daisy. On Daisy's...
Movie pageThe Last Gentleman
as Claude, Cabot's butlerIn New England circa 1933, a niece is reported missing and presumed dead and Cabot Barr (George...
Movie pageMan of Conquest
as Andrew JacksonThe story of Sam Houston, hero of the Texas revolution, statesman, and first president of the...
Movie pageThe Return Of Peter Grimm
as Dr. Andrew MacphersonThe ghost of a recently deceased family patriarch tries to help his surviving relatives, in part...
Movie pageThe Trumpet Blows
as ChatoIn Mexico, a former bandit settles down and picks out a beautiful young dancer to be his wife....
Movie pageCareer
as Stephen CruthersSet in a tiny midwestern town, this sentimental drama centers on the rivalry between two...
Movie pageAfter Tonight
as Maj. LieberWhen war is declared in 1914, glamorous Russian Carla Vanirska manages to get to Vienna from...
Movie pageThe Lady Consents
as Jim TalbotCivilized wife doesn't protest when husband runs off with uncivilized professional golfer...
Movie pageA Man Betrayed
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' CameronBucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove...
Movie pageStrictly Personal
as William "Soapy" GibsonSoapy Gibson (Edward Ellis) and his wife Annie (Marjorie Rambeau) run a lonely hearts club in a...
Movie pageThe Omaha Trail
as Mr. VaneThe coming of the railroad to the West triggers an Indian war.
Movie pageHi, Nellie!
as O'ConnellManaging Editor Brad Bradshaw refuses to run a story linking the disappearance of Frank Canfield...
Movie pageA Man to Remember
as Dr. John AbbottOn the day of his funeral, a dedicated smalltown doctor is remembered by his neighbors and patients.
Movie pageFrom Headquarters
as Dr. Van de WaterWhen a Broadway playboy is found dead, it's up to detective Jim Stevens to pick the murderer out...
Movie pageTransient Lady
as Nick KileyA senator's brother turns up murdered, and the senator tries to pin the blame on a man he knows...
Movie pageWanderer of the Wasteland
as DismukesAdam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did...
Movie pageLet Them Live
as Pete LindseyA young man goes up against a crooked town boss.
Movie pageVillage Tale
as Old IkeThe insidious typical talk of a small town makes a young man and the married woman he is in love...
Movie pageOut Yonder
as Joey ClarkFlotsam (Thomas) is the daughter and helper of crusty old lighthouse keeper Joe Clark (Edward...
Movie pageThree Sons
as Daniel PardwayA shop owner tries to interest his heirs in the family business.
Movie pageThe Frontier of the Stars
as GregoryEast Side gangster Buck Leslie attempts to stop a fight between chemist Gregory and a tough and...
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