Actor
Edward Ellis
November 11, 1870 · Coldwater, Michigan, USA
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.
Notable work
Often works with
Harold Huber
4 titles together
The Thin Man, A Man Betrayed, Hi, Nellie!
Donald Meek
4 titles together
Little Miss Broadway, Hi, Nellie!, Maid of Salem
Glenda Farrell
3 titles together
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang, Hi, Nellie!, Girl Missing
Robert Barrat
3 titles together
Hi, Nellie!, From Headquarters, Man of Conquest
Hobart Cavanaugh
3 titles together
Hi, Nellie!, From Headquarters, The Lady Consents
William Henry
2 titles together
The Thin Man, A Man to Remember
Full filmography · 37
The Omaha Trail
as Mr. Vane
1942
Steel Against the Sky
as Pop Aloysisus Evans
1941
A Man Betrayed
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
1941
Main Street Lawyer
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
1939
Three Sons
as Daniel Pardway
1939
Career
as Stephen Cruthers
1939
Man of Conquest
as Andrew Jackson
1939
A Man to Remember
as Dr. John Abbott
1938
Little Miss Broadway
as Pop Shea
1938
Midnight Madonna
as Judge Clark
1937The Man in Blue
as Martin Dunne
1937
Let Them Live
as Pete Lindsey
1937