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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.

Known For

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Mr. Vane

The Omaha Trail

1942

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Pop Aloysisus Evans

Steel Against the Sky

1941

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Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron

A Man Betrayed

1941

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Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs

Main Street Lawyer

1939

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Daniel Pardway

Three Sons

1939

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Stephen Cruthers

Career

1939

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Andrew Jackson

Man of Conquest

1939

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Dr. John Abbott

A Man to Remember

1938

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Pop Shea

Little Miss Broadway

1938

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Judge Clark

Midnight Madonna

1937

Credits

The Omaha Trail

as Mr. Vane

1942

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Steel Against the Sky

as Pop Aloysisus Evans

1941

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A Man Betrayed

as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron

1941

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Main Street Lawyer

as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs

1939

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Three Sons

as Daniel Pardway

1939

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Career

as Stephen Cruthers

1939

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Man of Conquest

as Andrew Jackson

1939

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A Man to Remember

as Dr. John Abbott

1938

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Little Miss Broadway

as Pop Shea

1938

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Midnight Madonna

as Judge Clark

1937

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Let Them Live

as Pete Lindsey

1937

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Maid of Salem

as Elder Goode

1937

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Winterset

as Judge Gaunt

1936

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The Texas Rangers

as Major Bailey

1936

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Fury

as Sheriff

1936

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The Lady Consents

as Jim Talbot

1936

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Chatterbox

as Uriah Lowell

1936

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The Return Of Peter Grimm

as Dr. Andrew Macpherson

1935

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Wanderer of the Wasteland

as Dismukes

1935

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Village Tale

as Old Ike

1935

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Transient Lady

as Nick Kiley

1935

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The President Vanishes

as Lincoln Lee

1934

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The Thin Man

as Clyde Wynant

1934

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The Last Gentleman

as Claude, Cabot's butler

1934

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The Trumpet Blows

as Chato

1934

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The 9th Guest

as Tim Cronin

1934

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Hi, Nellie!

as O'Connell

1934

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From Headquarters

as Dr. Van de Water

1933

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After Tonight

as Maj. Lieber

1933

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Strictly Personal

as William "Soapy" Gibson

1933

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Girl Missing

as Detective Chief McDonald

1933

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I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang

as Bomber Wells

1932

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The Frontier of the Stars

as Gregory

1921

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Out Yonder

as Joey Clark

1919

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The Great Bradley Mystery

as Bradley

1917

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The Law That Failed

as Luke Rodin

1917

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