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.
Filmography The Omaha Trail
1942
Mr. Vane
Details Steel Against the Sky
1941
Pop Aloysisus Evans
Details A Man Betrayed
1941
Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
Details Main Street Lawyer
1939
Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
Details Three Sons
1939
Daniel Pardway
Details Man of Conquest
1939
Andrew Jackson
Details A Man to Remember
1938
Dr. John Abbott
Details Little Miss Broadway
1938
Pop Shea
Details Midnight Madonna
1937
Judge Clark
Details Let Them Live
1937
Pete Lindsey
Details Maid of Salem
1937
Elder Goode
Details The Texas Rangers
1936
Major Bailey
Details The Lady Consents
1936
Jim Talbot
Details The Return Of Peter Grimm
1935
Dr. Andrew Macpherson
Details Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935
Dismukes
Details Transient Lady
1935
Nick Kiley
Details The President Vanishes
1934
Lincoln Lee
Details The Thin Man
1934
Clyde Wynant
Details The Last Gentleman
1934
Claude, Cabot's butler
Details The 9th Guest
1934
Tim Cronin
Details From Headquarters
1933
Dr. Van de Water
Details After Tonight
1933
Maj. Lieber
Details Strictly Personal
1933
William "Soapy" Gibson
Details Girl Missing
1933
Detective Chief McDonald
Details I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
1932
Bomber Wells
Details The Frontier of the Stars
1921
Gregory
Details The Great Bradley Mystery
1917
Bradley
Details The Law That Failed
1917
Luke Rodin
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