Birthday
1870/11/11
Day of death
1952/07/26 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Coldwater, Michigan, USA
Also know as
Edward Mayne 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.
(1934) The Thin Man
as Clyde Wynant
(1941) A Man Betrayed
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
(1932) I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Bomber Wells
(1936) Fury
as Sheriff
(1936) The Texas Rangers
as Major Bailey
(1935) Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Dismukes
(1935) Village Tale
as Old Ike
(1935) The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
(1939) Three Sons
as Daniel Pardway
(1934) The Last Gentleman
as Claude, Cabot's butler
(1939) Man of Conquest
as Andrew Jackson
(1933) Girl Missing
as Detective Chief McDonald
(1933) From Headquarters
as Dr. Van de Water
(1938) A Man to Remember
as Dr. John Abbott
(1934) The 9th Guest
as Tim Cronin
(1936) Chatterbox
as Uriah Lowell
(1933) After Tonight
as Maj. Lieber
(1938) Little Miss Broadway
as Pop Shea
(1936) The Lady Consents
as Jim Talbot
(1939) Career
as Stephen Cruthers
(1934) The President Vanishes
as Lincoln Lee
(1934) Hi, Nellie!
as O'Connell
(1933) Strictly Personal
as William "Soapy" Gibson
(1935) Transient Lady
as Nick Kiley
(1941) Steel Against the Sky
as Pop Aloysisus Evans
(1919) Out Yonder
as Joey Clark
(1921) The Frontier of the Stars
as Gregory
(1936) Winterset
as Judge Gaunt
(1937) Maid of Salem
as Elder Goode
(1939) Main Street Lawyer
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
(1942) The Omaha Trail
as Mr. Vane
(1937) Midnight Madonna
as Judge Clark
(1937) Let Them Live
as Pete Lindsey
(1934) The Trumpet Blows
as Chato
(1917) The Law That Failed
as Luke Rodin
(1917) The Great Bradley Mystery
as Bradley