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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.

The Omaha Trail
as Mr. Vane

Steel Against the Sky
as Pop Aloysisus Evans

A Man Betrayed
as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron

Main Street Lawyer
as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs

Three Sons
as Daniel Pardway

Career
as Stephen Cruthers

Man of Conquest
as Andrew Jackson

A Man to Remember
as Dr. John Abbott

Little Miss Broadway
as Pop Shea

Midnight Madonna
as Judge Clark
The Man in Blue
as Martin Dunne

Let Them Live
as Pete Lindsey

Maid of Salem
as Elder Goode

Winterset
as Judge Gaunt

The Texas Rangers
as Major Bailey

Fury
as Sheriff

The Lady Consents
as Jim Talbot

Chatterbox
as Uriah Lowell

The Return Of Peter Grimm
as Dr. Andrew Macpherson

Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Dismukes

Village Tale
as Old Ike

Transient Lady
as Nick Kiley

The President Vanishes
as Lincoln Lee

The Thin Man
as Clyde Wynant

The Last Gentleman
as Claude, Cabot's butler

The Trumpet Blows
as Chato

The 9th Guest
as Tim Cronin

Hi, Nellie!
as O'Connell

From Headquarters
as Dr. Van de Water

After Tonight
as Maj. Lieber

Strictly Personal
as William "Soapy" Gibson

Girl Missing
as Detective Chief McDonald

I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang
as Bomber Wells

The Frontier of the Stars
as Gregory

Out Yonder
as Joey Clark

The Great Bradley Mystery
as Bradley

The Law That Failed
as Luke Rodin