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name: "Edward Ellis"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/edward-ellis"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "11 November 1870"
died: "26 July 1952"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T22:35:11.162019+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Edward Ellis

Actor. Born 11 November 1870 in Coldwater, Michigan, USA. Died 26 July 1952.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 11 November 1870, Coldwater, Michigan, USA
- **Died:** 26 July 1952
- **Active:** 1932–1934
- **Also known as:** Edward Mayne Ellis
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Ellis_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3048506, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0254818/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/77115

## Biography

Edward Ellis (also credited as Edward Mayne Ellis) was an American actor. He appeared in supporting roles in numerous films of the 1930s and early 1940s, including as Bomber Wells in *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932).

He had an earlier career on Broadway as an actor, producer and playwright, with credits from 1905 until the early 1930s. Ellis is also known for his performances as Clyde Wynant in *The Thin Man* (1934) and as the sheriff in *Fury* (1936).

Born in Coldwater, Michigan, he died in Beverly Hills, California, in 1952.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Thin Man* (1934), Fi1m 84, as Clyde Wynant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md)
- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), Fi1m 85, as Bomber Wells — [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)

## Complete filmography (37)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Omaha Trail* (1942), as Mr. Vane
- *Steel Against the Sky* (1941), as Pop Aloysisus Evans
- *A Man Betrayed* (1941), as Boss Thomas 'Tom' Cameron
- *Main Street Lawyer* (1939), as Abraham Lincoln 'Link' Boggs
- *Three Sons* (1939), as Daniel Pardway
- *Career* (1939), as Stephen Cruthers
- *Man of Conquest* (1939), as Andrew Jackson
- *A Man to Remember* (1938), as Dr. John Abbott
- *Little Miss Broadway* (1938), as Pop Shea
- *Midnight Madonna* (1937), as Judge Clark
- *The Man in Blue* (1937), as Martin Dunne
- *Let Them Live* (1937), as Pete Lindsey
- *Maid of Salem* (1937), as Elder Goode
- *Winterset* (1936), as Judge Gaunt
- *The Texas Rangers* (1936), as Major Bailey
- *Fury* (1936), as Sheriff
- *The Lady Consents* (1936), as Jim Talbot
- *Chatterbox* (1936), as Uriah Lowell
- *The Return Of Peter Grimm* (1935), as Dr. Andrew Macpherson
- *Wanderer of the Wasteland* (1935), as Dismukes
- *Village Tale* (1935), as Old Ike
- *Transient Lady* (1935), as Nick Kiley
- *The President Vanishes* (1934), as Lincoln Lee
- *The Thin Man* (1934), as Clyde Wynant — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/the-thin-man.md)
- *The Last Gentleman* (1934), as Claude, Cabot's butler
- *The Trumpet Blows* (1934), as Chato
- *The 9th Guest* (1934), as Tim Cronin
- *Hi, Nellie!* (1934), as O'Connell
- *From Headquarters* (1933), as Dr. Van de Water
- *After Tonight* (1933), as Maj. Lieber
- *Strictly Personal* (1933), as William "Soapy" Gibson
- *Girl Missing* (1933), as Detective Chief McDonald
- *I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang* (1932), as Bomber Wells — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/i-am-a-fugitive-from-a-chain-gang.md)
- *The Frontier of the Stars* (1921), as Gregory
- *Out Yonder* (1919), as Joey Clark
- *The Great Bradley Mystery* (1917), as Bradley · Scenario Writer
- *The Law That Failed* (1917), as Luke Rodin

## Gallery

- ![Edward Ellis](https://film.one/media/person/1226191/gallery-802dcebfc1ec.jpg) Edward Ellis — Trailer screenshot, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9d/Edward_Ellis_in_Fury_%281936%29_trailer.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Edward Ellis](https://film.one/media/person/1226191/gallery-f9ea12bb2c9a.jpg) Edward Ellis — Image via TMDB

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