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Robert Ellis

Highest Rated: 55% Gidget (1959)

Lowest Rated: 55% Gidget (1959)

Birthday: Aug 24, 1933

Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, USA

The origin of Robert Ellis's acting career goes back to when he was just 15 years old. Ellis kickstarted his acting career in various films such as the musical "April Showers" (1948) with Jack Carson, the William Bendix biopic "The Babe Ruth Story" (1948) and "The Green Promise" (1949). He continued to act in productions like the Joseph Cotten crime picture "Walk Softly, Stranger" (1950), "Retreat, Hell!" (1952) and the Marilyn Monroe crime feature "Niagara" (1953). He also worked in television around this time, including a part on "The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show" (CBS, 1950-58). Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in the Tyrone Power dramatic adaptation "The Long Gray Line" (1955), the biographical drama "The McConnell Story" (1955) with Alan Ladd and "Tea and Sympathy" (1956) with Deborah Kerr. He held additional roles in television including a part on "The Bob Cummings Show" (CBS, 1954-59). Ellis last acted in "Gidget" (1959). Ellis was married to Helen Logan. Ellis passed away in November 1973 at the age of 40.

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Highest rated movies

55% 86% Gidget
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April Showers
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The Devil Plays
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Call Me Mister
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55% The Green Promise
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12% Space Master X-7
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Retreat, Hell!
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54% Walk Softly, Stranger
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63% Almost a Bride
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Back to Nature
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Filmography

Movies

Credit
55% 86% Gidget Hot Shot (Character) - 1959
No Score Yet 12% Space Master X-7 Pvt. Joe Rattigan (Character) - 1958
No Score Yet 42% The McConnell Story Bob Brown (Character) - 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Retreat, Hell! Shorty Devine (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Call Me Mister Ack-Ack Ackerman (uncredited) (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet 54% Walk Softly, Stranger Skating Boy (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet 55% The Green Promise Buzz Wexford (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 60% El Paso Jack Elkins (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 63% Almost a Bride Raymond Pringle (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet April Showers Buster Tyme (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet 64% The Babe Ruth Story Babe Ruth as a Boy (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet Back to Nature Screenwriter - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Devil Plays Stiles (Character) - 1931

TV

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No Score Yet No Score Yet 77 Sunset Strip Harry Warren (Guest Star) 1958
No Score Yet 87% Alfred Hitchcock Presents Reporter (Character),
Tommy Kopeck (Guest Star)
1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Pvt. Crenshaw (Guest Star) 1957
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Lone Ranger Jack Hall (Guest Star) 1955
No Score Yet No Score Yet Meet Corliss Archer Dexter Franklin (Character) 1954
No Score Yet No Score Yet Letter to Loretta Unknown (Character) 1954
No Score Yet 97% I Love Lucy Tommy, the Office Boy (Guest Star) 1952