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James Ellison

Highest Rated: 100% Vivacious Lady (1938)

Lowest Rated: 85% I Walked With a Zombie (1943)

Birthday: May 4, 1910

Birthplace: Guthrie Center, Iowa, USA

James Ellison was an actor who had a successful Hollywood career. Ellison started his acting career landing roles in such films as "Bar 20 Rides Again" (1935), "The Eagle's Brood" (1935) and the drama "Reckless" (1935) with Jean Harlow. He also appeared in the Leo Carrillo drama "The Winning Ticket" (1935), "Hopalong Cassidy" (1935) and "Trail Dust" (1936). He continued to work steadily in film throughout the thirties, appearing in "Annapolis Salute" (1937), "The Barrier" (1937) and "The Plainsman" (1937). He also appeared in the Fay Bainter dramatic adaptation "Mother Carey's Chickens" (1938). Toward the end of his career, he continued to act in "Charley's Aunt" (1941) with Jack Benny, "Ice-Capades" (1941) and "The Undying Monster" (1942). He also appeared in "The Gang's All Here" (1943) and "I Walked With a Zombie" (1943). Ellison's music was most recently featured in "A Soldier's Story" (1984) with Howard E Rollins Jr.. Ellison passed away in December 1993 at the age of 83.

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Highest rated movies

100% 80% Vivacious Lady
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100% 52% The Plainsman
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100% 69% The Gang's All Here
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85% 73% I Walked With a Zombie
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0% Last of the Wild Horses
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Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
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Texas Lawmen
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Careful, Soft Shoulder
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Borderland
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Crooked River
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Filmography

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Isuperbiker Unknown (Character) - 2011
No Score Yet No Score Yet Man From the Black Hills Jimmy Ellison (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Texas City Jim Kirby (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dead Man's Trail Dan Winslow (Character) - 1952
No Score Yet No Score Yet Whistling Hills Sheriff Dave Holland (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Texas Lawmen Sheriff Tod Merrick (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Kentucky Jubilee Jeff Benson (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet Oklahoma Justice Clancy (Character) - 1951
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Texan Meets Calamity Jane Gordon Hastings (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Crooked River Shamrock Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet I Killed Geronimo Capt. Jeff Packard (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Rangeland Empire James Everett Parkington "Shamrock" Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Outlaw Fury Shamrock Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hostile Country Shamrock Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Blazing Guns James Shamrock Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Last Bullet James Shamrock Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Marshal of Heldorado James "Shamrock" Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet West of the Brazos James Everett Parkington "Shamrock" Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Fast on the Draw Shamrock Ellison (Character) - 1950
No Score Yet No Score Yet Guns of Justice Shamrock Kid (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet No Score Yet Colorado Ranger Shamrock Kid (Character) - 1949
No Score Yet 0% Last of the Wild Horses Duke Barnum (Character) - 1948
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Ghost Goes Wild Monte Crandall (Character) - 1947
No Score Yet No Score Yet G.I. War Brides Steve Giles (Character) - 1946
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hollywood and Vine Larry Winters (Character) - 1945
No Score Yet No Score Yet Lady, Let's Dance Jerry Gibson (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore Mike Burke (Character) - 1944
No Score Yet No Score Yet And So They Were Married Mike Burke (Character) - 1944
100% 69% The Gang's All Here Andy Mason (Character) - 1943
85% 73% I Walked With a Zombie Wesley Rand (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet No Score Yet Dixie Dugan Roger Hudson (Character) - 1943
No Score Yet 42% The Undying Monster Robert Curtis (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Careful, Soft Shoulder Thomas Aldrich (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet Army Surgeon Capt. James "Jim" Mason (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet No Score Yet That Other Woman Henry Summers (Character) - 1942
No Score Yet 47% Charley's Aunt Jack Chesney (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Ice-Capades Bob Clemens (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case P. Cadwallader Jones (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet No Score Yet They Met in Argentina Tim Kelly (Character) - 1941
No Score Yet 17% Play Girl Thomas Elwood Dice (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 17% You Can't Fool Your Wife Andrew "Hinkie" Hinklin (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 55% Anne of Windy Poplars Tony Pringle (Character) - 1940
No Score Yet 61% Fifth Avenue Girl Mike (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Almost a Gentleman Dan Preston (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Sorority House Bill Loomis (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet 58% Zenobia Jeff Carter (Character) - 1939
No Score Yet No Score Yet Hotel for Women Jeff Buchanan (Character) - 1939
100% 80% Vivacious Lady Keith Morgan (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet 29% Next Time I Marry Anthony Joseph "Tony" Anthony (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet Mother Carey's Chickens Ralph Thurston (Character) - 1938
No Score Yet No Score Yet 23 1/2 Hours Leave Sgt. Robert Gray (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Borderland Johnny Nelson (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Annapolis Salute Bill Martin (Character) - 1937
No Score Yet No Score Yet Heart of the West Johnny Nelson (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Call of the Prairie Johnny Nelson (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Three on the Trail Johnny Nelson (Character) - 1936
100% 52% The Plainsman William "Buffalo Bill" Cody (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Trail Dust Johnny Nelson (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Leathernecks Have Landed Mac MacDonald (Character) - 1936
No Score Yet No Score Yet Bar 20 Rides Again Johnny Nelson (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 67% Hopalong Cassidy Enters Johnny Nelson (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Eagle's Brood Johnny Nelson (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet 44% Reckless Dale Every (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet The Winning Ticket Jimmy Powers (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Buried Loot Detective (Character) - 1935
No Score Yet No Score Yet Death on the Diamond Cubs Player (Character) - 1934
No Score Yet No Score Yet Play Girl Elmer (Character) - 1932

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No Score Yet No Score Yet Hopalong Cassidy Unknown (Character) 1935-1944 1946-1948