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Robert Ellis
Highest Rated: 60% Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
Lowest Rated: 60% Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
Birthday: Jun 27, 1892
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Robert Ellis worked on a variety of projects during his entertainment career. In his early acting career, Ellis appeared in such films as "The Flame of Life" (1923), "The Law Forbids" (1924) and "Lover's Lane" (1924). He also appeared in "The Girl From Montmartre" (1926) and "Ragtime" (1927). His film career continued throughout the thirties in productions like the Regis Toomey mystery "The Penal Code" (1932), the mystery "The Phantom Express" (1932) with J Farrell MacDonald and "White Eagle" (1932) with Buck Jones. He also appeared in the mystery "The Sphinx" (1933) with Lionel Atwill. Nearing the end of his career, Ellis wrote "Off to the Races" (1937), "Down on the Farm" (1938) with Jed Prouty and "A Trip to Paris" (1938). He also appeared in the comedy "Love on a Budget" (1938) with Jed Prouty and the Sidney Toler mystery adaptation "Charlie Chan in City in Darkness" (1939). Ellis last wrote the musical "I'll Get By" (1950) with June Haver. Ellis passed away in December 1974 at the age of 82.
Filmography
Movies
| Credit | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Score Yet | 33% | Iceland | Screenwriter | - | 1942 |
| No Score Yet | 64% | Susannah of the Mounties | Screenwriter | - | 1939 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Down on the Farm | Screenwriter | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Sharpshooters | Screenwriter | - | 1938 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Born Reckless | Writer | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Big Town Girl | Writer | - | 1937 |
| No Score Yet | 53% | Charlie Chan at the Circus | Screenwriter | - | 1936 |
| 60% | 43% | Charlie Chan's Secret | Screenwriter | - | 1936 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Port of Lost Dreams | Screenwriter | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Lady in Scarlet | Writer | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Happiness C.O.D. | Screenwriter | - | 1935 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | I've Got Your Number | Turk Garrison (Character) | - | 1934 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Penal Code | James Forrester (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Officer 13 | Jack Blake (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Constant Woman | Leading Man (Character) | - | 1933 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Broadway to Cheyenne | B.H. "Butch" Owens (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | White Eagle | Jim Gregory (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | The Deadline | Ira Coleman (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Speed Demon | Langard (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | One Man Law | Jonathan P. Streeter (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | A Man's Land | John Thomas (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Come on, Danger! | Frank Sanderson (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Slightly Married | Brandon (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Fool | Crip Mason (Character) | - | 1932 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Fighting Sheriff | Flash Halloway (Character) | - | 1931 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Night Parade | Mr. John W. Zelli (Character) | - | 1929 |
| No Score Yet | 33% | Broadway | Steve Crandall (Character) | - | 1929 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Cafe in Cairo | Barry Braxton (Character) | - | 1924 |
| No Score Yet | No Score Yet | Mark of the Beast | Dr. David Hale (Character) | - | 1923 |