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James Ellison
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James Ellison
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1910-05-04,Guthrie Center, Iowa, USA
Gender
Male
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. James Ellison (May 4, 1910 - December 23, 1993) was an American actor, born James Ellison Smith in Guthrie Center, Iowa, son of Edward James Smith and Ona Mary Ellis. Ellison appeared in nearly seventy films between 1932 and 1962. Ellison worked for a time in a film laboratory and while there was offered a screen test. He developed it himself and when he saw it, decided it was not satisfactory so he would not show it to the director. But he saw it anyway and Ellison got a contract. Despite his rugged good looks and height of 6 feet 3 inches, Ellison's limited range and somewhat wooden screen presence kept him from the first (or even second) ranks of stardom. He spent much of his career in Westerns, including a stint in the mid-thirties as the sidekick of Hopalong Cassidy in Paramount's successful series. In 1938, he played a charming, romantic character opposite 26 year old Lucille Ball in the comedy, "Next Time I Marry", a film where Ball had her first top billing on screen credits. Before that, in 1936, he played his highest-profile role, as Buffalo Bill in Cecil B. DeMille's The Plainsman, which also starred Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. Despite that film's success, Ellison spent most of the remainder of his career shuttling between cowboy pictures and more varied roles, primarily in B movies with titles like Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case and The Undying Monster. He had a supporting role in 1941's Charley's Aunt (which starred Jack Benny) and played the romantic lead in 1943's The Gang's All Here, a Twentieth Century Fox musical in which he seemed somewhat lost among the vivid antics of Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood, and Edward Everett Horton (and was the only principal not to sing a note). He also co-starred with Tom Conway and Frances Dee in Val Lewton's production of I Walked with a Zombie, directed by Jacques Tourneur. Ellison landed another romantic lead role as 'Jerry Gibson' in the musical film Lady, Let's Dance (1944) which starred ice skating sensation 'Belita'. In the early 1950s, Ellison moved from acting to real estate. Joining fellow veteran Jackie Coogan, Ellison returned to the screen only once to play Axel 'Longhorn' Gates in a picture called When the Girls Take Over (1962). James Ellison died at age 83 in Monterey, California after suffering a broken neck as the result of a fall. Description above from the Wikipedia article James Ellison (actor), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

6.8

Vivacious Lady
1938-05-13

I Walked with a Zombie

6.8

I Walked with a Zombie
1943-04-21

The Undying Monster

5.629

The Undying Monster
1942-11-27

5.8

Charley's Aunt
1941-08-01

6.3

The Plainsman
1936-11-16

Fifth Avenue Girl

7

Fifth Avenue Girl
1939-09-22

5

Crooked River
1950-06-09

The Gang's All Here

5.8

The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24

The Eagle's Brood

5

The Eagle's Brood
1935-10-25

Three on the Trail

5

Three on the Trail
1936-04-14

Hop-a-long Cassidy

6

Hop-a-long Cassidy
1935-08-23

Bar 20 Rides Again

6

Bar 20 Rides Again
1935-12-06

0

Borderland
1937-02-26

Heart of the West

4.5

Heart of the West
1936-02-24

Call of the Prairie

5

Call of the Prairie
1936-03-06

4

Trail Dust
1936-12-11

The Ghost Goes Wild

5

The Ghost Goes Wild
1947-08-08

Hollywood and Vine

4.4

Hollywood and Vine
1945-04-25

The Winning Ticket

3.5

The Winning Ticket
1935-02-08

4.6

Zenobia
1939-04-21

6.3

Play Girl
1941-01-29

6

Buried Loot
1935-01-19

Anne of Windy Poplars

5.8

Anne of Windy Poplars
1940-06-28

5.9

Calendar Girl
1947-01-31

Hitch Hike Lady

6.8

Hitch Hike Lady
1935-12-28

0

Texas Lawmen
1951-12-02

Last of the Wild Horses

2.6

Last of the Wild Horses
1948-12-27

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

6

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore
1944-07-07

Hotel for Women

6

Hotel for Women
1939-08-03

6.8

Sorority House
1939-05-05

Almost a Gentleman

6

Almost a Gentleman
1939-03-31

Careful, Soft Shoulders

6

Careful, Soft Shoulders
1942-09-18

The Texan Meets Calamity Jane

0

The Texan Meets Calamity Jane
1950-11-15

Lady, Let's Dance

5

Lady, Let's Dance
1944-04-11

Annapolis Salute

6

Annapolis Salute
1937-09-10

When the Girls Take Over

3.2

When the Girls Take Over
1962-04-30

Mother Carey's Chickens

5.2

Mother Carey's Chickens
1938-07-29

23 1/2 Hours Leave

0

23 1/2 Hours Leave
1937-03-21

You Can't Fool Your Wife

4.5

You Can't Fool Your Wife
1940-05-21

Next Time I Marry

6.8

Next Time I Marry
1938-12-09

5.2

Play Girl
1932-03-12

5

Ice-Capades
1941-08-19

5.3

Reckless
1935-04-19

That Other Woman

5.5

That Other Woman
1942-11-13

Kentucky Jubilee

5.5

Kentucky Jubilee
1951-05-18

They Met in Argentina

3

They Met in Argentina
1941-04-25

0

The Barrier
1937-12-10

5.8

Army Surgeon
1942-12-04

Everybody's Dancin'

0

Everybody's Dancin'
1950-03-31

5

Dixie Dugan
1943-03-12

Fast on the Draw

0

Fast on the Draw
1950-06-30

Colorado Ranger

5

Colorado Ranger
1950-05-12

Marshal of Heldorado

4

Marshal of Heldorado
1950-04-21

Hostile Country

3

Hostile Country
1950-03-24

West of the Brazos

6

West of the Brazos
1950-06-02

The Famous Ferguson Case

6

The Famous Ferguson Case
1932-04-19

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case

6

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case
1941-12-18

Oklahoma Justice

0

Oklahoma Justice
1951-08-18

Whistling Hills

0

Whistling Hills
1951-10-06

Dead Man's Trail

0

Dead Man's Trail
1952-07-19

G.I. War Brides

0

G.I. War Brides
1946-08-12

The Leathernecks Have Landed

5

The Leathernecks Have Landed
1936-02-17

I Killed Geronimo

0

I Killed Geronimo
1950-08-08

Man from the Black Hills

0

Man from the Black Hills
1952-03-29

6.3

Texas City
1952-01-27

Best Foot Forward

6

Best Foot Forward
1943-10-08