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James Ellison‌

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Birthday

calendar1910-05-04

Popularity

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James Ellison

Guthrie Center, Iowa, USA

James Ellison

Guthrie Center, Iowa, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1910-05-04

Popularity

star1.2

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.

Movie Credits

Vivacious Lady

Vivacious Lady‌
star6.8
calendar 1938

I Walked with a Zombie

I Walked with a Zombie‌
star6.7
calendar 1943

The Undying Monster

The Undying Monster‌
star5.6
calendar 1942

Charley's Aunt

Charley's Aunt‌
star5.8
calendar 1941

The Plainsman

The Plainsman‌
star6.2
calendar 1936

5th Ave Girl

5th Ave Girl‌
star7.0
calendar 1939

Crooked River

Crooked River‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here‌
star5.8
calendar 1943

The Eagle's Brood

The Eagle's Brood‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Three on the Trail

Three on the Trail‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Hop-a-long Cassidy

Hop-a-long Cassidy‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Call of the Prairie

Call of the Prairie‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

Heart of the West

Heart of the West‌
star4.5
calendar 1936

Bar 20 Rides Again

Bar 20 Rides Again‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Borderland

Borderland‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Trail Dust

Trail Dust‌
star4.0
calendar 1936

The Ghost Goes Wild

The Ghost Goes Wild‌
star5.0
calendar 1947

Hollywood and Vine

Hollywood and Vine‌
star4.4
calendar 1945

The Winning Ticket

The Winning Ticket‌
star3.5
calendar 1935

Zenobia

Zenobia‌
star4.6
calendar 1939

Play Girl

Play Girl‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

Buried Loot

Buried Loot‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Anne of Windy Poplars

Anne of Windy Poplars‌
star5.8
calendar 1940

Calendar Girl

Calendar Girl‌
star5.9
calendar 1947

Hitch Hike Lady

Hitch Hike Lady‌
star6.8
calendar 1935

Texas Lawmen

Texas Lawmen‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Last of the Wild Horses

Last of the Wild Horses‌
star2.6
calendar 1948

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore‌
star6.0
calendar 1944

Hotel for Women

Hotel for Women‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Sorority House

Sorority House‌
star6.8
calendar 1939

Almost a Gentleman

Almost a Gentleman‌
star6.0
calendar 1939

Careful, Soft Shoulders

Careful, Soft Shoulders‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

The Texan Meets Calamity Jane

The Texan Meets Calamity Jane‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Lady, Let's Dance

Lady, Let's Dance‌
star5.0
calendar 1944

When the Girls Take Over

When the Girls Take Over‌
star3.2
calendar 1962

Annapolis Salute

Annapolis Salute‌
star6.0
calendar 1937

Mother Carey's Chickens

Mother Carey's Chickens‌
star5.2
calendar 1938

23 1/2 Hours Leave

23 1/2 Hours Leave‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

You Can't Fool Your Wife

You Can't Fool Your Wife‌
star4.5
calendar 1940

Next Time I Marry

Next Time I Marry‌
star6.8
calendar 1938

Play Girl

Play Girl‌
star5.2
calendar 1932

Ice-Capades

Ice-Capades‌
star5.0
calendar 1941

Reckless

Reckless‌
star5.3
calendar 1935

That Other Woman

That Other Woman‌
star5.5
calendar 1942

Kentucky Jubilee

Kentucky Jubilee‌
star5.5
calendar 1951

They Met in Argentina

They Met in Argentina‌
star3.0
calendar 1941

The Barrier

The Barrier‌
star0.0
calendar 1937

Army Surgeon

Army Surgeon‌
star5.8
calendar 1942

Everybody's Dancin'

Everybody's Dancin'‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Dixie Dugan

Dixie Dugan‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Fast on the Draw

Fast on the Draw‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Colorado Ranger

Colorado Ranger‌
star5.0
calendar 1950

Hostile Country

Hostile Country‌
star3.0
calendar 1950

Marshal of Heldorado

Marshal of Heldorado‌
star4.0
calendar 1950

West of the Brazos

West of the Brazos‌
star6.0
calendar 1950

The Famous Ferguson Case

The Famous Ferguson Case‌
star6.0
calendar 1932

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case‌
star6.0
calendar 1941

Oklahoma Justice

Oklahoma Justice‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Whistling Hills

Whistling Hills‌
star0.0
calendar 1951

Dead Man's Trail

Dead Man's Trail‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

G.I. War Brides

G.I. War Brides‌
star0.0
calendar 1946

The Leathernecks Have Landed

The Leathernecks Have Landed‌
star5.0
calendar 1936

I Killed Geronimo

I Killed Geronimo‌
star0.0
calendar 1950

Man from the Black Hills

Man from the Black Hills‌
star0.0
calendar 1952

Texas City

Texas City‌
star6.3
calendar 1952

Best Foot Forward

Best Foot Forward‌
star6.0
calendar 1943

Tv Credits