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Robert Ellis

Robert Ellis

Writer · 1892–1974 · Brooklyn, New York, USA

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Wrote 58

1950s

  1. 1950

    I'll Get By

    Story

1940s

  1. 1946

    Three Little Girls in Blue

    Adaptation

  2. If I'm Lucky

    Writer

  3. Do You Love Me

    Screenplay

  4. 1944

    Something for the Boys

    Screenplay

  5. Pin Up Girl

    Screenplay

  6. Four Jills in a Jeep

    Screenplay

  7. 1943

    Hello, Frisco, Hello

    Screenplay

  8. 1942

    Iceland

    Writer

  9. Footlight Serenade

    Writer

  10. Song of the Islands

    Screenplay

  11. 1941

    Sun Valley Serenade

    Screenplay

  12. The Great American Broadcast

    Writer

  13. 1940

    Tin Pan Alley

    Screenplay

  14. Lucky Cisco Kid

    Screenplay

  15. Star Dust

    Screenplay

  16. The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    Writer

1930s

  1. 1939

    Too Busy to Work

    Writer

  2. City in Darkness

    Writer

  3. The Escape

    Screenplay

  4. Susannah of the Mounties

    Screenplay

  5. Chasing Danger

    Writer

  6. Pardon Our Nerve

    Screenplay

  7. 1938

    Sharpshooters

    Screenplay

  8. Down on the Farm

    Writer

  9. Speed to Burn

    Screenplay

  10. Rascals

    Writer

  11. A Trip to Paris

    Screenplay

  12. Love on a Budget

    Writer

  13. 1937

    Big Town Girl

    Writer

  14. Charlie Chan on Broadway

    Story

  15. Born Reckless

    Screenplay

  16. Big Business

    Writer

  17. Charlie Chan at the Olympics

    Screenplay

  18. Off to the Races

    Writer

  19. 1936

    Laughing at Trouble

    Screenplay

  20. Red Lights Ahead

    Screenplay

  21. Back to Nature

    Writer

  22. Charlie Chan at the Race Track

    Screenplay

  23. Federal Agent

    Story

  24. Charlie Chan at the Circus

    Writer

  25. Hitch Hike To Heaven

    Writer

  26. Charlie Chan's Secret

    Screenplay

  27. 1935

    The Lady in Scarlet

    Screenplay

  28. Happiness C.O.D.

    Screenplay

  29. Charlie Chan in Egypt

    Screenplay

  30. Insure Your Wife

    Screenplay

  31. 1934

    Port of Lost Dreams

    Story, Adaptation

  32. Fugitive Road

    Screenplay

  33. In Love with Life

    Screenplay, Dialogue

  34. The Quitter

    Screenplay

  35. 1933

    Twin Husbands

    Story

  36. A Man of Sentiment

    Screenplay, Dialogue

  37. Dance, Girl, Dance

    Writer, Adaptation

  38. By Appointment Only

    Screenplay

  39. 1932

    The Monster Walks

    Story, Adaptation

1920s

  1. 1922

    The Woman Who Fooled Herself

    Writer

Acted in 88

1930s

  1. 1934

    A Girl of the Limberlost

    Frank Comstock

  2. Friends of Mr. Sweeney

    Casino Manager

  3. A Very Honorable Guy

    Gangster

  4. I've Got Your Number

    Turk Garrison

  5. Dancing Man

    Cavendish

  6. Madame Spy

    Sulkin

  7. 1933

    Notorious But Nice

    Prosecuting Attorney

  8. Police Call

    Police Chief Crown

  9. The Important Witness

    Jack (Duke) Farnham

  10. The Sphinx

    Inspector James Riley

  11. The Thrill Hunter

    Al Blake

  12. Soldiers of the Storm

    Moran

  13. The Constant Woman

    Leading Man

  14. Reform Girl

    Kellar

  15. Treason

    Colonel Jedcott

  16. 1932

    The Penal Code

    James Forrester

  17. Officer Thirteen

    Jack Blake

  18. Call Her Savage

    Hotel Manager (Uncredited)

  19. Women Won't Tell

    District Attorney

  20. Speed Demon

    Langard

  21. Slightly Married

    Brandon

  22. White Eagle

    Jim Gregory

  23. Come on Danger!

    Frank Sanderson

  24. Broadway to Cheyenne

    Butch Owens

  25. The Last Man

    English Charlie

  26. American Madness

    Dude Finlay (uncredited)

  27. The Phantom Express

    Reynolds

  28. Daring Danger

    Hugo DuSang

  29. A Man's Land

    John Thomas (as Bob Ellis)

  30. Behind Stone Walls

    Jack Keene - Man-about-Town

  31. 1931

    The Devil Plays

    Gordon Stiles

  32. One Man Law

    Jonathan P. Streeter

  33. The Deadline

    Ira Coleman

  34. Is There Justice?

    Dan Lawrence

  35. Murder at Midnight

    Duncan Channing

  36. The Good Bad Girl

    Dapper Dan Tyler

  37. The Fighting Sheriff

    Flash Halloway

  38. Aloha

    Larry Leavitt

  39. The Last Parade

    A.C. Marino

  40. Caught Cheating

    Joe Cabrone

  41. 1930

    The Squealer

    Valleti

  42. What Men Want

    Howard LeMoyne

  43. Undertow

    Jim Paine

1920s

  1. 1929

    Night Parade

    Mr. John W. Zelli

  2. Tonight at Twelve

    Jack Keith

  3. The Love Trap

    Guy Emory

  4. Broadway

    Steve Crandall

  5. 1928

    Restless Youth

    Robert Haines

  6. Freedom of the Press

    Cyrus Hazlett

  7. Varsity

    Rod Luke

  8. The Law and the Man

    Ernest Vane

  9. 1927

    Ragtime

    Steve Martin, aka 'Slick'

  10. 1926

    Devil’s Dice

    Movie

  11. Ladies of Leisure

    Jack Forrest

  12. The Girl from Montmartre

    Jack Ewing

  13. 1925

    S.O.S. Perils of the Sea

    Movie

  14. The Northern Code

    Louis Le Blanc

  15. The Part-time Wife

    Kenneth Scott

  16. Lady Robinhood

    Hugh Winthrop

  17. Forbidden Cargo

    Jerry Burke

  18. 1924

    Silk Stocking Sal

    Bob Cooper

  19. Lovers' Lane

    Dr. Tom Singletoon

  20. The Law Forbids

    Paul Remsen

  21. 1923

    The Wanters

    Elliot Worthington

  22. The Wild Party

    Basil Wingate / Stuart Furth

  23. The Flame of Life

    Fergus Derrick

  24. 1922

    Anna Ascends

    Howard Fisk

  25. The Woman Who Fooled Herself

    Fernando Pennington

  26. Hurricane's Gal

    Steele O'Connor

  27. The Infidel

    Cyrus Flint

  28. Love's Masquerade

    Herbert Norwood

  29. Wild Honey

    Kerry Burgess

  30. 1921

    Ladies Must Live

    Anthony Mulvain

  31. Handcuffs or Kisses

    Peter Madison

  32. 1920

    The Daughter Pays

    Gerald Roseborough

1910s

  1. 1919

    The Spite Bride

    Billy Swayne

  2. The Third Kiss

    Rupert Bawlf

  3. Upstairs and Down

    Terrence O'Keefe

  4. Peggy Does Her Darndest

    Honorable Hugh Wentworth

  5. In for Thirty Days

    Brett Page

  6. 1918

    Brown of Harvard

    'Bud' Hall

  7. 1917

    The Lifted Veil

    Leslie Palliser

  8. 1916

    The Menace

    Luigi Verra

  9. 1915

    The Secret Room

    Buford

  10. The Cabaret Singer

    Lloyd Denton - Randall's Chum

  11. 1913

    A Modern Jekyll and Hyde

    Roger Master - Nora's Sweetheart

Directed 10

1920s

  1. 1922

    The Woman Who Fooled Herself

    Director

  2. 1921

    A Divorce of Convenience

    Director

  3. 1920

    The Daughter Pays

    Director

  4. The Figurehead

    Director

  5. A Fool and His Money

    Director

1910s

  1. 1919

    The Tiger's Trail

    Director

  2. The Imp

    Director

  3. 1916

    The Menace

    Director

  4. A Double Elopement

    Director

  5. 1915

    The Ventures of Marguerite

    Director