James Ellison

Actor

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Also Known As

James Smith, Jimmy Ellison

Birth Place

Guthrie Center, Iowa, USA

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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 ste...

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When the Girls Take Over (1962)

Axel "Longhorn" Gates

Man from the Black Hills (1952)

Texas City (1952)

Jim Kirby, also known as Jim Clark

Kentucky Jubilee (1951)

Oklahoma Justice (1951)

Texas Lawmen (1951)

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Plainsman, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Ain't Another Corpse Maker Like Him!

Plainsman, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Has She Tamed You Yet?

Biography

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.

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

When the Girls Take Over (1962)

Axel "Longhorn" Gates

Man from the Black Hills (1952)

Texas City (1952)

Jim Kirby, also known as Jim Clark

Kentucky Jubilee (1951)

Oklahoma Justice (1951)

Texas Lawmen (1951)

Whistling Hills (1951)

The Texan Meets Calamity Jane (1950)

Gordon Hastings

I Killed Geronimo (1950)

Captain Packard [also known as Jeff Smith]

Last of the Wild Horses (1948)

Calendar Girl (1947)

The Ghost Goes Wild (1947)

G. I. War Brides (1946)

Hollywood and Vine (1945)

Larry [Winters, also known as Larry Summers]

Lady, Let's Dance! (1944)

Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1944)

The Gang's All Here (1943)

Sgt. Andrew J. Mason, Jr., also known as Sgt. Pat Casey

I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

Dixie Dugan (1943)

That Other Woman (1942)

Careful Soft Shoulder (1942)

Army Surgeon (1942)

Captain James Mason

The Undying Monster (1942)

Play Girl (1941)

Ice-Capades (1941)

They Met in Argentina (1941)

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case (1941)

P. Cadwallader Jones

Charley's Aunt (1941)

Anne of Windy Poplars (1940)

You Can't Fool Your Wife (1940)

Elsa Maxwell's Hotel for Women (1939)

Sorority House (1939)

Almost a Gentleman (1939)

Fifth Avenue Girl (1939)

Next Time I Marry (1938)

Anthony "Tony" J. Anthony

Vivacious Lady (1938)

Mother Carey's Chickens (1938)

Borderland (1937)

Annapolis Salute (1937)

23 1/2 Hours Leave (1937)

Sergeant Robert Gray

The Plainsman (1937)

Buffalo Bill Cody

The Barrier (1937)

Lieutenant Burrell

The Leathernecks Have Landed (1936)

"Mac" MacDonald

Heart of the West (1936)

Three on the Trail (1936)

Trail Dust (1936)

Call of the Prairie (1936)

The Winning Ticket (1935)

Reckless (1935)

Hitch Hike Lady (1935)

Bar 20 Rides Again (1935)

Hop-Along Cassidy (1935)

The Eagle's Brood (1935)

Death on the Diamond (1934)

Cincinnati pitcher

Carolina (1934)

Eight Girls in a Boat (1934)

Romantic couple

Central Airport (1933)

Pilot with rabbit's foot

Play Girl (1932)

Music (Feature Film)

A Soldier's Story (1984)

Cast (Short)

Buried Loot (1935)

Star Night at the Cocoanut Grove (1934)

Life Events

1932

Film acting debut

Photo Collections

I Walked with a Zombie - Movie Posters

Here are a few original American movie posters for Val Lewton's I Walked with a Zombie (1943).

Videos

Plainsman, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Ain't Another Corpse Maker Like Him! Famous and relatively gritty scene from producer-director C.B. DeMille, Wild Bill Hickock (Gary Cooper) intervenes in a riverboat poker game in which his newly married and ingenuous friend Buffalo Bill Cody (James Ellison) is being had by a fancy gambler (Francis McDonald), in The Plainsman, 1936.

Plainsman, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Has She Tamed You Yet? We haven’t learned the name yet of Gary Cooper, in St. Louis with a kid (George Ernest), whom he’s shown his watch-case photo of Jean Arthur, and told tales about Buffalo Bill (James Ellison), whom we soon learn is his pal, with his new wife (Helen Burgess), and we meet McCall (Porter Hall), C.B. DeMille at the helm, early in The Plainsman, 1936.

Plainsman, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) That's Just What I Told Custer Buffalo Bill Cody (James Ellison) and wife (Helen Burgess), who plan to open a hotel, in Kansas with new friend Calamity Jane (Jean Arthur) when her erstwhile boyfriend Wild Bill Hickock (Gary Cooper) appears, making a case on behalf of General Custer, and planning his own risky mission, in C.B. DeMille’s The Plainsman, 1936.

Plainsman, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) I Didn't Know You Could Read Director C.B. DeMille reveals that Calamity Jane (Jean Arthur) has a pretty spiky thing with boyfriend Wild Bill Hickock (Gary Cooper) as the riverboat carrying him, pal Buffalo Bill (James Ellison) and his new wife, along with gun-runner Lattimer (Charles Bickford), arrives Leavenworth, KS, in The Plainsman, 1936.

Next Time I Marry (1938) -- (Movie Clip) My Wife Lives In Buffalo Opening scene, Garson Kanin directing Lucille Ball in one of her first top-billed roles, as madcap heiress Nancy who invites WPA ditch-digger "Tony" Anthony (James Ellison) to get married, in the RKO B-comedy Next Time I Marry, 1938.

Next Time I Marry (1938) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Set Fire To This Thing! Having locked kooky heiress Nancy (Lucille Ball) in the trailer, so he can be sure to get to Reno first so that he can initiate divorce proceedings, after she paid him to marry her, Tony (James Ellison) stays cool, Garson Kanin directing, in Next Time I Marry, 1938.

I Walked With A Zombie (1943) -- (Movie Clip) By Poison Or Hocus Pocus Dr. Maxwell (James Bell) explains to the mother-in-law (Edith Barrett) that Jessica (Christine Gordon) can't be a zombie, as nurse Betsy (Frances Dee), husband Paul (Tom Conway) and brother-in-law Wesley (James Ellison) face voodoo evidence to the contrary, in Val Letwon's I Walked With A Zombie, 1943.

They Met In Argentina -- (Movie Clip) No More Cigarettes Maureen O'Hara is plausible (?) as Argentine-Irish cigarette-for-charity girl Lolita O'Shea, meeting handsome American James Ellison, and local Alberto (Alberto Vila), opening RKO's They Met In Argentina, 1941.

Vivacious Lady -- (Movie Clip) Put 'Em Up! Professor Peter (James Stewart) is about to tell his family about his secret marriage to Francey (Ginger Rogers) when his previous girlfriend Helen (Frances Mercer) starts a famous fight, in George Stevens' Vivacious Lady, 1938.

Vivacious Lady -- (Movie Clip) Professor Morgan Keith (James Ellison) ushers Francey (Ginger Rogers) into the classroom where his brother Peter (James Stewart), to whom she's secretly married, is trying to keep order, in George Stevens' Vivacious Lady, 1938.

Vivacious Lady -- (Movie Clip) I'm Not Intoxicated Professor Morgan (James Stewart) is trying to collect his wayward brother (James Ellison) when he meets showgirl Francey (Ginger Rogers), with whom he grows enchanted, early in George Stevens' Vivacious Lady, 1938.

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