James Ellison
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1910-05-04 (83 years old)
Deathday
1993-12-23
Place of Birth
Guthrie Center, Iowa, USA
Also known As
Jimmie 'Shamrock' Ellison
Jimmie Ellison
Jimmy 'Shamrock' Ellison
Jimmy Ellison
James Ellison Smith
James Ellison
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...
Acting
1938
as Keith
1943
as Wesley Rand
1942
as Robert Curtis
1941
as Jack Chesney
1936
as William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
1939
as Mike
1950
as Shamrock Ellison
1943
as Andy Mason
1935
as Johnny Nelson
1936
as Johnny Nelson
1935
as Johnny Nelson
1935
as Johnny Nelson
1937
as Johnny Nelson
1936
as Johnny Nelson
1936
as Johnny Nelson
1936
as Johnny Nelson
1947
as Monte Crandall
1945
as Larry Winters
1935
as Jimmy
1939
as Jeff Carter
1941
as Thomas Elwood Dice
1935
as Detective (uncredited)
1940
as Tony Pringle
1947
as Steve Adams
1935
as Jimmy Peyton
1951
as Sheriff Tod Merrick
1948
as Duke Barnum
1944
as Mike Burke
1939
as Jeff Buchanan
1939
as Bill Loomis
1939
as Dan Preston
1942
as Thomas Aldrich
1950
as Gordon Hastings
1944
as Jerry Gibson
1937
as William J. "Bill" Martin
1962
as Alex 'Longhorn' Gates (as Jimmy Ellison)
1938
as Ralph Thurston
1937
as Sgt. Robert Gray
1940
as Andrew Hinklin
1938
as Anthony J. Anthony
1932
as Elmer
1941
as Bob Clemens
1935
as Dale Every
1942
as Henry Summers
1951
as Jeff Benson
1941
as Tim Kelly
1937
as Lt. Burrell
1942
as Capt. James Mason
1950
as Jimmy Ellison
1943
as Roger Hudson
1950
as Shamrock Ellison
1950
as Shamrock Kid
1950
as Shamrock Ellison
1950
as Shamrock Ellison
1950
as Shamrock Ellison
1932
as Reporter Lane (uncredited)
1941
as P. Cadwallader Jones
1951
as Clancy
1951
as Sheriff Dave Holland
1952
as Dan Winslow
1946
as Steve Giles
1936
as Mac MacDonald
1950
as Capt. Jeff Packard
1952
as Jim Fallon
1952
as Jim Kirby (as Jimmy Ellison)
1943
as Cadet
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