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Videos (see all 5)
Red Lights Ahead (1936) -- Pa Wallace (Roger Imhof), an ardent member of the Whales, is offered a chance to invest $5,000 in a gold mine by the head of the Whales...
The Phantom Express (1932) -- A railway is threatened by mysterious wrecks, which turn out to be caused by criminals using a unique deception.
In Love with Life (1934) -- Professor John Sylvestus Applegate has been dismissed from his college teaching position for objecting too loudly to the predominant part that football and other sports play in the curriculum...
Broadway to Cheyenne (1932) -- A cowboy detective goes up against a gang of big-city thugs trying to set up a protection racket out west.
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) -- The heir to a huge fortune is presumed drowned, then shows up, is then murdered.

Overview

Date of Death:
29 December 1974, Santa Monica, California, USA more
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Alternate Names:
Bob Ellis | Mr. Ellis | Robert du Reel Ellis

Filmography

Jump to filmography as: Actor, Writer, Director, Self
Actor:
  1. Kid Millions (1934) (uncredited) .... Desert rider
  2. A Girl of the Limberlost (1934) .... Frank Comstock
  3. Friends of Mr. Sweeney (1934) (uncredited) .... Casino Manager
  4. A Very Honorable Guy (1934) (uncredited) .... Gangster
    ... aka A Very Honourable Man (UK)
  5. Now I'll Tell (1934) (uncredited) .... Bit Role
    ... aka Now I'll Tell You
    ... aka When New York Sleeps (UK)
  6. Gambling Lady (1934) (uncredited) .... Mr. Carter - Lawyer
  7. Madame Spy (1934) .... Sulkin
  8. I've Got Your Number (1934) .... Turk Garrison
  9. Dancing Man (1934) .... Cavendish
  10. Only Yesterday (1933) (uncredited)
  11. Notorious But Nice (1933) .... Prosecuting Attorney
  12. Police Call (1933) .... Chief Crown
    ... aka Wanted (UK)
  13. The Important Witness (1933) .... Jack (Duke) Farnham
  14. The Sphinx (1933) .... Insp. James Riley
  15. The Thrill Hunter (1933) .... Al Blake
  16. Soldiers of the Storm (1933) .... Moran
  17. The Constant Woman (1933) .... Leading Man
  18. Reform Girl (1933) .... Kellar
    ... aka Vice Raid (USA: reissue title)
  19. Treason (1933) .... Colonel Jedcott
  20. The Curse of a Broken Heart (1933)
  21. The Penal Code (1932) .... James Forrester
  22. Officer Thirteen (1932) .... Jack Blake
  23. Call Her Savage (1932) (uncredited) .... Hotel Manager
  24. Women Won't Tell (1932) .... District Attorney
    ... aka Cross Currents (USA: TV title)
  25. Speed Demon (1932) .... Langard
  26. Slightly Married (1932) .... Brandon
    ... aka Strange Marriage (USA: TV title)
  27. White Eagle (1932) .... Jim Gregory
  28. The All-American (1932) .... Walter Grant
    ... aka Sport of a Nation (UK)
  29. Come on Danger! (1932) .... Frank Sanderson
  30. Broadway to Cheyenne (1932) .... B.H. 'Butch' Owens
  31. The Last Man (1932) .... English Charlie
  32. The Phantom Express (1932) .... Reynolds
  33. American Madness (1932) (uncredited) .... Dude Finlay
  34. Daring Danger (1932) .... Hugo DuSang
  35. A Man's Land (1932) (as Bob Ellis) .... John Thomas
  36. Scandal for Sale (1932) (uncredited)
    ... aka Ambition
  37. Behind Stone Walls (1932) .... Jack Keene - Man-about-Town
  38. The Fighting Fool (1932) .... Crip Mason
  39. One Man Law (1932) .... Jonathan P. Streeter
  40. The Devil Plays (1931) .... Stiles
  41. The Deadline (1931) .... Ira Coleman
  42. Mounted Fury (1931) .... Paul Marsh
  43. Is There Justice? (1931) .... Dan Lawrence
  44. Murder at Midnight (1931) .... Duncan Channing
  45. Dancing Dynamite (1931) .... Lucas
  46. The Good Bad Girl (1931) .... Dapper Dan Tyler
  47. The Fighting Sheriff (1931) .... Flash Halloway
  48. Aloha (1931) .... Larry Leavitt
    ... aka No Greater Love (UK)
  49. The Last Parade (1931) .... A.C. Marino
  50. Caught Cheating (1931) .... Joe Cabrone
  51. The Squealer (1930) .... Valleti
  52. What Men Want (1930) .... Howard
  53. Undertow (1930) .... Jim Paine

  54. Night Parade (1929) .... Mr. John W. Zelli
    ... aka Sporting Life (UK)
  55. Tonight at Twelve (1929) .... Jack Keith
  56. The Love Trap (1929) .... Guy Emory
  57. Broadway (1929) .... Steve Crandall
  58. Restless Youth (1928/I) .... Robert Haines
    ... aka Wayward Youth (UK)
  59. Freedom of the Press (1928) .... Cyrus Hazlett
  60. Varsity (1928) .... Rod Luke
  61. Cleopatra (1928)
  62. The Law's Lash (1928) .... Ted Campbell
  63. Marry the Girl (1928) .... Harry Wayland
    ... aka The House of Deceit (UK)
  64. The Law and the Man (1928) .... Ernest Vane
  65. Ragtime (1927) .... Steve Martin, aka 'Slick'
  66. Lure of the Night Club (1927) .... John Stone
  67. Devil's Dice (1926) .... Larry Bannon
  68. Whispering Canyon (1926) .... Bob Cameron
  69. Brooding Eyes (1926) .... Phillip Mott
  70. Ladies of Leisure (1926) .... Jack Forrest
  71. The Girl from Montmartre (1926) .... Jack Ewing
  72. S.O.S. Perils of the Sea (1925) .... Ralph Seldon
  73. Northern Code (1925) .... Louis Le Blanc
  74. The Part Time Wife (1925) .... Kenneth Scott
  75. Lady Robinhood (1925) .... Hugh Winthrop
  76. Defend Yourself (1925) .... Dr. Poole
  77. Speed (1925) .... Nat Armstrong Jr.
  78. Forbidden Cargo (1925) .... Jerry Burke
    ... aka Dangerous Cargo
  79. Capital Punishment (1925) .... Harry Phillip
  80. A Cafe in Cairo (1924) .... Barry Braxton
  81. On Probation (1924) .... Bruce Winter
  82. Silk Stocking Sal (1924) .... Bob Cooper
  83. Lovers' Lane (1924) .... Dr. Tom Singletoon
  84. For Sale (1924) .... Alan Penfield
  85. The Law Forbids (1924) .... Paul Remsen
  86. The Wanters (1923) .... Elliot Worthington
  87. The Wild Party (1923) .... Basil Wingate/Stuart Furth
  88. Mark of the Beast (1923) .... Dr. David Hale
  89. The Flame of Life (1923) .... Fergus Derrick
  90. Dark Secrets (1923) .... Lord Wallington
  91. Anna Ascends (1922) .... Howard Fisk
  92. The Woman Who Fooled Herself (1922) .... Fernando Pennington
  93. Hurricane's Gal (1922) .... Steele O'Connor
  94. The Infidel (1922) .... Cyrus Flint
  95. The Dangerous Little Demon (1922) .... Gary McVeigh
  96. Love's Masquerade (1922) .... Herbert Norwooood
  97. Wild Honey (1922) .... Kerry Burgess
  98. Ladies Must Live (1921) .... Anthony Mulvain
  99. Handcuffs or Kisses (1921) .... Peter Madison
  100. The Daughter Pays (1920) .... Gerald Roseborough

  101. The Spite Bride (1919) .... Billy Swayne
  102. The Third Kiss (1919) .... Rupert Bawlf
  103. Louisiana (1919) .... Laurence Ferol
  104. Upstairs and Down (1919) .... Terrence O'Keefe
    ... aka Up-stairs and Down (USA: copyright title)
  105. Peggy Does Her Darndest (1919) .... Honorable Hugh Wentworth
  106. In for Thirty Days (1919) .... Brett Page
  107. Brown of Harvard (1918) .... 'Bud' Hall
  108. A Deal in Bonds (1917)
  109. Sign of the Scarf (1917)
  110. Mystery of Room 422 (1917)
  111. The Lifted Veil (1917) .... Leslie Palliser
  112. The Customary Two Weeks (1917) .... George Extell
  113. The Veiled Thunderbolt (1917)
  114. The Vanishing Bishop (1917)
  115. The Secret of the Borgias (1917)
  116. Friends in San Rosario (1917) (as Mr. Ellis) .... Mr. Buckley
  117. The Missing Financier (1917)
  118. In the Web of the Spider (1917)
  119. The Mirror of Fear (1917)
  120. Winged Diamonds (1917)
  121. The Screened Vault (1917)
  122. The Net of Intrigue (1917)
  123. The Trap (1917) .... Jack Mulhall, Gambler
  124. The Violet Ray (1917)
  125. The Black Circle (1917)
  126. The Trail of Graft (1917)
  127. The House of Secrets (1917)
  128. A Mission of State (1916)
  129. The Tiger's Claw (1916)
  130. The Menace (1916)
  131. The Trunk Mystery (1916)
  132. The Wizard's Plot (1916)
  133. The House of Three Deuces (1916)
  134. The Rogue's Pawn (1916)
  135. The Man from Yukon (1916)
  136. Grant, Police Reporter (1916)
  137. The Pencil Clue (1916)
  138. The Missing Heiress (1916)
  139. The Code Letter (1916)
  140. Rival Artists (1916)
  141. That Pesky Parrot (1916)
  142. Meter in the Kitchen (1916)
  143. He Wrote Poetry (1916)
  144. Almost a Heroine (1916)
  145. A Flock of Skeletons (1916)
  146. A Leap Year's Wooing (1916)
  147. The Night Watch (1916)
  148. The Guiding Hand (1916)
  149. The Lurking Peril (1916)
  150. The Glory of Youth (1915) .... Hal Crofton - an Athlete
  151. The Apaches of Paris (1915) .... Darcelle
  152. The Key to Possession (1915) .... Tony Breslow - Man About Town
  153. The Man Servant (1915) .... Gilbert Park - a Dissolute Clubman
    ... aka The Manservant (USA: review title)
  154. The Legacy of Folly (1915) .... Danforth - a Man-about-Town
  155. The Seventh Commandment (1915) .... Simon Craig
  156. Prejudice (1915) .... Dr. Byron - a Drunkard
  157. The Black Ring (1915) .... Count Barnoff
  158. The Third Commandment (1915) .... Arthur Holly - Nell's Sweetheart
  159. The Girl and the Bachelor (1915) .... Bertie Tremayne
  160. Poison (1915) .... Willis Webb
  161. The First Commandment (1915) .... Tom Pierson
  162. The Secret Room (1915/I) .... The Derelict
  163. The Cabaret Singer (1915) .... Lloyd Denton - Randall's Chum
  164. The Adventure at Briarcliff (1915) .... The Villain
  165. The Black Sheep (1914) .... Dr. Frank Clark - Joe's Brother
  166. His Inspiration (1914) .... Mayfield
  167. The Cub Reporter's Assignment (1914) .... Harry Wilson - the Cub Reporter
  168. The Path to Ruin (1914) .... John Gage - a Young Broker
  169. A Mother's Atonement (1914) .... Horace - Stella's Brother
  170. The Counterfeiter's Plot (1914) .... Jack Saunders - Ivy's Sweetheart
  171. Old Man Higgenbotham's Daughter (1914) .... Alec - Matty's Sweetheart
  172. Accused (1914) .... Bert Kent
  173. The Fatal Portrait (1914) .... Ralph Lamont - an Artist
  174. The Hour of Danger (1914) .... Robert Russell - a Young Doctor
  175. A Secret Crime (1914) .... Maynard
  176. The Secret of the Will (1914) .... Gordon - a Young Lawyer
  177. Perils of the White Lights (1914) .... Jack Foster - the Widow's Son
  178. A Modern Jekyll and Hyde (1913) .... Roger Master - Nora's Sweetheart
Writer:
  1. I'll Get By (1950) (story)

  2. Three Little Girls in Blue (1946) (adaptation)
  3. If I'm Lucky (1946) (writer)
  4. Do You Love Me (1946) (writer)
    ... aka Do You Love Me? (USA: poster title)
  5. Something for the Boys (1944) (writer)
  6. Pin Up Girl (1944) (writer)
  7. Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) (writer)
  8. Hello Frisco, Hello (1943) (writer)
  9. Iceland (1942) (writer)
    ... aka Katina (UK)
  10. Footlight Serenade (1942) (writer)
  11. Song of the Islands (1942) (screenplay)
  12. Sun Valley Serenade (1941) (screenplay)
  13. The Great American Broadcast (1941) (writer)
  14. Tin Pan Alley (1940) (screenplay)
  15. Lucky Cisco Kid (1940) (writer)
  16. Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise (1940) (adaptation)
  17. Star Dust (1940) (writer)
  18. The Man Who Wouldn't Talk (1940) (writer)

  19. Too Busy to Work (1939) (writer)
  20. Charlie Chan in City in Darkness (1939) (writer)
    ... aka City in Darkness (UK)
  21. The Escape (1939) (writer)
  22. Susannah of the Mounties (1939) (writer)
  23. Chasing Danger (1939) (writer)
  24. Pardon Our Nerve (1939) (writer)
  25. Road Demon (1938) (writer)
  26. Sharpshooters (1938) (writer)
  27. Down on the Farm (1938) (writer)
  28. Speed to Burn (1938) (screenplay)
  29. Rascals (1938) (writer)
  30. A Trip to Paris (1938) (writer)
  31. Love on a Budget (1938) (writer)
  32. Charlie Chan at Monte Carlo (1937) (story)
  33. Big Town Girl (1937) (writer)
  34. Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937) (story)
  35. Born Reckless (1937) (screenplay)
  36. Big Business (1937) (writer)
  37. Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937) (writer)
  38. Off to the Races (1937) (writer)
  39. Laughing at Trouble (1936) (writer)
    ... aka Laughing at Death
  40. Red Lights Ahead (1936) (screenplay) (story)
  41. Back to Nature (1936) (writer)
  42. Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936) (writer)
  43. Federal Agent (1936) (story)
  44. Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936) (writer)
  45. Here Comes Trouble (1936) (writer)
  46. Charlie Chan's Secret (1936) (story) (writer)
  47. Hitch Hike to Heaven (1936) (writer)
    ... aka Footlights and Shadows (UK)
  48. The Lady in Scarlet (1935) (screenplay)
  49. Happiness C.O.D. (1935) (story and screenplay)
    ... aka Happiness Came C.O.D. (USA: alternative title)
  50. Ladies Love Danger (1935) (screenplay)
  51. Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) (writer)
  52. Ginger (1935) (additional dialogue) (uncredited)
  53. One in a Million (1935) (writer)
    ... aka Dangerous Appointment (USA: TV title)
  54. Asegure a su mujer (1935) (adaptation)
    ... aka He Trusted His Wife (USA: review title)
    ... aka Insure Your Wife (International: English title)
  55. Port of Lost Dreams (1934) (story)
    ... aka Captain Danger (USA: reissue title)
    ... aka Captain Dangerous (USA: TV title)
  56. Fugitive Road (1934) (story and screenplay)
  57. In Love with Life (1934) (screenplay and dialogue)
  58. Twin Husbands (1934) (story)
  59. The Quitter (1934) (writer)
  60. In the Money (1933/I) (writer)
  61. A Man of Sentiment (1933) (writer)
  62. Dance, Girl, Dance (1933) (story and adaptation)
    ... aka Male and Female (USA: reissue title)
  63. By Appointment Only (1933) (screenplay and dialogue)
  64. The Monster Walks (1932) (adaptation) (story)
    ... aka The Monster Walked

  65. The Woman Who Fooled Herself (1922) (writer)

  66. The Stolen Jail (1916) (writer)
Director:
  1. Chivalrous Charley (1921)
  2. A Divorce of Convenience (1921)
  3. The Daughter Pays (1920)
  4. The Figurehead (1920)
  5. A Fool and His Money (1920)

  6. The Tiger's Trail (1919)
  7. The Imp (1919)
  8. The Fringe of Society (1917)
  9. A Deal in Bonds (1917)
  10. Sign of the Scarf (1917)
  11. The Man with the Limp (1917)
  12. Mystery of Room 422 (1917)
  13. The Veiled Thunderbolt (1917)
  14. The Vanishing Bishop (1917)
  15. The Secret of the Borgias (1917)
  16. The Missing Financier (1917)
  17. In the Web of the Spider (1917)
  18. The Mirror of Fear (1917)
  19. Winged Diamonds (1917)
  20. The Screened Vault (1917)
  21. The Net of Intrigue (1917)
  22. The Trap (1917)
  23. The Violet Ray (1917)
  24. The Black Circle (1917)
  25. The Trail of Graft (1917)
  26. The House of Secrets (1917)
  27. A Mission of State (1916)
  28. The Tiger's Claw (1916)
  29. The Menace (1916)
  30. The Trunk Mystery (1916)
  31. The Wizard's Plot (1916)
  32. The House of Three Deuces (1916)
  33. The Rogue's Pawn (1916)
  34. The Man from Yukon (1916)
  35. The Pencil Clue (1916)
  36. The Missing Heiress (1916)
  37. The Code Letter (1916)
  38. The Battered Bridegroom (1916)
  39. Stolen Plumage (1916)
  40. Rival Artists (1916)
  41. That Pesky Parrot (1916)
  42. Meter in the Kitchen (1916)
  43. Tangled by Telephone (1916)
  44. The Stolen Jail (1916)
  45. He Wrote Poetry (1916)
  46. The Mysterious Double (1916)
  47. Peaches and Ponies (1916)
  48. The Girl and the Tenor (1916)
  49. The Wishing Ring (1916)
  50. A Baby Grand (1916/I)
  51. Romance and Riot (1916)
  52. Almost a Heroine (1916)
  53. A Flock of Skeletons (1916)
  54. She Came, She Saw, She Conquered (1916)
  55. A Leap Year's Wooing (1916)
  56. The Night Watch (1916)
  57. The Guiding Hand (1916)
  58. The Lurking Peril (1916)
  59. The Glory of Youth (1915)
  60. The Ventures of Marguerite (1915)
  61. The Apaches of Paris (1915)
Self:
  1. "This Is Your Life" .... Himself (1 episode, 1954)
        - Tom Moore (1954) TV episode .... Himself

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