Portrait of Robert Ellis

Writing

Robert Ellis

Career

Active from 1913 to 1950, busiest in 1933 with 13 main titles.

Leading roles
44
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score58/100
Highest rated
Poster for Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Charlie Chan at the Race Track
GoodWatch score80/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 20 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.6 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.7 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.4 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.0 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.6 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.4 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Ellis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    1.2, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    3.4, average 5.5
  • Social Commentary
    3.2, average 4.9
  • Violence
    2.6, average 4.1

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Historical Setting 8
  • Classic Hollywood 7
  • Nostalgic 6
  • Historical Drama 5
  • Silent Film 5
  • Crime 3
  • Melodrama 3
  • Old Hollywood 3
  • Romantic Comedy 3
  • Early Cinema 3
  • Character-Driven 3
  • Nostalgic Charm 3

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

160
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

1950s

1 title ยท average score 59
I'll Get By
I'll Get By (1950)
GoodWatch score 59

Story

1940s

16 titles ยท average score 58
Do You Love Me
Do You Love Me (1946)
GoodWatch score 55

Screenplay

If I'm Lucky
If I'm Lucky (1946)
GoodWatch score 51

Writer

Pin Up Girl
Pin Up Girl (1944)
GoodWatch score 46

Screenplay

Something for the Boys
Something for the Boys (1944)
GoodWatch score 59

Screenplay

Four Jills in a Jeep
Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)
GoodWatch score 60

Screenplay

Hello, Frisco, Hello
Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Song of the Islands
Song of the Islands (1942)
GoodWatch score 56

Screenplay

Footlight Serenade
Footlight Serenade (1942)
GoodWatch score 64

Writer

Sun Valley Serenade
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
GoodWatch score 75

Screenplay

The Great American Broadcast
The Great American Broadcast (1941)
GoodWatch score 58

Writer

Tin Pan Alley
Tin Pan Alley (1940)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

Star Dust
Star Dust (1940)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

1930s

86 titles ยท average score 59
Susannah of the Mounties
Susannah of the Mounties (1939)
GoodWatch score 63

Screenplay

City in Darkness
City in Darkness (1939)
GoodWatch score 57

Writer

Charlie Chan on Broadway
Charlie Chan on Broadway (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

Story

Charlie Chan at the Olympics
Charlie Chan at the Olympics (1937)
GoodWatch score 66

Screenplay

Big Town Girl
Big Town Girl (1937)

Writer

Charlie Chan at the Race Track
Charlie Chan at the Race Track (1936)
GoodWatch score 80

Screenplay

Charlie Chan's Secret
Charlie Chan's Secret (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

Charlie Chan at the Circus
Charlie Chan at the Circus (1936)
GoodWatch score 61

Writer

Federal Agent
Federal Agent (1936)

Story

Charlie Chan in Egypt
Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935)
GoodWatch score 61

Screenplay

The Lady in Scarlet
The Lady in Scarlet (1935)
GoodWatch score 52

Screenplay

In the Money
In the Money (1933)

Screenplay

1920s

39 titles ยท average score 56
The Love Trap
The Love Trap (1929)
GoodWatch score 62

as Guy Emory

Broadway
Broadway (1929)
GoodWatch score 50

as Steve Crandall

Night Parade
Night Parade (1929)

as Mr. John W. Zelli

Ragtime
Ragtime (1927)

as Steve Martin, aka 'Slick'

Ladies of Leisure
Ladies of Leisure (1926)

as Jack Forrest

Whispering Canyon
Whispering Canyon (1926)

as Bob Cameron

The Northern Code
The Northern Code (1925)

as Louis Le Blanc

Dark Secrets
Dark Secrets (1923)

as Lord Wallington

Anna Ascends
Anna Ascends (1922)

as Howard Fisk

The Infidel
The Infidel (1922)

as Cyrus Flint

Hurricane's Gal
Hurricane's Gal (1922)

as Steele O'Connor

Ladies Must Live
Ladies Must Live (1921)

as Anthony Mulvain

1910s

18 titles
The Tiger's Trail
The Tiger's Trail (1919)

Director

In for Thirty Days
In for Thirty Days (1919)

as Brett Page

The Third Kiss
The Third Kiss (1919)

as Rupert Bawlf

Louisiana
Louisiana (1919)

as Laurence Ferol

The Spite Bride
The Spite Bride (1919)

as Billy Swayne

Peggy Does Her Darndest
Peggy Does Her Darndest (1919)

as Honorable Hugh Wentworth

The Imp
The Imp (1919)

Director

The Lifted Veil
The Lifted Veil (1917)

as Leslie Palliser

The Lurking Peril
The Lurking Peril (1916)

as The Wolf

A Double Elopement
A Double Elopement (1916)

Director

The Ventures of Marguerite
The Ventures of Marguerite (1915)

Director

A Modern Jekyll and Hyde
A Modern Jekyll and Hyde (1913)

as Roger Master - Nora's Sweetheart