Portrait of Robert Ellis

Acting

Robert Ellis

Career

Active from 1922 to 1958, with a break from 1929 to 1947, busiest in 1949 with 2 main titles.

Leading roles
4
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score57/100
Highest rated
Poster for Retreat, Hell!
Retreat, Hell!
GoodWatch score64/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 23 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.9 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 2.5 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 4.9 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 5.3 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Robert Ellis Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.9, average 5.4
  • Psychological
    4.0, average 5.5
  • Violence
    2.8, average 4.1
  • Melancholy
    3.5, average 4.7

Main genres

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Recurring tags

    Works often with

    People in at least two of their main titles.

    Movies and TV shows

    33
    Type
    Role
    Score
    Decade
    Genre
    Group by

    1960s

    1 title ยท average score 62
    Wake Me When It's Over
    Wake Me When It's Over (1960)
    GoodWatch score 62

    as Corporal (uncredited)

    1950s

    22 titles ยท average score 67
    Space Master X-7
    Space Master X-7 (1958)
    GoodWatch score 39

    as Pvt. Joe Rattigan

    The Donna Reed Show
    The Donna Reed Show (1958)
    GoodWatch score 46

    TV show ยท as Young Man

    77 Sunset Strip
    77 Sunset Strip (1958)
    GoodWatch score 74

    TV show ยท as Harry Warren

    Alfred Hitchcock Presents
    Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955)
    GoodWatch score 86

    TV show ยท as Reporter / Tommy Kopeck

    The McConnell Story
    The McConnell Story (1955)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Bob Brown

    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)
    GoodWatch score 72

    TV show ยท as Pvt. Crenshaw

    The Bob Cummings Show
    The Bob Cummings Show (1955)
    GoodWatch score 69

    TV show ยท as Joe Depew

    Niagara
    Niagara (1953)
    GoodWatch score 71

    as Young Man (uncredited)

    Retreat, Hell!
    Retreat, Hell! (1952)
    GoodWatch score 64

    as Shorty Devine

    I Love Lucy
    I Love Lucy (1951)
    GoodWatch score 81

    TV show ยท as Office Boy

    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show
    The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1950)
    GoodWatch score 79

    TV show ยท as Charlie / Frank Foster

    Lux Video Theatre
    Lux Video Theatre (1950)

    TV show ยท as Tommy / Howard

    1940s

    8 titles ยท average score 56
    The Aldrich Family
    The Aldrich Family (1949)

    TV show ยท as Henry Aldrich

    A Kiss for Corliss
    A Kiss for Corliss (1949)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Raymond Pringle

    The Lone Ranger
    The Lone Ranger (1949)
    GoodWatch score 48

    TV show ยท as Jack Hall

    Easy Living
    Easy Living (1949)
    GoodWatch score 44

    as Urchin

    El Paso
    El Paso (1949)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Jack Elkins

    The Green Promise
    The Green Promise (1949)
    GoodWatch score 60

    as Buzz Wexford

    April Showers
    April Showers (1948)
    GoodWatch score 63

    as Buster Tyme

    The Babe Ruth Story
    The Babe Ruth Story (1948)
    GoodWatch score 59

    as Babe Ruth as a Boy (as Bobby Ellis)

    1920s

    2 titles
    The Law's Lash
    The Law's Lash (1928)

    as Corporal Ted Campbell

    The Dangerous Little Demon
    The Dangerous Little Demon (1922)

    as Gary McVeigh