Occupation Actor Name Robert Ellis Movies A Kiss for Corliss | Years active 1948–73 Role Child actor | |
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Similar People Winston Hibler, Ted Sears, Ralph Wright, Frank Churchill, Clyde Geronimi | ||
Robert Ellis (August 24, 1933 – November 23, 1973) was an American child actor in the 1940s and 1950s, who was the last actor to play Henry Aldrich on the radio series The Aldrich Family.
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Early life
Robert Ellis was born in Chicago, Illinois to Fern Bloomfield. He was educated in professional children's schools in New York City and Hollywood and later studied theater arts at Columbia University.
Career
He made his acting debut at age 5 and appeared in some 50 movies and television shows, sometimes billed as "Bobby Ellis." In 1948, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences awarded him a special certificate for his acting and dancing role as Buster Tyme in the movie April Showers, which starred Ann Sothern and Jack Carson. He portrayed Ralph Grainger, a college friend of Ronnie Burns, on the final two seasons of The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show.
He died of kidney failure at the age of 40 in Los Angeles. At the time of his death, he was a producer of educational films.
Television Roles
Filmography
Actor
1961
Tallahassee 7000 (TV Series)
- The Men from Tallahassee (1961) - (as Bob Ellis)
1960
M Squad (TV Series) as
Tom Herrick
- Dead Parrots Don't Talk (1960) - Tom Herrick
1960
Wake Me When It's Over as
Corporal (uncredited)
1960
Father Knows Best (TV Series) as
Bill Carter
- Bud Hides Behind a Skirt (1960) - Bill Carter (uncredited)
1959
The Donna Reed Show (TV Series) as
Young Man
- The Punishment (1959) - Young Man
1959
The Real McCoys (TV Series) as
Gas Station Customer
- Gas Station (1959) - Gas Station Customer (as Bob Ellis)
1959
Don't Give Up the Ship as
Sailor (uncredited)
1959
Gidget as
Hot Shot
1959
Death Valley Days (TV Series) as
Ben
- Wheelbarrow Johnny (1959) - Ben
1958
The Ed Wynn Show (TV Series) as
Barry
- New York Adventure (1959)
- The Music Lovers (1958)
- Lover's Lane (1958) - Barry
1958
77 Sunset Strip (TV Series) as
Harry Warren
- The Court Martial of Johnny Murdo (1958) - Harry Warren
1958
Flight (TV Series)
- Window in the Sky
1958
Space Master X-7 as
Pvt. Joe Rattigan
1956
The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (TV Series) as
Ralph Grainger / Charlie / Frank Foster
- Softening the Professor (1958) - Ralph Grainger
- Ronnie's Fan Club (1958) - Ralph Grainger
- Misery Loves Company (1957) - Ralph Grainger
- A Box of Cigars (1957) - Ralph Grainger
- One Little Fight (1957) - Ralph Grainger
- A Pain in the Back (1957) - Ralph Grainger
- The Wading Pool at Acapulco (1957) - Ralph Grainger
- A Trip to Tahiti (1957) - Ralph Grainger
- The Texan Lady MacBeth (1957) - Ralph Grainger (as Bob Ellis)
- The Publicity Romance (1957) - Ralph Grainger (as Bob Ellis)
- The Termites (1957) - Ralph Grainger (as Bobby Ellis)
- Going to Palm Springs (1957) - Ralph Grainger (as Bob Ellis)
- The Ugly Duckling (1957) - Ralph Grainger
- Gracie and the Bullfighter (1957) - Ralph Grainger
- Ronnie's Initiation (1956) - Ralph Grainger (as Bobby Ellis)
- Return to California (1956) - Charlie
- The Newlyweds (1956) - Frank Foster
1957
General Electric Theater (TV Series)
- Love Came Late (1957)
1957
Code 3 (TV Series) as
Dewey Cushman / Fred Bacon
- An Ounce of Prevention (1957) - Dewey Cushman (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Guilty Ones (1957) - Fred Bacon
1957
Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) as
Reporter / Tommy Kopeck
- The Night the World Ended (1957) - Reporter
- My Brother, Richard (1957) - Tommy Kopeck (as Bobby Ellis)
1957
The Sheriff of Cochise (TV Series) as
Jaekel
- Approach with Caution (1957) - Jaekel
1957
Navy Log (TV Series) as
Kupper
- Ito of Attu (1957) - Kupper
1957
Jane Wyman Presents the Fireside Theatre (TV Series)
- Small Talk (1957) - (as Bobby Ellis)
1957
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (TV Series) as
Pvt. Crenshaw
- Wyatt and the Captain (1957) - Pvt. Crenshaw (as Bob Ellis)
1955
The Bob Cummings Show (TV Series) as
Joe Depew
- The Fallen Idol (1956) - Joe Depew
- Bob the Chaperone (1956) - Joe Depew
- The Air Force vs. The Navy (1956) - Joe Depew
- The Con Man (1956) - Joe Depew
- The Wolf Who Came to Dinner (1956) - Joe Depew
- Uncle Bob-Bob (1955) - Joe Depew
1956
The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (TV Series) as
George Barnett
- Death in the Snow (1956) - George Barnett
1956
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (TV Series) as
Pat Jordan
- The Secessionist (1956) - Pat Jordan (as Bobby Ellis)
1956
Lux Video Theatre (TV Series) as
Tommy / Howard
- You Can't Escape Forever (1956) - Tommy
- Has Anybody Seen My Gal? (1956) - Howard
1956
Telephone Time (TV Series)
- The Churchill Club (1956)
1956
Tea and Sympathy as
Second Boy (uncredited)
1956
Pillars of the Sky as
Albie
1955
Cavalcade of America (TV Series)
- Barbed Wire Christmas (1955)
1955
The McConnell Story as
Bob Brown
1955
The Lone Ranger (TV Series) as
Jack Hall
- Trapped (1955) - Jack Hall
1955
The Long Gray Line as
Cadet Short (uncredited)
1954
Meet Corliss Archer (TV Series) as
Dexter Franklin
- The Personality Test (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Pain in the Neck (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Fortune Teller (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- President of the Garden Club (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Janet Goes to College (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Harry the Photographer (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Harry the Dictator (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Harry Tells Dex How It Is (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Harry Gives Advice (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Dexter and the Car (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The New Neighbors (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Male Ego (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Archers Get a Maid (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Money Matters (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Miffy's Overnight Painting (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Harry and the Soap Opera Queen (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Dexter's Masquerade Costume (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Dexter Becomes a Man (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Boat Builders (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- A Party for Corliss (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Phone Fumble (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Best Policy (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Algebra Problem (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Quaranteened (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- No Clothes for the Party (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Harry, Child Psychiatrist (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Harry's Diet (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Harry's Cold (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Dexter's Surprise Party (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Dexter's Job (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Dexter the Helper (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Dexter the Director (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Vase That Came for Dinner (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Corliss the Cheerleader (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Christmas Story (1954) - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- Friends Forever - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
- A Date for Doris - Dexter Franklin (as Bobby Ellis)
1954
Public Defender (TV Series) as
Johnny Carson / Johnny Wagner
- Loyalty (1954) - Johnny Carson (as Bobby Ellis)
- The Clown (1954) - Johnny Wagner (as Bob Ellis)
1954
Prisoner of War as
Alan H. Rolfe (uncredited)
1954
The Loretta Young Show (TV Series) as
Tom
- Man's Estate (1954) - Tom (as Bobby Ellis)
1954
Schlitz Playhouse (TV Series)
- Groundloop (1954)
1953
Our Miss Brooks (TV Series) as
Harvey Brent / Larry
- The Hobo Jungle (1954) - Harvey Brent
- Swap Week (1953) - Larry
1954
Where's Raymond? (TV Series)
- Find the Dog (1954)
1953
Skip Taylor (TV Movie)
1953
Peter Pan as
Lost Boy (voice, uncredited)
1952
The Aldrich Family (TV Series) as
Henry Aldrich
- Episode dated 30 January 1953 (1953) - Henry Aldrich
- Henry's New Year's Resolutions (1953) - Henry Aldrich
- A Pedometer (1952) - Henry Aldrich
- Henry's Checking Account (1952) - Henry Aldrich
1953
Niagara as
Young Man (uncredited)
1952
Big Town (TV Series)
- Embezzlement (1952)
1951
Fireside Theatre (TV Series)
- I Send Your Son Into Battle (1952) - (as Bob Ellis)
- Copy Boy (1951) - (as Bob Ellis)
1952
I Love Lucy (TV Series) as
Tommy, the Office Boy
- Lucy Gets Ricky on the Radio (1952) - Tommy, the Office Boy
1952
Retreat, Hell! as
Shorty Devine
1951
The Guest (Short)
1951
Call Me Mister as
Ack-Ack Ackerman (uncredited)
1950
Walk Softly, Stranger as
Skating Boy
1950
Meet Corliss Archer (TV Series) as
Dexter Franklin
1949
A Kiss for Corliss as
Raymond Pringle
1949
Easy Living as
Urchin
1949
El Paso as
Jack Elkins (as Bobby Ellis)
1949
The Green Promise as
Buzz Wexford
1948
Mexican Hayride as
Mexican Boy (uncredited)
1948
The Babe Ruth Story as
Babe Ruth as a Boy (as Bobby Ellis)
1948
April Showers as
Buster Tyme
Self
1973
The Jackie Gleason Special (TV Special)
References
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