Robert Ellis (actor, born 1933)

Robert Ellis
Born (1933-09-24)September 24, 1933
Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Died November 23, 1973(1973-11-23) (aged 40)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Occupation Actor
Years active 1939–73

Robert Ellis (September 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.

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.[1]

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.[1] 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.[1]

Filmography

Television roles

  • The Aldrich Family (1952-1953) as Henry Aldrich
  • Meet Corliss Archer (1951) as Dexter Franklin
  • I Love Lucy (1952) as Tommy the Office Boy
  • Fireside Theatre (1951-1952)
  • Big Town (1952)
  • Peter Pan (1953) as Lost Boy (voice, uncredited)
  • Where's Raymond? (1954)
  • Schlitz Playhouse (1954)
  • The Loretta Young Show (1954) as Tom
  • Public Defender (1954) as Johnny Wagner
  • The Lone Ranger (1955) as Jack 'Kid' Hall
  • Cavalcade of America (1955)
  • Meet Corliss Archer (1954-1955) as Dexter Franklin
  • The Bob Cummings Show (1956) as Joe Depew
  • Telephone Time (1956)
  • Lux Video Theatre (1956)
  • The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956) as Pat Jordan
  • The Joseph Cotten Show: On Trial (1956) as George Barnett
  • The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1957) as Pvt. Crenshaw
  • Jane Wyman Presents The Fireside Theatre (1957)
  • Navy Log (1957) as Kupper
  • The Sheriff of Cochise (1957) as Jaekel
  • Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1957) as Reporter / Tommy Kopeck
  • Code 3 (1957) as Dewey Cushmnan / Fred Bacon
  • General Electric Theater (1957)
  • The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show (1956-1958) series regular
  • Flight (1958)
  • 77 Sunset Strip (1958) as Harry Warren
  • Death Valley Days (1959) as Ben (in "Wheelbarrow Johnny")
  • The Real McCoys (1959) as Gas Station Customer
  • The Donna Reed Show (1959) as Young Man (in "The Punishment")
  • M Squad (1960)as Tom Herrick (in "Dead Parrots Don't Talk")
  • Tallahassee 7000 (1961)
  • The Jackie Gleason Special (1973)

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Robert Ellis , Former Child Star, Succumbs" (scan). Reading Eagle. November 26, 1973. Retrieved November 16, 2016 – via Google Newspapers.
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