Edward Mayne Ellis (November 12, 1870 – July 26, 1952) was an American actor.

Edward Ellis was a dramatic author and also wrote the playscript for the 1934 play Affair of a Gentleman.

[citation needed] In films, he played mostly supporting roles, his only leading roles being in Main Street Lawyer (1939) and in A Man to Remember (1938) and Three Sons (1939), a remake of Lionel Barrymore's Sweepings (1933).

In 1939, Frank Capra offered Ellis the role of the President of the Senate in Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, however he refused the part which went to Harry Carey.

[1][2] He was briefly married to silent film actress Josephine Stevens [fr] from 1917 to the mid 1920s.