Mirko Ellis (4 September 1923 – 11 September 2014) was a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor.

[1] Born Mirko Korcinsky in Locarno to a family of Lithuanian origin, Ellis moved, after his studies, to Italy, where he made his film debut in 1946, in a critically acclaimed role in Aldo Vergano's neorealist drama The Sun Still Rises.

[1] One year later, he debuted on stage in the theatrical company of Maria Melato.

[1] Ellis was married to fellow actress Esther Maring, with whom he lived in Alghero, Sardinia.

[1][2] On 11 September 2014, Ellis fell from the balcony of his fourth-floor apartment and died.