Paul Ellis

Paul Ellis, also known as Manuel Granada, was an Argentine actor who worked in films made in the United States, Spain, Argentina and Mexico. He made his screen debut in The Bandolero in 1924 as Manuel Granado. Louis B. Mayer signed him that year and listed him as a Metro-Goldwyn principal player. A 1925 Motion Picture piece by Harry Carr called him Hollywood's new sheik, yet he was generally cast in secondary ethnic parts, and Los Angeles newspapers praised him after The Dancer of Paris premiered in 1926. Sound reduced him to bit parts, though he won bigger roles in Spanish-language adaptations of English-language movies, including La Voluntad del muerto (1930). He wrote and acted in Alma De Gaucho. He spent another decade in American films, often uncredited, and was remembered for Marihuana (1936). His last American film was Whistling in the Dark in 1941. He later returned to film work in Argentina, including La Tierra del Fuego se apaga.