James Ellison: James Ellison. Actor: I Walked with a Zombie. American light leading man, primarily of Westerns, James Ellison was born James Ellison Smith in Guthrie Center, Iowa, in 1910. He grew up on a ranch in Valier, Montana, where he learned the skills that would stand him in good stead as a movie cowboy. His family moved to Los Angeles when he was a young man, and it was there that...
Known For: I Walked with a Zombie (Wesley Rand), The Undying Monster (Robert Curtis), Three on the Trail (Johnny Nelson(as Jimmy Ellison)), Heart of the West (Johnny Nelson(as Jimmy Ellison))