Ellie, Willie

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 10/04/2025, 20:03

: Willie Ellie in Encrucijada para una monja (1967)

Willie Ellie was a black Haitian actor, active in Spanish films and television for at least 5 or 6 years in the early-mid 1960's.

From his obituary on afterall.com (also repeated on Legacy.com), it appears that his full name was Wilhelm Pierre Elie and he was born in Haiti on January 4th 1940. He had a wife, Mireille, to whom he was married for over 40 years and a son, Alix.

The obituary also adds that he left Haiti after completing high school to pursue a career as an actor in Spain. It would appear he arrived in Spain at the start of the 1960's and would remain there for most of the decade, with his last-known credited roles coming in 1967. While he never played any major roles, he did work steadily. I have found one undocumented appearance by Willie, so there could well be more.

From Spain he moved to Washington, then eventually retired to Florida in 2012.

He passed away on January 1st 2022.

His name was spelled many different ways in credits, which has resulted in him having 3 separate IMDb profiles, as Willie Ellie, Willy Ellie and Wilhem P. Elie. With so many different spellings of both his names it's very hard to say what should be the definitive spelling.

Thanks to Carlos for providing his identification and to Dan, Rudy and Tom Betts for finding his additional IMDb profiles and biographical details.

Filmography

1963

Cristo negro .... Indu (credited as "Wilhem P. Elie")

1964
Bienvenido, padre Murray .... Priest who gets lynched (uncredited)

1965
Crack in the World .... Member of the Commission (uncredited)
Finger on the Trigger .... Mike Daly (credited as "Willy Ellie")
Savage Pampas .... Pedro (credited)

1966
Los hombres de cristal (TV mini-series) Ep. 5 .... Morgan (credited as "Willy Elie")
Zarabanda Bing Bing .... Mercedes' handyman (credit unknown)

1967
Encrucijada para una monja .... Isaku (credited as "Willie P. Elie")
La familia Colón (TV series) Ep.: "Esa muchacha llamada Silvia como una golondrina" .... Trumpeter (credited as "Willy Ellie")

Titles to check

El parque de juegos (1963 short film) IMDb as Charlie
Tras la puerta cerrada (1964/1965 TV series) 3 episodes. IMDb
Confidencias (1965 TV series) Ep.: "¿Por qué?". IMDb
Pobre Diablo (1965 TV series) Ep.: "Pantomima con payasos". IMDb as Sambo

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 11/04/2025, 16:27

Cristo negro (1963) credited as "Wilhem P. Elie", as Indu

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 11/04/2025, 16:29

Bienvenido, padre Murray (1964) only appearing briefly in the pre-credit sequence and impossible to get any better images in the poor quality copies currently available, as Priest who gets lynched

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 11/04/2025, 16:31

Crack in the World (1965) as Member of the Commission

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 11/04/2025, 16:33

Finger on the Trigger (1965) credited as "Willy Ellie", as Mike Daly

Thanks to Carlos for providing the credit screen

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 11/04/2025, 16:35

Savage Pampas (1965) credited, as Pedro

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 11/04/2025, 16:37

Los hombres de cristal (1966 TV mini-series) Episode 5, credited as "Willy Elie", as Morgan

Post by **PeplumParadise** » 11/04/2025, 16:39

Zarabanda Bing Bing (1966) as Mercedes' handyman.

He is not credited in the fairly minimal Italian credits, but online sources indicate that he should be in the Spanish credits.