Edward Everett Horton
Actor
Birth Date: March 18, 1886
Death Date: September 29, 1970
Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York
Edward Everett Horton was a charming comic character actor who played the ineffectual bumbler in scores of films from the 1920s through the 70s. Among many triumphs Horton is remembered as Fred Astaire's sidekick in "The Gay Divorcee" (1934), "Top Hat" (1935) and "Shall We Dance?" (1937).
Credits
Cold Turkey
Actor
Hiram C. Grayson
Movie
1971
Love, American Style
Actor
Elmo
Series
1969
The Governor & J.J.
Guest Star
Dr. Simon
Show
1969
2000 Years Later
Actor
Evermore
Movie
1969
The Perils of Pauline
Actor
Caspar Coleman
Movie
1967
BatmanStream
Guest Star
Series
1966
F TroopStream
Guest Star
Series
1965
Sex and the Single GirlStream
Actor
The Chief
Movie
1964
Fractured Flickers
Guest
Show
1963
Pocketful of MiraclesStream
Actor
Hudgins
Movie
1961
Fractured Fairy Tales
Narrator
Show
1959
The Story of Mankind
Actor
Sir Walter Raleigh
Movie
1957
The Merry Widow
Actor
Barton Zelta
Show
1955
Arsenic and Old Lace
Actor
Mr Witherspoon
Show
1955
I Love LucyStream
Guest Star
Mr. Ritter
Series
1951
The Red Skelton ShowStream
Actor
Variety Show
1951
The Red Skelton ShowStream
Guest Star
Variety Show
1951
Don's Musical Playhouse
Self
Show
1951
Holiday Hotel
Actor
Host
Show
1950
Her Husband's AffairsStream
Actor
J.B. Cruikshank
Movie
1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
Actor
Eric
Movie
1947
Down to Earth
Actor
Messenger 7013
Movie
1947
Faithful in My Fashion
Actor
Hiram Dilworthy
Movie
1946
Cinderella Jones
Actor
Keating
Movie
1946
Lady on a Train
Actor
Mr. Haskell
Movie
1945
Steppin' in Society
Actor
Judge Avery Webster
Movie
1945
Arsenic and Old LaceStream
Actor
Mr. Witherspoon
Movie
1944
The Town Went Wild
Actor
Everett Conway
Movie
1944
Brazil
Actor
Everett St. John Everett
Movie
1944
Summer Storm
Actor
Count "Piggy" Volsky
Movie
1944
San Diego, I Love You
Actor
Philip McCooley
Movie
1944
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Actor
Farnsworth
Movie
1943
The Gang's All HereStream
Actor
Peyton Potter
Movie
1943
The Magnificent Dope
Actor
Horace Hunter
Movie
1942
I Married an Angel
Actor
Peter
Movie
1942
Springtime in the Rockies
Actor
McTavish
Movie
1942
El Difunto no Protesta
Actor
Movie
1941
El Muerto Protesta
Actor
Movie
1941
Sunny
Actor
Henry Bates
Movie
1941
Bachelor Daddy
Actor
Joseph Smith
Movie
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Actor
Nobel Sage
Movie
1941
The Body Disappears
Actor
Prof. Reginald X. Shotesbury
Movie
1941
Here Comes Mr. JordanStream
Actor
Messenger 7013
Movie
1941
Weekend for Three
Actor
Fred Stonebraker
Movie
1941
You're the One
Actor
Death Valley Joe Frink
Movie
1941
Big Steal
Actor
Treadwell
Movie
1939
That's Right -- You're Wrong
Actor
Tom Village
Movie
1939
HolidayStream
Actor
Professor Nick Potter
Movie
1938
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Actor
Marquis de Loiselle
Movie
1938
Little Tough Guys in Society
Actor
Oliver
Movie
1938
The Perfect Specimen
Actor
Mr. Grattan
Movie
1937
Shall We DanceStream
Actor
Jeffrey Baird
Movie
1937
The King and the Chorus Girl
Actor
Count Humbert Evel Bruger
Movie
1937
The Great Garrick
Actor
Tubby
Movie
1937
Wild Money
Actor
P.E. Dodd
Movie
1937
Lost HorizonStream
Actor
Alexander P. Lovett
Movie
1937
Angel
Actor
Graham
Movie
1937
Hitting a New High
Actor
Lucius B. Blynn
Movie
1937
Let's Make a Million
Actor
Caroline
Movie
1937
Hearts Divided
Actor
Senator John Hathaway
Movie
1936
Man in the Mirror
Actor
Jeremy Dilke
Movie
1936
Nobody's Fool
Actor
Will Wright
Movie
1936
Her Master's Voice
Actor
Ned Farrar
Movie
1936
The Singing Kid
Actor
Davenport Rogers
Movie
1936
All the King's Horses
Actor
Count Josef "Peppi" von Schlapstaat
Movie
1935
Top HatStream
Actor
Horace Hardwick
Movie
1935
The Night Is Young
Actor
Baron Szereny
Movie
1935
Going Highbrow
Actor
Augie Winterspoon
Movie
1935
The Devil Is a Woman
Actor
Gov. Don Paquito `'Paquitito'`
Movie
1935
In Caliente
Actor
Harold Brandon
Movie
1935
Little Big Shot
Actor
Mortimer Thompson
Movie
1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Actor
Leander `'Bunny'` Nolan
Movie
1935
Your Uncle Dudley
Actor
Dudley Dixon
Movie
1935
$10 Raise
Actor
Hubert T. Wilkins
Movie
1935
Ladies Should Listen
Actor
Paul Vernet
Movie
1934
Success at Any Price
Actor
Harry Fisher
Movie
1934
Sing and Like It
Actor
Adam Frink
Movie
1934
The Gay DivorceeStream
Actor
Egbert
Movie
1934
Easy to Love
Actor
Eric
Movie
1934
Smarty
Actor
Vernon
Movie
1934
The Merry Widow
Actor
Ambassador Popoff
Movie
1934
It's a Boy!
Actor
Dudley Leake
Movie
1933
Design for Living
Actor
Max Plunkett
Movie
1933
A Bedtime Story
Actor
Victor Dubois
Movie
1933
The Way to Love
Actor
Prof. Gaston Bibi
Movie
1933
Alice in Wonderland
Actor
Mad Hatter
Movie
1933
Trouble in ParadiseStream
Actor
François Filiba
Movie
1932
Roar of the Dragon
Actor
Busby
Movie
1932
But the Flesh Is Weak
Actor
Sir George Kelvin
Movie
1932
The Front PageStream
Actor
Roy V. Bensinger
Movie
1931
Smart Woman
Actor
Billy Ross
Movie
1931
Kiss Me Again
Actor
Rene
Movie
1931
Lonely Wives
Actor
Richard `'Dickie'` Smith/Felix
Movie
1931
Wide Open
Actor
Simon Haldane
Movie
1930
Holiday
Actor
Nick Potter
Movie
1930
Reaching for the Moon
Actor
Roger
Movie
1930
Ask Dad
Actor
Dad
Movie
1929
The Sap
Actor
The Sap
Movie
1929
Vacation Waves
Actor
Eddie Davis
Movie
1928
The Terror
Actor
Ferdinand Fane
Movie
1928
La Bohème
Actor
Colline
Movie
1926
Beggar on Horseback
Actor
Neil McRae
Movie
1925
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