Edward Everett Horton
Birthdate: Mar 18, 1886
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died: Sep 29, 1970
It seemed like Edward Everett Horton appeared in just about every Hollywood comedy made in the 1930s. He was always the perfect counterpart to the great gentlemen and protagonists of the films. Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Isabella S. (Diack) and Edward Everett Horton, a compositor for the NY Times. His maternal grandparents were Scottish and his father was of English and German ancestry. Like many of his contemporaries, Horton came to the movies from the theatre, where he debuted in 1906. He made his film debut in 1922. Unlike many of his silent-film colleagues, however, Horton had no problems in adapting to the sound, despite--or perhaps because of--his crackling voice. From 1932 to 1938 he worked often with Ernst Lubitsch, and later with Frank Capra. He has appeared in more than 120 films, in addition to a large body of work on TV, among which was the befuddled Hekawi medicine man Roaring Chicken on the western comedy F Troop (1965).
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Known For
Arsenic and Old Lace
(1944)
Holiday
(1938)
Top Hat
(1935)
In Caliente
(1935)
Edward Everett Horton Movies
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- 1969 | 2000 Years Lateras Evermore
- 1967 | The Perils of Paulineas Caspar Coleman
- 1964 | Sex and the Single Girlas The Chief
- 1961 | Pocketful of Miraclesas Hudgins
- 1947 | Down to Earthas Messenger 7013
- 1947 | Her Husband's Affairsas J.B. Cruikshank
- 1947 | The Ghost Goes Wildas Eric
- 1946 | Cinderella Jonesas Keating
- 1946 | Earl Carroll Sketchbookas Dr. Milo Edwards
- 1946 | Faithful in My Fashionas Hiram Dilworthy
- 1945 | Lady on a Trainas Mr. Haskell
- 1945 | Steppin' in Societyas Judge Avery Webster
- 1944 | Brazilas Everett St. John Everett
- 1944 | Her Primitive Manas Orrin
- 1944 | San Diego I Love Youas Philip McCooley
- 1944 | Summer Stormas Count 'Piggy' Volsky
- 1944 | The Town Went Wildas Everett Conway
- 1944 | Arsenic and Old Laceas Mr. Witherspoon
- 1943 | The Gang's All Hereas Peyton Potter
- 1942 | I Married an Angelas Peter
- 1942 | Springtime in the Rockiesas McTavish
- 1942 | The Magnificent Dopeas Horace Hunter
- 1941 | Bachelor Daddyas Joseph Smith
- 1941 | Sunnyas Henry Bates
- 1941 | The Body Disappearsas Professor Shotesbury
- 1941 | Weekend for Threeas Stonebraker
- 1941 | You're the Oneas Death Valley Joe Frink
- 1941 | Ziegfeld Girlas Noble Sage
- 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordanas Messenger 7013
- 1939 | Paris Honeymoonas Ernest Figg
- 1939 | That's Right - You're Wrongas Tom Village - a Screenwriter
- 1939 | The Amazing Mr. Forrestas Treadwell
- 1938 | Bluebeard's Eighth Wifeas The Marquis De Loiselle
- 1938 | College Swingas Hubert Dash
- 1938 | Little Tough Guys in Societyas Oliver
- 1938 | Holidayas Nick Potter
- 1937 | Angelas Graham
- 1937 | Danger - Love at Workas Howard Rogers
- 1937 | Hitting a New Highas Lucius B. Blynn
- 1937 | Lost Horizonas Lovett
- 1937 | Oh, Doctoras Edward J. Billop
- 1937 | The Great Garrickas Tubby
- 1937 | The King and the Chorus Girlas Count Humbert
- 1937 | The Perfect Specimenas Mr. Grattan
- 1937 | Wild Moneyas P.E. Dodd
- 1937 | Shall We Danceas Jeffrey Baird
- 1936 | Hearts Dividedas John
- 1936 | Her Master's Voiceas Ned Farrar
- 1936 | Let's Make a Millionas Harrison Gentry
- 1936 | The Man in the Mirroras Jeremy Dilke
- 1936 | The Singing Kidas Davenport Rogers
- 1935 | $10 Raiseas Hubert T. Wilkins
- 1935 | All the King's Horsesas Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat
- 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girlas Leander 'Bunny' Nolan
- 1935 | Going Highbrowas Augie
- 1935 | His Night Outas Homer B. Bitts
- 1935 | In Calienteas Harold Brandon
- 1935 | Little Big Shotas Mortimer
- 1935 | The Devil Is a Womanas Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'
- 1935 | The Night Is Youngas Baron Szereny
- 1935 | The Private Secretaryas Rev. Robert Spalding
- 1935 | Your Uncle Dudleyas Dudley Dixon
- 1935 | Top Hatas Horace Hardwick
- 1934 | Easy to Loveas Eric
- 1934 | Kiss and Make-Upas Marcel Caron
- 1934 | Ladies Should Listenas Paul Vernet
- 1934 | Sing and Like Itas Adam Frink - Producer
- 1934 | Smartyas Vernon Thorpe
- 1934 | Success at Any Priceas Fisher
- 1934 | The Merry Widowas Ambassador Popoff
- 1934 | The Poor Richas Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood
- 1934 | Uncertain Ladyas Elliot Crane
- 1934 | The Gay Divorceeas Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald
- 1933 | A Bedtime Storyas Victor Dubois
- 1933 | Design for Livingas Max Plunkett
- 1933 | It's a Boyas Dudley Leake
- 1933 | The Way to Loveas Prof. Gaston Bibi
- 1933 | The Woman in Commandas Sebastian Marvello
- 1932 | -But the Flesh Is Weakas Sir George Kelvin
- 1932 | Roar of the Dragonas Busby
- 1932 | Trouble in Paradiseas François Filiba
- 1931 | 6 Cylinder Loveas Monty Winston
- 1931 | Kiss Me Againas Rene
- 1931 | Lonely Wivesas Richard 'Dickie' Smith
- 1931 | Smart Womanas Billy Ross
- 1931 | The Age for Loveas Horace Keats
- 1931 | The Front Pageas Bensinger
- 1930 | Once a Gentlemanas Oliver
- 1930 | Reaching for the Moonas Roger - The Valet
- 1930 | Take the Heiras Smithers
- 1930 | Wide Openas Simon Haldane
- 1929 | Sonny Boyas Crandall Thorpe
- 1929 | The Aviatoras Robert Street
- 1929 | The Hottentotas Sam Harrington
- 1929 | The Sapas The Sap
- 1928 | The Terroras Ferdinand Fane
- 1927 | Taxi! Taxi!as Peter Whitby
- 1926 | La Bohèmeas Colline
- 1926 | Poker Facesas Jimmy Whitmore 'Poker Face'
- 1926 | The Nutcrackeras Horatio Slipaway
- 1926 | The Whole Town's Talkingas Chester Binney
- 1925 | Beggar on Horsebackas Neil McRae
- 1925 | The Business of Loveas Edward Burgess
- 1924 | Flapper Wivesas Vincent Platt
- 1924 | Helen's Babiesas Uncle Harry
- 1924 | The Man Who Fights Aloneas Bob Alten
- 1924 | Try and Get Itas Glenn Collins
- 1923 | Ruggles of Red Gapas Ruggles
- 1923 | The Vow of Vengeance
- 1923 | To the Ladiesas Leonard Beebe
- 1922 | A Front Page Storyas Rodney Marvin
- 1922 | The Ladder Jinxas Arthur Barnes
- 1922 | Too Much Businessas John Henry Jackson
