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Erik Rhodes. Actor: Top Hat. With his slicked back hair and thin moustache Erik Rhodes arrived in Hollywood to recreate his stage role of Rudolfo Tonetti (which he had performed first on Broadway and then in London, 1932-1933) for the filming of The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Contrary to his screen image, Erik was born in Oklahoma and graduated from the ...
- February 10, 1906
- February 17, 1990
Feb 19, 1990 · He was 84 years old and lived in Oklahoma City. Mr. Rhodes created the role of Rudolfo Tonetti, the suave co-respondent in the 1933 Broadway production of ''The Gay Divorce.''. He took the role to ...
Emmala Dunbar. . . ( m. 1972; died 1984) . [1] Erik Rhodes (born Ernest Sharpe; February 10, 1906 – February 17, 1990) was an American film and Broadway singer and actor. He is best remembered today for appearing in two classic Hollywood musical films with the popular dancing team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: The Gay Divorcee (1934) and ...
Feb 18, 1990 · Rhodes married Emmala Dunbar in 1972 and slowed his career to travel with his wife. A memorial service for Rhodes will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Hahn-Cook, Street & Draper Funeral Home in Oklahoma City. BIOG: ERIK RHODES NAME: Archive ID: 417189
Jul 1, 1985 · Fans of the silver screen have seen him a million of times: the slim, suave, dapper man with patent-leather hair and pencil-thin moustache. On the late-night movies, he's still seen vying with Fred A…
Emmala Dunbar Rhodes Birth 1899. Spartanburg, Spartanburg County, South Carolina, USA Death 19 Feb 1984 (aged 84–85) New York, New York County, New York, USA Burial.
Erik Rhodes. Actor: Top Hat. With his slicked back hair and thin moustache Erik Rhodes arrived in Hollywood to recreate his stage role of Rudolfo Tonetti (which he had performed first on Broadway and then in London, 1932-1933) for the filming of The Gay Divorcee (1934), starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
