The Real McCoys
1957
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Oct 1, 1970 · ENCINO, Calif., Sept. 30— Edward Everett Horton, a char acter actor who was a master of comic befuddlement, died last night at his home in the San Fernando Valley. He was 83 years old.
Edward Everett Horton Jr. (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons. Horton began his stage career in 1906, singing and dancing and playing small parts in vaudeville and in Broadway productions.
Actor Born March 18, 1886 in Brooklyn, N.Y. Died Sept. 29, 1970 in Encino, Calif. E dward Everett Horton whose distinctive Yankee elocution and fussy, crinkled-nose mannerisms were the trademarks...
Charmingly 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?"
Famous for playing bumbling professionals and doltish older suitors as a supporting actor, as a star Horton developed a persona markedly different and more dynamic. Working under the guidance of Lloyd, his producer, Horton captures something of the same dorkish everyman routine Lloyd perfected.
Charmingly 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...
Jan 30, 2022 · Edward Everett Horton is widely remembered and cherished for his fussy persona in Hollywood sound films like Top Hat (1935) and Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), but his early career as a silent slapstick comedian is almost entirely unknown.
