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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.
Edward Everett Horton. Actor: Arsenic and Old Lace. 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.
Edward Everett Horton. Actor: Arsenic and Old Lace. 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.
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.
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?"
Luckily for Classical Hollywood fans, today’s screening of four silent comedy shorts in which Horton stars rectifies that situation, giving a sustained look at the legendary actor and allowing audiences to assess his abilities in full.
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...
Aug 10, 2021 · Remembered today for his fussy persona in Hollywood sound films such as Top Hat (1935) and Arsenic and Old Lace (1942), Edward Everett Horton is not anyone’s idea of a silent slapstick comedian – but he was!
Edward Everett Horton. (1886—1970) Quick Reference. (1886–1970). Film, stage, and television performer. The quintessential nervous, bubbling, frustrated sidekick in 120 movies, the finicky character actor fussed his way through thirty-four film musicals. Horton was born in ...
