1886-03-17 Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. In 1919, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began acting in Hollywood films. His first starring role was in the comedy Too Much Business (1922), but he portrayed the lead role of an idealistic young classical composer in the drama Beggar on Horseback (1925). In the late 1920s, he starred in two-reel silent comedies for Educational Pictures, and made the transition to talking pictures with Educational in 1929. As a stage-trained performer, he found more film work easily, and appeared in some of Warner Bros.' early talkies, including The Terror (1928) and Sonny Boy (1929). Horton initially used his given name, Edward Horton, professionally. His father persuaded him to adopt his full name professionally, reasoning that other actors might be named Edward Horton, but only one named Edward Everett Horton. Horton soon cultivated his own special variation of the time-honored double take (an actor's reaction to something, followed by a delayed, more extreme reaction). In Horton's version, he would smile ingratiatingly and nod in agreement with what just happened; then, when realization set in, his facial features collapsed entirely into a sober, troubled mask. Horton starred in many comedy features in the 1930s, usually playing a mousy fellow who put up with domestic or professional problems to a certain point, and then finally asserted himself for a happy ending. He is best known, however, for his work as a character actor in supporting roles. These include The Front Page (1931), Trouble in Paradise (1932), Alice in Wonderland (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934, the first of several Astaire/Rogers films in which Horton appeared), Top Hat (1935), Danger - Love at Work (1937), Lost Horizon (1937), Holiday (1938), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Pocketful of Miracles (1961), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and Sex and the Single Girl (1964). His last role was in the comedy film Cold Turkey (1971), in which his character communicated only through facial expressions.
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | 1997-11-01 |
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Cold Turkey | Hiram C. Grayson | 1971-02-19 |
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2000 Years Later | Evermore | 1969-03-11 |
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The Perils of Pauline | Caspar Coleman | 1967-08-02 |
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Sex and the Single Girl | The Chief | 1964-12-25 |
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The Emperor's Oblong Pancake | Narrator | 1964-06-01 |
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Mr. Dinckler | 1963-11-07 |
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One Got Fat | Narrator (voice) | 1963-12-01 |
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Pocketful of Miracles | Hudgins | 1961-12-18 |
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The Wonderful World of Trains | Professor Hotbox | 1960-01-01 |
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Three Men on a Horse | Mr. Carver | 1957-04-18 |
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The Story of Mankind | Sir Walter Raleigh | 1957-11-08 |
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The Unenchanted Princess | Narrator | 1957-02-17 |
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Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower | Noah | 1956-10-27 |
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The Ghost Goes Wild | Eric | 1947-08-08 |
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Down to Earth | Messenger 7013 | 1947-08-21 |
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Her Husband's Affairs | J.B. Cruikshank | 1947-11-12 |
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Faithful in My Fashion | Hiram Dilworthy | 1946-08-21 |
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Cinderella Jones | Keating | 1946-03-09 |
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Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Dr. Milo Edwards | 1946-08-22 |
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Lady on a Train | Mr. Haskell | 1945-08-03 |
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Steppin' in Society | Judge Avery Webster | 1945-07-09 |
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Summer Storm | Count "Piggy" Volsky | 1944-07-14 |
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Her Primitive Man | Orrin | 1944-05-29 |
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Arsenic and Old Lace | Mr. Witherspoon | 1944-09-01 |
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Brazil | Everett St. John Everett | 1944-11-30 |
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San Diego I Love You | Philip McCooley | 1944-09-29 |
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The Town Went Wild | Everett Conway | 1944-12-15 |
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Forever and a Day | Anthony Trimble-Pomfret | 1943-01-21 |
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The Gang's All Here | Peyton Potter | 1943-12-24 |
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Thank Your Lucky Stars | Farnsworth | 1943-09-25 |
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I Married an Angel | Peter | 1942-07-09 |
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The Magnificent Dope | Horace Hunter | 1942-07-01 |
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Springtime in the Rockies | McTavish | 1942-11-06 |
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Bachelor Daddy | Joseph Smith | 1941-06-04 |
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You're the One | Death Valley Joe Frink | 1941-02-19 |
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Sunny | Henry Bates | 1941-05-30 |
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Weekend for Three | Fred Stonebraker | 1941-12-12 |
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Ziegfeld Girl | Noble Sage | 1941-04-25 |
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The Body Disappears | Professor Shotesbury | 1941-11-22 |
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Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Messenger 7013 | 1941-08-07 |
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That's Right – You're Wrong | Tom Village | 1939-11-24 |
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The Gang's All Here | Treadwell | 1939-03-04 |
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Paris Honeymoon | Ernest Figg | 1939-01-27 |
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Bluebeard's 8th Wife | Marquis De Loiselle | 1938-03-25 |
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College Swing | Hubert Dash | 1938-04-29 |
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Little Tough Guys in Society | Oliver | 1938-11-01 |
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Holiday | Nick Potter | 1938-05-26 |
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Oh, Doctor | Edward J. Billop | 1937-03-31 |
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Shall We Dance | Jeffrey Baird | 1937-05-07 |
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Wild Money | P.E. Dodd | 1937-07-09 |
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Hitting a New High | Lucius B. Blynn | 1937-12-24 |
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The Perfect Specimen | Mr. Grattan | 1937-10-23 |
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Danger – Love at Work | Howard Rogers | 1937-09-30 |
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The King and the Chorus Girl | Count Humbert Evel Bruger | 1937-03-27 |
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Angel | Graham | 1937-10-29 |
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The Great Garrick | Tubby | 1937-10-30 |
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Lost Horizon | Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett | 1937-03-03 |
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Let's Make a Million | Harrison Gentry | 1936-09-01 |
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Hearts Divided | John | 1936-06-20 |
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The Singing Kid | Davenport Rogers | 1936-04-10 |
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Her Master's Voice | Ned Farrar | 1936-01-17 |
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Nobody's Fool | Will Wright | 1936-06-01 |
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The Man in the Mirror | Jeremy Dilke | 1936-10-15 |
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All the King's Horses | Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat | 1935-02-22 |
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Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | 1935-12-01 |
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Your Uncle Dudley | Dudley Dixon | 1935-12-13 |
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His Night Out | Homer B. Bitts | 1935-10-01 |
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The Private Secretary | Rev. Robert Spalding | 1935-08-26 |
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In Caliente | Harold Brandon | 1935-05-25 |
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The Devil Is a Woman | Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito' | 1935-05-03 |
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Going Highbrow | Augie Winterspoon | 1935-07-06 |
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Little Big Shot | Mortimer Thompson | 1935-09-07 |
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Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Leander 'Bunny' Nolan | 1935-01-04 |
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Top Hat | Horace Hardwick | 1935-08-29 |
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The Night Is Young | Baron Szereny | 1935-01-11 |
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$10 Raise | Hubert T. Wilkins | 1935-05-04 |
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It's a Boy | Dudley Leake | 1934-06-07 |
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The Merry Widow | Ambassador Popoff | 1934-11-02 |
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Uncertain Lady | Elliot Crane | 1934-04-03 |
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The Gay Divorcee | Egbert Fitzgerald | 1934-10-12 |
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Easy to Love | Eric | 1934-01-13 |
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Ladies Should Listen | Paul Vernet | 1934-08-10 |
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Success at Any Price | Harry Fisher | 1934-03-16 |
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Kiss and Make-Up | Marcel Caron | 1934-07-13 |
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Smarty | Vernon | 1934-05-19 |
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The Poor Rich | Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood | 1934-02-25 |
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Sing and Like It | Adam Frink - Producer | 1934-04-20 |
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Design for Living | Max Plunkett | 1933-12-29 |
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Soldiers of the King | Sebastian Marvello | 1933-03-13 |
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Alice in Wonderland | Mad Hatter | 1933-12-18 |
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A Bedtime Story | Victor Dubois | 1933-04-22 |
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The Way to Love | Professor Gaston Bibi | 1933-10-20 |
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Roar of the Dragon | Busby | 1932-07-08 |
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Trouble in Paradise | François Filiba | 1932-10-30 |
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But the Flesh Is Weak | Sir George Kelvin | 1932-04-09 |
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Kiss Me Again | Rene | 1931-01-07 |
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The Great Junction Hotel | The Groom | 1931-10-26 |
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The Front Page | Bensinger | 1931-04-04 |
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Six Cylinder Love | Monty Winston | 1931-05-10 |
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The Age for Love | Horace Keats | 1931-10-17 |
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Smart Woman | Billy Ross | 1931-09-12 |
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Lonely Wives | Richard 'Dickie' Smith / Felix, the Great Zero | 1931-02-15 |
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Once a Gentleman | Oliver | 1930-09-01 |
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Reaching for the Moon | Roger, the Valet | 1930-12-29 |
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Wide Open | Simon Haldane | 1930-02-01 |
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Holiday | Nick Potter | 1930-07-03 |
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Take the Heir | Smithers | 1930-01-15 |
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The Sap | The Sap, Bill Small | 1929-11-09 |
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Ask Dad | Dad | 1929-02-16 |
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Sonny Boy | Crandall Thorpe | 1929-04-18 |
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The Hottentot | Sam Harrington | 1929-08-10 |
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The Aviator | Robert Street | 1929-12-14 |
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Vacation Waves | Eddie Davis | 1928-09-15 |
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Horse Shy | Eddie Hamilton | 1928-05-19 |
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Scrambled Weddings | Eddie Howe | 1928-01-01 |
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The Terror | Ferdinand Fane | 1928-09-06 |
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Call Again | Eddie | 1928-01-01 |
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Dad's Choice | Eddie | 1928-01-07 |
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Behind the Counter | Eddie Baxter | 1928-03-03 |
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Find the King | Edward Fairchild | 1927-11-05 |
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No Publicity | Eddie Howard | 1927-08-01 |
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Taxi! Taxi! | Peter Whitby | 1927-04-24 |
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The Nutcracker | Horatio Slipaway | 1926-03-28 |
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The Whole Town's Talking | Chester Binney | 1926-12-26 |
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Poker Faces | Jimmy Whitmore | 1926-09-05 |
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La Bohème | Benoit - Janitor | 1926-03-13 |
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Beggar on Horseback | Neil McRae | 1925-06-05 |
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Try and Get It | Glenn Collins | 1924-03-09 |
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To the Ladies | Leonard Beebe | 1924-10-06 |
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Flapper Wives | Vincent Platt | 1924-02-23 |
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Helen's Babies | Uncle Harry | 1924-10-11 |
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The Man Who Fights Alone | Bob Alten | 1924-09-15 |
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Ruggles of Red Gap | Ruggles | 1923-10-07 |
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A Front Page Story | Rodney Marvin | 1922-12-25 |
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The Ladder Jinx | Arthur Barnes | 1922-08-20 |
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Too Much Business | John Henry Jackson | 1922-04-09 |
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The Right Bed | Bobby Kent |
