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Edward Everett Horton (1886–1970)

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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. 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... See full bio »

Born:

Edward Everett Horton Jr.
in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Died:

(age 84) in Encino, California, USA
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1971 Cold Turkey
Hiram C. Grayson
 
1970 The Governor & J.J. (TV series)
Doc Simon
– File Safe (1970) … Doc Simon
– The Return of Doctor Livingston (1970) … Doc Simon
 
1970 Nanny and the Professor (TV series)
Professor Clarendon
– Strictly for the Birds (1970) … Professor Clarendon
 
1970 Love, American Style (TV series)
Elmo (segment "Love and Las Vegas")
– Love and Las Vegas/Love and the Good Samaritan/Love and the Marriage Counselor (1970) … Elmo (segment "Love and Las Vegas")
 
1970 The Name of the Game (TV series)
Philip Armistead
– Island of Gold and Precious Stones (1970) … Philip Armistead
 
1969 2000 Years Later
Evermore
 
1969 It Takes a Thief (TV series)
Lord Pelham-Gifford
– A Matter of Grey Matter: Part 1 (1969) … Lord Pelham-Gifford
 
1967 The Perils of Pauline
Caspar Coleman
 
1966 Batman (TV series)
Chief Screaming Chicken
– The Yegg Foes in Gotham (1966) … Chief Screaming Chicken
– An Egg Grows in Gotham (1966) … Chief Screaming Chicken
 
1965 Camp Runamuck (TV series)
Henry Saunders
– Spiffy Quits: Part 2 (1965) … Henry Saunders
– Spiffy Quits: Part 1 (1965)
 
1965 F Troop (TV series)
Roaring Chicken
– A Gift from the Chief (1965) … Roaring Chicken
– Me Heap Big Injun (1965) … Roaring Chicken
– The Girl from Philadelphia (1965) … Roaring Chicken
– Corporal Agarn's Farewell to the Troops (1965) … Roaring Chicken
– Don't Look Now, One of Our Cannon Is Missing (1965) … Roaring Chicken
See all 6 episodes »
 
1963-1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Grover Leander Smith / Wilbur Starlington
– Who Killed Hamlet? (1965) … Wilbur Starlington
– Who Killed Eleanora Davis? (1963) … Grover Leander Smith
 
1965 Valentine's Day (TV series)
– For Me and My Sal (1965)
 
1965 The Cara Williams Show (TV series)
Fenwick
– How to Be Happy Though Married (1965) … Fenwick
 
1964 Sex and the Single Girl
The Chief
 
1964 Hoppity Hooper (TV series)
Narrator for 'Fractured Fairy Tales'
 
1963 It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
Mr. Dinckler
 
1963 Our Man Higgins (TV series)
Rawley
– Who's on First? (1963) … Rawley
 
1962-1963 Dennis the Menace (TV series)
Uncle Ned Matthews / Uncle Ned
– My Uncle Ned (1963) … Uncle Ned
– Dennis' Lovesick Friend (1962) … Uncle Ned Matthews
– Mr. Wilson's Uncle (1962) … Uncle Ned Matthews
 
1963 One Got Fat (short)
Narrator (voice)
 
1962 Saints and Sinners (TV series)
Mr. Hollister
– A Night of Horns and Bells (1962) … Mr. Hollister
 
1962 Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (TV series)
Senator Crabtree
– The Senator Baits a Hook (1962) … Senator Crabtree
 
1957-1962 The Red Skelton Hour (TV series)
Muggsy / Alfred / Sir Alfred Hangeron
– Freddie, Willing, and Able (1962) … Muggsy
– Freddie in Las Vegas (1960) … Muggsy
– Munson's Red Herring or Freddie and the Spies (1959) … Sir Alfred Hangeron
– Freddie's Thanksgiving (1957) … Muggsy
– Freddie's Surprise Party (1957) … Alfred
 
1961 Pocketful of Miracles
Hudgins
 
1959-1961 Rocky and His Friends (TV series)
Fractured Fairy Tales narrator
– Boris Makes His Move or The Mice Man Cometh/Big Cheese Boris or I'd Rather Be Rat (1961) … Fractured Fairy Tales narrator (voice)
– Window Pains or The Moosetrap/Doorway to Danger or Doom in the Room (1961) (voice)
– Knock on Wood or Bullwinkle Takes the Rap/A Knock for the Rock or The Lamp Is Low (1961) … Fractured Fairy Tales narrator (voice)
– Metal-Eating Mice/Bullwinkle Bites Back! or Nothing But the Tooth (1961) … Fractured Fairy Tales narrator (voice)
– Battle of the Giants or It Takes Two to Tangle/Bye Bye Boris or Farewell My Ugly (1961) … Fractured Fairy Tales narrator (voice)
See all 36 episodes »
 
1961 The Bullwinkle Show (TV series)
Narrator (segment "Fractured Fairy Tales")
 
1960 The Real McCoys (TV series)
Mr. Medwick
– Teenage Wedding (1960) … Mr. Medwick
 
1956-1958 Matinee Theatre (TV series)
Mr. Pim
– Town in Turmoil (1958)
– Mr. Pim Passes By (1957) … Mr. Pim
– The Egoist (1956)
 
1957 December Bride (TV series)
– The Butler Show (1957)
 
1957 The Story of Mankind
Sir Walter Raleigh
 
1957 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Mr. Carver
– Three Men on a Horse (1957) … Mr. Carver
 
1956 Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (TV movie)
Noah
 
1956 G.E. True Theater (TV series)
Mr. Parkinson
– The Muse and Mr. Parkinson (1956) … Mr. Parkinson
 
1955 Shower of Stars (TV series)
Ed Hoffman
– Time Out for Ginger (1955) … Ed Hoffman
 
1955 Damon Runyon Theater (TV series)
Thaddeus
– A Light in France (1955) … Thaddeus
 
1955 Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow (TV movie)
Baron Zelta
 
1955 The Best of Broadway (TV series)
Mr. Witherspoon
– Arsenic and Old Lace (1955) … Mr. Witherspoon
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
– Revenge with Music (1954)
 
1952-1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV series)
Uncle Dudley / Walter Burns
– Your Uncle Dudley (1953) … Uncle Dudley
– The Front Page (1953) … Walter Burns
– Whistling in the Dark (1953)
– The Night-Cap (1952)
 
1953 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Actor
– Episode #4.3 (1953) … Guest Actor
 
1953 Medallion Theatre (TV series)
– The Bartlett Desk (1953)
 
1953 The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series)
– The Velvet Mitten (1953)
 
1952 I Love Lucy (TV series)
Mr. Ritter
– Lucy Plays Cupid (1952) … Mr. Ritter
 
1950 The Magnavox Theatre (TV series)
– Father, Dear Father (1950)
 
1950 Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse (TV series)
Hotel Manager (I950))
 
1948-1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV series)
– Good Night, Please (1949)
– Sham (1948)
 
1949 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV series)
Sheridan Whiteside
– The Man Who Came to Dinner (1949) … Sheridan Whiteside
 
1947 Her Husband's Affairs
J.B. Cruikshank
 
1947 Down to Earth
Messenger 7013
 
1947 The Ghost Goes Wild
Eric (Monte's butler)
 
1946 Faithful in My Fashion
Hiram Dilworthy
 
1946 Earl Carroll Sketchbook
Dr. Milo Edwards
 
1946 Cinderella Jones
Keating
 
1945 Lady on a Train
Mr. Haskell
 
1945 Steppin' in Society
Judge Avery Webster
 
1944 The Town Went Wild
Everett Conway
 
1944 Brazil
Everett St. John Everett
 
1944 San Diego I Love You
Philip McCooley
 
1944 Arsenic and Old Lace
Mr. Witherspoon
 
1944 Summer Storm
Count 'Piggy' Volsky
 
1944 Her Primitive Man
Orrin
 
1943 The Gang's All Here
Peyton Potter
 
1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars
Farnsworth
 
1943 Forever and a Day
Sir Anthony Trimble-Pomfret
 
1942 Springtime in the Rockies
McTavish
 
1942 I Married an Angel
Peter
 
1942 The Magnificent Dope
Horace Hunter
 
1941 The Body Disappears
Prof. Reginald X. Shotesbury
 
1941 Weekend for Three
Fred Stonebraker
 
1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Messenger 7013
 
1941 Bachelor Daddy
Joseph Smith
 
1941 Sunny
Henry Bates
 
1941 Ziegfeld Girl
Noble Sage
 
1941 You're the One
Death Valley Joe Frink
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
Tom Village - a Screenwriter
 
1939 The Amazing Mr. Forrest
Treadwell
 
1939 Paris Honeymoon
Ernest Figg
 
1938 Little Tough Guys in Society
Oliver
 
1938 Holiday
Professor Nick Potter
 
1938 College Swing
Hubert Dash
 
1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
The Marquis De Loiselle
 
1937 Hitting a New High
Lucius B. Blynn
 
1937 The Great Garrick
Tubby
 
1937 The Perfect Specimen
Mr. Grattan
 
1937 Angel
Graham
 
1937 Danger: Love at Work
Howard Rogers
 
1937 Wild Money
P.E. Dodd
 
1937 Shall We Dance
Jeffrey Baird
 
1937 Oh, Doctor
Edward J. Billop
 
1937 The King and the Chorus Girl
Count Humbert Evel Bruger
 
1937 Lost Horizon
Lovett
 
1936 Let's Make a Million
Harrison Gentry
 
1936 The Man in the Mirror
Jeremy Dilke
 
1936 Hearts Divided
John
 
1936 Nobody's Fool
Will Wright
 
1936 The Singing Kid
Davenport Rogers
 
1936 Her Master's Voice
Ned Farrar
 
1935 Your Uncle Dudley
Dudley Dixon
 
1935 His Night Out
Homer B. Bitts
 
1935 The Private Secretary
Rev. Robert Spalding
 
1935 Little Big Shot
Mortimer
 
1935 Top Hat
Horace Hardwick
 
1935 Going Highbrow
Augie Winterspoon
 
1935 In Caliente
Harold Brandon
 
1935 $10 Raise
Hubert T. Wilkins
 
1935 The Devil Is a Woman
Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'
 
1935 The Night Is Young
Baron Szereny
 
1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Leander 'Bunny' Nolan
 
1934 The Gay Divorcee
Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald
 
1934 The Merry Widow
Ambassador
 
1934 Ladies Should Listen
Paul Vernet
 
1934 Kiss and Make-Up
Marcel Caron
 
1934 Smarty
Vernon
 
1934 Sing and Like It
Adam Frink - Producer
 
1934 Uncertain Lady
Elliot Crane
 
1934 Success at Any Price
Harry Fisher
 
1934 The Poor Rich
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood
 
1934 Easy to Love
Eric
 
1934 All the King's Horses
Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat
 
1933 Design for Living
Max Plunkett
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland
Mad Hatter
 
1933 The Way to Love
Prof. Gaston Bibi
 
1933 It's a Boy
Dudley Leake
 
1933 Professional Sweetheart
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1933 A Bedtime Story
Victor Dubois
 
1933 The Woman in Command
Sebastian Marvello
 
1932 Trouble in Paradise
François Filiba
 
1932 Roar of the Dragon
Busby
 
1932 -But the Flesh Is Weak
Sir George Kelvin
 
1931 The Great Junction Hotel (short)
The Groom
 
1931 The Age for Love
Horace Keats
 
1931 Smart Woman
Billy Ross
 
1931 Six Cylinder Love
Monty Winston
 
1931 The Front Page
Bensinger
 
1931 Lonely Wives
Richard 'Dickie' Smith/Felix, the Great Zero
 
1931 Kiss Me Again
Rene
 
1930 Reaching for the Moon
Roger - the Valet
 
1930 Once a Gentleman
Oliver
 
1930 Holiday
Nick Potter
 
1930 Wide Open
Simon Haldane
 
1930 Take the Heir
Smithers
 
1929 The Aviator
Robert Street
 
1929 Good Medicine (short)
 
1929 The Sap
The Sap
 
1929 Prince Gabby (short)
 
1929 The Hottentot
Sam Harrington
 
1929 Trusting Wives (short)
 
1929 The Right Bed (short)
 
1929/I Sonny Boy
Crandall Thorpe
 
1929 Ask Dad (short)
Dad
 
1929 The Eligible Mr. Bangs (short)
Mr. Bangs
 
1928 Call Again (short)
 
1928 Vacation Waves (short)
Eddie Davis
 
1928 The Terror
Ferdinand Fane
 
1928 Lights of New York
Extra (uncredited)
 
1928 Scrambled Weddings (short)
 
1928 Horse Shy (short)
 
1928 Miss Information (short)
 
1928 Behind the Counter (short)
 
1928 Dad's Choice (short)
Eddie
 
1927 Find the King (short)
 
1927 No Publicity (short)
 
1927 Taxi! Taxi!
Peter Whitby
 
1926 The Whole Town's Talking
Chester Binney
 
1926 Poker Faces
The hero
 
1926 The Nutcracker (short)
Horatio Slipaway
 
1926 La bohème
Colline
 
1925 The Business of Love
 
1925 Marry Me
John Smith #2
 
1925 Beggar on Horseback
Neil McRae
 
1924 Helen's Babies
Uncle Harry
 
1924 The Man Who Fights Alone
Bob Alten
 
1924 Try and Get It
Glenn Collins (as Edward Horton)
 
1924 Flapper Wives
Vincent Platt (as Edward Horton)
 
1923 To the Ladies
Leonard Beebe (as Edward Horton)
 
1923 The Vow of Vengeance
 
1923 Ruggles of Red Gap
Ruggles (as Edward Horton)
 
1922 A Front Page Story
Rodney Marvin (as Edward Horton)
 
1922 The Ladder Jinx
Arthur Barnes (as Edward Horton)
 
1922 Too Much Business
John Henry Jackson (as Edward Horton)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (14 titles)
1961 Pocketful of Miracles (performer: "Jingle Bells" 1857 - uncredited)
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
– Episode #1.3 (1957) (performer: "I Won't Dance")
 
1946 Cinderella Jones (performer: "You Never Know Where You're Goin' Till You Get There")
 
1942 I Married an Angel (performer: "To Count Palaff There Comes a Time" 1942)
 
1939 That's Right - You're Wrong ("The Volga Boatman" - uncredited)
 
1939 Paris Honeymoon (performer: "The Funny Old Hills")
 
1938 Holiday (performer: "Gwine to Rune All Night De Camptown Races" 1850)
 
1937 Hitting a New High (performer: "Let's Give Love Another Chance" 1937)
 
1937 Angel ("The Barber of Seville" 1816 - uncredited)
 
1937 Lost Horizon (performer: "Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May" - uncredited)
 
1935 Going Highbrow (performer: "One in a Million" 1935 - uncredited, "Sextette" - uncredited)
 
1935 In Caliente (performer: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912 - uncredited, "The Lady in Red" 1935 - uncredited)
 
1934 The Gay Divorcee (performer: "Let's K-nock K-nees" 1931)
 
1933 Alice in Wonderland (performer: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat" - uncredited)
 
Show ShowDirector (1 title)
1928 Dad's Choice (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (25 titles)
1970 Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '70 (TV movie)
Himself/Sketch Actor
 
1970 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.188 (1970) … Himself
 
1969 Cinema (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Edward Everett Horton (1969) … Himself
 
1968 The Steve Allen Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 October 1968 (1968) … Himself
 
1964-1966 The Mike Douglas Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 18 January 1966 (1966) … Himself
– Episode dated 14 April 1964 (1964) … Himself
– Episode dated 7 April 1964 (1964) … Himself
 
1963-1965 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1965) … Himself
– Episode #1.84 (1963) … Himself
 
1963 Fractured Flickers (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.6 (1963) … Himself
 
1961 Here's Hollywood (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 19 September 1961 (1961) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 July 1961 (1961) … Himself
 
1954-1960 The George Gobel Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #6.7 (1960) … Himself
– Episode #3.6 (1956) … Himself
– Episode #1.9 (1954) … Himself
 
1959 The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.234 (1959) … Himself
– Episode #2.232 (1959) … Himself
– Episode #2.230 (1959) … Himself
 
1958 The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.21 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show (TV series)
Himself - Guest
– Episode #3.9 (1957) … Himself - Guest
 
1957 The Lux Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1957) … Himself
 
1953 The Name's the Same (TV series)
Guest
– Episode dated 17 March 1953 (1953) … Guest
 
1951 General Electric Guest House (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1951) … Himself
 
1950 Showtime, U.S.A. (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.8 (1950) … Himself
 
1950 Penthouse Party (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #1.12 (1950) … Himself
– Episode #1.5 (1950) … Himself
 
1949 The Buick-Berle Show (TV series)
Himself - Actor
– Episode #2.11 (1949) … Himself - Actor
 
1949 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.47 (1949) … Himself
 
1937 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 10 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 2 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (short)
Himself
 
1934 Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 (short)
Himself
 
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 (short)
Himself
 
1929 Hollywood Snapshots #11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
2004 Ziegfeld Girl Intro (video documentary short)
Noble Sage
 
1999 The Making of 'Lost Horizon' (video documentary short)
Lovett (uncredited)
 
1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (documentary)
 
1997 Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 The Celluloid Closet (documentary)
Horace Hardwick (uncredited)
 
1987 Reginald LeBorg - Man nannte mich den Alleskönner (TV documentary)
Philip McCooley
 
1977 To See Such Fun (documentary)
Himself
 

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Personal Details

Alternate Names:

E.E. Horton | Edward Horton

Height:

6' (1.83 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[at the suggestion of retirement, c. 1966, aged 80] Dear Lord! I would go right out of my mind. See more »

Trivia:

Studied business at both Polytechnic Institute and at Columbia. At Columbia, however, he began acting in collegiate plays and that changed the direction of his life. See more »

Trademark:

Quavering voice See more »

Nickname:

Ned See more »

Star Sign:

Pisces