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. Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York City, to Isabella S. (Diack) and Edward Everett Horton, a compositor for the NY Times. His maternal grandparents were... See full bio »

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(1944)
(1938)
Top Hat Horace Hardwick
(1935)
(1963)

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 1971 Uskomaton tupakkalakko
Hiram C. Grayson
 1970 The Governor & J.J. (TV Series)
Doc Simon
- File Safe (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")
 1970 Pelin henki (TV Series)
Philip Armistead
- Island of Gold and Precious Stones (1970) ... Philip Armistead
 1969 2000 Years Later
Evermore
 1969 Itse teossa (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 - Lepakkomies (TV Series)
Chief Screaming Chicken
- The Yegg Foes in Gotham (1966) ... Chief Screaming Chicken
- An Egg Grows in Gotham (1966) ... Chief Screaming Chicken
 1965 Riemuleiri (TV Series)
Henry Saunders
- Spiffy Quits: Part 2 (1965) ... Henry Saunders
 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
 1963-1965 Burken laki (TV Series)
Wilbur Starlington / Grover Leander Smith
- Who Killed Hamlet? (1965) ... Wilbur Starlington
- Who Killed Eleanora Davis? (1963) ... Grover Leander Smith
 1965 Poikamies pinteessä (TV Series)
Charles Marks / Chief Wampum
- For Me and My Sal (1965) ... Charles Marks
- All Right, Louie, Drop That Blue Pencil (1965) ... Charles Marks
- The Sweet Smell of Wampum (1965) ... Chief Wampum
 1965 The Cara Williams Show (TV Series)
Fenwick
- How to Be Happy Though Married (1965) ... Fenwick
 1964 Seksiä ja poikamiestyttö
The Chief
 1964 Hoppity Hooper (TV Series)
Narrator for 'Fractured Fairy Tales' (voice)
 1959-1963 Rocky and His Friends (TV Series)
Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator
- Moosylvania: Parts 3-4 (1963) ... Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)
- The Ruby Yacht: Parts 3-4 (1963) ... Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice, credit only)
- Bullwinkle's Testimonial Dinner: Parts 3-4 (1963) ... Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)
- The Weather Lady: Parts 3-4 (1963) ... Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice, credit only)
- Louse on 92nd Street: Parts 3-4 (1963) ... Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice, credit only)
 1963 Mieletön, mieletön maailma
Mr. Dinckler
 1963 Ystävämme Higgins (TV Series)
Rawley
- Who's on First? (1963) ... Rawley
 1962-1963 Ville Vallaton (TV Series)
Uncle Ned Matthews
- My Uncle Ned (1963) ... Uncle Ned Matthews
- Dennis' Lovesick Friend (1962) ... Uncle Ned Matthews
- Mr. Wilson's Uncle (1962) ... Uncle Ned Matthews
 1962 Pyhimyksiä ja syntisiä (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
 1959-1962 Fractured Fairy Tales (TV Series)
Narrator
- The Enchanted Frog/The Pied Piper/The Magic Fish (1962) ... Narrator (voice)
- Cinderella/Snow White/Sleeping Beauty (1961) ... Narrator (voice)
- Rapunzel/The Brave Little Tailor/Rumpelstiltskin (1959) ... Narrator (voice)
 1957-1962 The Red Skelton Show (TV Series)
Muggsy / Sir Alfred Hangeron / Alfred
- 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 Taskullinen ihmeitä
Hudgins
 1960 The Real McCoys (TV Series)
Mr. Medwick
- Teenage Wedding (1960) ... Mr. Medwick
 1956-1958 Matinee Theater (TV Series)
Mr. Pim
- Town in Turmoil (1958)
- Dandy Dick (1958)
- Mr. Pim Passes By (1957) ... Mr. Pim
- The Egoist (1956)
 1957 December Bride (TV Series)
- The Butler Show (1957)
 1957 Ihminen ja paholainen
Sir Walter Raleigh
 1957 Playhouse 90 (TV Series)
Mr. Carver
- Three Men on a Horse (1957) ... Mr. Carver
 1957 The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (TV Series)
Storyteller (segment: 'The Unenchanted Princess')
- The Unenchanted Princess/Dusty of the Circus in the Five-Cent Nickel/Be Quiet, Kind and Gentle (1957) ... Storyteller (segment: 'The Unenchanted Princess')
 1956 Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (TV Movie)
Noah
 1956 Se parhaiten nauraa... (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)
 1954 Omnibus (TV Series)
Narrator (segment "The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl")
- The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl (1954) ... Narrator (segment "The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl")
 1952-1953 Broadway Television Theatre (TV Series)
Uncle Dudley / Walter Burns
- Your Uncle Dudley (1953) ... Uncle Dudley
- The Front Page (1953) ... Walter Burns
- The Night-Cap (1952)
 1953 Medallion Theatre (TV Series)
 1952 Hollywood Screen Test (TV Series)
 1952 Lucy ja minä (TV Series)
Mr. Ritter
- Lucy Plays Cupid (1952) ... Mr. Ritter
 1950 The Magnavox Theater (TV Series)
 1950 Holiday Hotel (TV Series)
Hotel Manager (I950))
 1948-1949 The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (TV Series)
- Sham (1948)
 1949 The Ford Theatre Hour (TV Series)
Sheridan Whiteside
- The Man Who Came to Dinner (1949) ... Sheridan Whiteside
 1947 Mieheni puuhat
J.B. Cruikshank
 1947 Tanssin jumalatar
Messenger 7013
 1947 The Ghost Goes Wild
Eric
 1946 Earl Carroll Sketchbook
Dr. Milo Edwards
 1946 Faithful in My Fashion
Hiram Dilworthy
 1946 Cinderella Jones
Keating
 1945 En antaudu
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, rakastan sinua
Philip McCooley
 1944 Arseniikkia ja vanhoja pitsejä
Mr. Witherspoon
 1944 Summer Storm
Count 'Piggy' Volsky
 1943 Tutti frutti
Peyton Potter
 1943 Onnen tähti
Farnsworth
 1943 Forever and a Day
Sir Anthony Trimble-Pomfret
 1942 Rosita tanssii ja hymyilee
McTavish
 1942 Olet kaikkeni
Peter
 1942 The Magnificent Dope
Horace Hunter
 1941 The Body Disappears
Professor Shotesbury
 1941 Weekend for Three
Fred Stonebraker
 1941 Henki etsii asuntoa
Messenger 7013
 1941 Bachelor Daddy
Joseph Smith
 1941 Sirkusprinsessa
Henry Bates
 1941 Revyytyttö
Noble Sage
 1941 You're the One
Death Valley Joe Frink
 1939 That's Right - You're Wrong
Tom Village - a Screenwriter
 1939 The Gang's All Here
Treadwell
 1939 Kuherruskuukausityttö
Ernest Figg
 1938 Vakka kantensa valitsee
Nick Potter
 1938 College Swing
Hubert Dash
 1938 Siniparran kahdeksas vaimo
The Marquis De Loiselle
 1937 Hitting a New High
Lucius B. Blynn
 1937 Suuri Garrick
Tubby
 1937 Herrasmies seikkailee
Mr. Grattan
 1937 Enkeli
Graham
 1937 Danger - Love at Work
Howard Rogers
 1937 Wild Money
P.E. Dodd
 1937 Oh, Doctor
Edward J. Billop
 1937 Saanko luvan?
Jeffrey Baird
 1937 Kuningas ja balettityttö
Count Humbert Evel Bruger
 1937 Sininen kuu
Lovett
 1936 Let's Make a Million
Harrison Gentry
 1936 The Man in the Mirror
Jeremy Dilke
 1936 Nobody's Fool
Will Wright
 1936 Laulava narri
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
 1935 In Caliente
Harold Brandon
 1935 $10 Raise
Hubert T. Wilkins
 1935 Paholainen on nainen
Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'
 1935 All the King's Horses
Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat
 1935 The Night Is Young
Baron Szereny
 1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Leander 'Bunny' Nolan
 1934 Hupainen avioero
Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald
 1934 The Merry Widow
Ambassador Popoff
 1934 Ladies Should Listen
Paul Vernet
 1934 Kiss and Make-Up
Marcel Caron
 1934 Smarty
Vernon Thorpe
 1934 Sing and Like It
Adam Frink - Producer
 1934 Uncertain Lady
Elliot Crane
 1934 Success at Any Price
Fisher
 1934 The Poor Rich
Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood
 1934 Easy to Love
Eric
 1933 Alice ihmemaassa
Mad Hatter
 1933 Meidän herrojen kesken
Max Plunkett
 1933 The Way to Love
Prof. Gaston Bibi
 1933 It's a Boy
Dudley Leake
 1933 A Bedtime Story
Victor Dubois
 1933 Soldiers of the King
Sebastian Marvello
 1932 Huolia paratiisissa
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 6 Cylinder Love
Monty Winston
 1931 Etusivu uusiksi
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 Scrambled Weddings (Short)
Eddie Howe
 1928 Horse Shy (Short)
Eddie Hamilton
 1928 Miss Information (Short)
The Firm's Representative
 1928 Behind the Counter (Short)
Eddie Baxter
 1928 Dad's Choice (Short)
Eddie
 1927 Find the King (Short)
Edward Fairchild
 1927 No Publicity (Short)
Eddie Howard
 1927 Taxi! Taxi!
Peter Whitby
 1926 The Whole Town's Talking
Chester Binney
 1926 Poker Faces
Jimmy Whitmore
 1926 The Nutcracker
Horatio Slipaway
 1926 Boheemielämää
Colline
 1925 The Business of Love
Edward Burgess
 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 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)
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Personal Details

Other Works:

(Summer 1951) He acted in Benn W. Levy's play, "Springtime for Henry," in a Kenley Players production in Lakewood Park Theatre in Barnesville, Pennsylvania. John Kenley was artistic director. See more »

Publicity Listings:

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Alternate Names:

E.E. Horton | Edward Horton

Height:

6' (1.83 m)

Parents:

Horton Sr., Edward Everett | Edward Everett Horton | Isabella Horton
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Personal Quote:

[on Rita Hayworth] She was so sweet and hard-working. She asked me to watch her work out her dance routines and go over her lines with her. I'd tell her little things and she'd whisper, "Don't tell the director, please." She was so modest and affectionate. See more »

Trivia:

He owned an estate in Encino on Amestoy Avenue that he named "Belly Acres". See more »

Trademark:

The triple take--an extended double take See more »

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