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Edward Everett Horton(1886-1970)

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Edward Everett Horton
Hoping for positive publicity, a tobacco company offers $25 million to any American town that quits smoking for 30 days. Amidst a media frenzy, Eagle Rock, Iowa accepts the challenge while the company's PR man tries to sabotage the effort.
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Cold Turkey (1971)
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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 Scottish and his father was of English and German ancestry. 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. Unlike many of his silent-film colleagues, however, Horton had no problems in adapting to the sound, despite--or perhaps because of--his crackling voice. From 1932 to 1938 he worked often with Ernst Lubitsch, and later with Frank Capra. He has appeared in more than 120 films, in addition to a large body of work on TV, among which was the befuddled Hekawi medicine man Roaring Chicken on the western comedy F Troop (1965).
BornMarch 18, 1886
DiedSeptember 29, 1970(84)
BornMarch 18, 1886
DiedSeptember 29, 1970(84)
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Edward Everett Horton, Evelyn Keyes, and Robert Montgomery in Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
Edward Everett Horton and Billie Dove in The Age for Love (1931)
Cary Grant and Edward Everett Horton in Ladies Should Listen (1934)
Fred Astaire and Edward Everett Horton in Top Hat (1935)
Edward Everett Horton and Esther Ralston in Beggar on Horseback (1925)
Edward Everett Horton and Florence Vidor in Marry Me (1925)
Edward Everett Horton, Charlotte Henry, and Charles Ruggles in Alice in Wonderland (1933)
Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller in Wide Open (1930)
Edward Everett Horton in Wide Open (1930)
Edward Everett Horton and Louise Beavers in Wide Open (1930)
Edward Everett Horton in Wide Open (1930)
Edward Everett Horton and Louise Fazenda in Wide Open (1930)

Known for

Cary Grant and Priscilla Lane in Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace
7.9
  • Mr. Witherspoon
  • 1944
Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938)
Holiday
7.7
  • Nick Potter
  • 1938
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in Top Hat (1935)
Top Hat
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  • Horace Hardwick
  • 1935
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World
7.5
  • Mr. Dinckler
  • 1963

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Actor

  • Cold Turkey (1971)
    Cold Turkey
  • Dan Dailey and Julie Sommars in The Governor & J.J. (1969)
    The Governor & J.J.
  • Kim Richards, Juliet Mills, David Doremus, Trent Lehman, and Richard Long in Nanny and the Professor (1970)
    Nanny and the Professor
  • Love, American Style (1969)
    Love, American Style
  • The Name of the Game (1968)
    The Name of the Game
  • 2000 Years Later (1969)
    2000 Years Later
  • It Takes a Thief (1968)
    It Takes a Thief
  • Pamela Austin in The Perils of Pauline (1967)
    The Perils of Pauline
  • Batman (1966)
    Batman
  • Camp Runamuck (1965)
    Camp Runamuck
  • Ken Berry, Melody Patterson, Larry Storch, and Forrest Tucker in F Troop (1965)
    F Troop
  • Gene Barry in Burke's Law (1963)
    Burke's Law
  • Valentine's Day (1964)
    Valentine's Day
  • Frank Aletter and Cara Williams in The Cara Williams Show (1964)
    The Cara Williams Show
  • Natalie Wood and Tony Curtis in Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
    Sex and the Single Girl

Soundtrack

  • Bette Davis, Peter Falk, Glenn Ford, Hope Lange, Thomas Mitchell, and Arthur O'Connell in Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
    Pocketful of Miracles
    • (uncredited)
  • The Lux Show (1957)
    The Lux Show
  • Cinderella Jones (1946)
    Cinderella Jones
  • Nelson Eddy and Jeanette MacDonald in I Married an Angel (1942)
    I Married an Angel
  • Lucille Ball, Edward Everett Horton, Kay Kyser, and Adolphe Menjou in That's Right - You're Wrong (1939)
    That's Right - You're Wrong
    • ("The Volga Boatman", uncredited)
  • Bing Crosby, Franciska Gaal, and Shirley Ross in Paris Honeymoon (1939)
    Paris Honeymoon
    • (uncredited)
  • Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn in Holiday (1938)
    Holiday
  • Edward Everett Horton, Eric Blore, John Howard, Jack Oakie, and Lily Pons in Hitting a New High (1937)
    Hitting a New High
  • 1 sheet, 27 X 41
    Angel
    • ("The Barber of Seville" (1816), uncredited)
  • Ronald Colman in Lost Horizon (1937)
    Lost Horizon
    • (uncredited)
  • Guy Kibbee and Zasu Pitts in Going Highbrow (1935)
    Going Highbrow
    • (uncredited)
  • Edward Everett Horton, Pat O'Brien, Dolores del Rio, Leo Carrillo, and Glenda Farrell in In Caliente (1935)
    In Caliente
    • (uncredited)
  • Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in The Gay Divorcee (1934)
    The Gay Divorcee
  • Charlotte Henry in Alice in Wonderland (1933)
    Alice in Wonderland
    • (uncredited)

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Personal details

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    • March 18, 1886
    • Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
    • September 29, 1970
    • Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA(cancer)
  • Other works
    Active, if infrequently, on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 8 Articles

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  • Trivia
    Beginning in 1959 through 1964, he narrated the "Fractured Fairy Tales" segment as well as playing multiple characters in various supporting features of the The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show .
  • Quotes
    [at the suggestion of retirement, c. 1966, aged 80] Dear Lord! I would go right out of my mind.
    • Quavering, slightly effeminate voice
    • Roar of the Dragon
      (1932)
      $3,500 /week

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