Name
Erik Rhodes
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1906-02-10
Deathday
1990-02-17 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Biography
Erik Rhodes (born Ernest Sharpe; February 10, 1906 - February 17, 1990) was an American stage, film, and television actor best remembered for his comedic performances as delightful hyperactive Italian gentlemen in the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Hollywood musicals The Gay Divorcee (1934) and Top Hat (1935). With a good baritone voice, he was successful, both prior to and subsequent his film career, in Broadway musicals.
Known For
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Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside re...
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Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond...
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A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's...
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The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard....
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Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mist...
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A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the mu...
- 1935 Top Hat as Alberto Beddini
- 1935 Charlie Chan in Paris as Max Corday
- 1934 The Gay Divorcee as Rodolfo Tonetti
- 1938 Mysterious Mr. Moto as David Scott-Frensham
- 1936 Second Wife as Dave Bennet
- 1937 Beg, Borrow or Steal as Lefevre
- 1935 Old Man Rhythm as Frank Rochet
- 1935 The Nitwits as George Clark
- 1936 Two in the Dark as Carlo Gheet
- 1937 Music for Madame as Spaghetti Nadzio
- 1935 A Night at the Ritz as Leopold
- 1935 Another Face as Grimm
- 1936 Chatterbox as Archie Fisher
- 1936 Special Investigator as Benny Gray
- 1936 One Rainy Afternoon as Count Alfredo Donstelli
- 1936 Smartest Girl in Town as Enrico Torene
- 1937 Criminal Lawyer as Tony Bandini
- 1937 Woman Chases Man as Henri Saffron
- 1937 Fight for Your Lady as Anton Spadissimo
- 1938 Meet the Girls as Maurice Leon
- 1938 Say It in French as Irving
- 1938 Dramatic School as Georges Mounier
- 1939 On Your Toes as Konstantin Morrisine
- 1935 A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Erik Rhodes
- 1938 The Canary Comes Across as Canary Dillon
- 1997 The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
- 1934 Give Her a Ring
- 1958 Naked City ( 1 episode ) as Gardell
- 1957 Perry Mason ( 1 episode ) as Herman Albright
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Dr. Gardiner
- 1950 Lux Video Theatre ( 1 episode ) as Mr. Purdy
- 1950 The Bob Hope Show ( 1 episode ) as Self
