Edward Everett Horton
"An iconic presence in cinema, defining characters with depth and intensity."
Age
140 years
Origin
USA
Active
1922 — Present
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...
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Trouble in Paradise
Starring as Francois
Thief Gaston Monescu and pickpocket Lily are partners in crime and love. Working for perfume company executive Mariette Colet, the two crooks decide to combine their criminal talents to rob their employer. Under the alias of Monsieur Laval, Gaston uses his position as Mariette's personal secretary to become closer to her. However, he takes things too far when he actually falls in love with Mariette, and has to choose between her and Lily.
Highest Rated Masterpieces
I Love Lucy
as Mr. Ritter
Arsenic and Old Lace
as Mr. Witherspoon
Trouble in Paradise
as Francois
Pocketful of Miracles
as Hudgins
Shall We Dance
as Jeffrey Baird
Holiday
as Nick Potter
Batman
as Chief Screaming Chicken
Top Hat
as Horace Hardwick
Design for Living
as Max Plunkett
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
as Messenger 7013
Media Proof
Filmography Engine
155 Credits found
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Self (archive footage)
1997
Cold Turkey
Hiram C. Grayson
1971
Nanny and the Professor
Cast
1970
Love, American Style
Elmo
1969
2000 Years Later
Evermore
1969
The Name of the Game
Philip Armistead
1968
The Perils of Pauline
Caspar Coleman
1967
Batman
Chief Screaming Chicken
1966
F Troop
Cast
1965
Sex and the Single Girl
The Chief
1964
The Cara Williams Show
Cast
1964
The Emperor's Oblong Pancake
Narrator
1964
One Got Fat
Narrator (voice)
1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Mr. Dinckler
1963
Burke's Law
Grover Leander Smith
1963
The Merv Griffin Show
Self
1962
Saints and Sinners
Mr. Hollister
1962
Pocketful of Miracles
Hudgins
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Fractured Fairy Tales
Narrator (voice)
1959
The Bullwinkle Show
Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)
1959
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)
1959
Dennis the Menace
Uncle Ned Matthews
1959
The Story of Mankind
Sir Walter Raleigh
1957
Three Men on a Horse
Mr. Carver
1957
The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show
Storyteller (voice)
1956
The Steve Allen Show
Self - Guest
1956
Matinee Theater
Cast
1955
December Bride
Cast
1954
General Electric Theater
Mr. Parkinson
1953
I Love Lucy
Mr. Ritter
1951
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
Cast
1948
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Her Husband's Affairs
J.B. Cruikshank
1947
Down to Earth
Messenger 7013
1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
Eric
1947
Earl Carroll Sketchbook
Dr. Milo Edwards
1946
Faithful in My Fashion
Hiram Dilworthy
1946
Cinderella Jones
Keating
1946
Lady on a Train
Mr. Haskell
1945
Steppin' in Society
Judge Avery Webster
1945
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
1944
The Gang's All Here
Peyton Potter
1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Farnsworth
1943
Forever and a Day
Anthony Trimble-Pomfret
1943
Springtime in the Rockies
McTavish
1942
I Married an Angel
Peter
1942
The Magnificent Dope
Horace Hunter
1942
Weekend for Three
Fred Stonebraker
1941
The Body Disappears
Professor Shotesbury
1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Messenger 7013
1941
Bachelor Daddy
Joseph Smith
1941
Sunny
Henry Bates
1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Noble Sage
1941