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Edward Everett Horton (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 was born in Brooklyn, twelve years before New York City was consolidated, to Isabella S. (née Diack) and Edward Everett Horton, a compositor for The New York Times. His mother was born in Matanzas, Cuba to Mary Orr and George Diack, immigrants from Scotland. He attended Boys' High School, Brooklyn and Baltimore City College, where he was later inducted into that school's Hall of Fame.
He began his college career at Oberlin College in Ohio. He was asked to leave after an incident where he climbed to the top of the Service Building, and after collecting an audience, threw off a dummy, causing the viewers to think he had jumped. Later, he attended college at Brooklyn Polytechnic and Columbia University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi.
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 Hollywood films. His first starring role was in the comedy Too Much Business (1922), but he portrayed the lead role of an idealistic young classical composer in Beggar on Horseback (1925). In the late 1920s he starred in two-reel silent comedies for Educational Pictures, and made the transition to talking pictures with Educational in 1929. As a stage trained performer, he found more film work easily, and appeared in some of Warner Bros.' early talkies, including The Terror (1928) and Sonny Boy (1929).
Bette Rogge, '44, '77, interviews John Gavin and Edward Everett Horton. Gavin and Horton starred in the Kenly Players production of "The Fantasticks" performed at Memorial Hall in Dayton, Ohio. Bette Rogge Morse graduated from the University of Dayton in 1944. She received her masters degree from UD in 1977. She served on the University's Board of Trustees from 1975 to 1981. For her service to the community and university, Bette was awarded an honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters in 1999. Copyright is owned by Cox Media Group Ohio and WHIO-TV. Please contact the University Archives and Special Collections at the University of Dayton to inquire about permission to use this video. See more from this collection at www.ecommons.udayton.edu
Eric Blore and Edward Everett Horton appeared in many of the early Astaire and Rogers films, but rarely had the limelight to themselves.
Who Killed Eleanora Davis ? 12/ 20/63
A short clip from the 1937 film "Shall We Dance" in which Fred Astaire convinces Edward Everett Horton he's seasick. Ginger Rogers also starred in the film. I just love this scene.. So clever.
From a Pathé feature film released 22 Feb 1931.
Betty Grable and Edward Everett Horton in "Let's Knock Knees" from "The Gay Divorcee"
Pre-code Hollywood comedy directed by Russell Mack. Edward Everett Horton is a successful, married lawyer. His wife is away and his mother in law is staying with him. He is leading a double life as a playboy and hires a look-alike actor to take his place at home while he spends his nights on the town entertaining his other ladies. When his wife returns home early, things get even more complicated.
Stars: Ann Harding, Mary Astor, Edward Everett Horton Director: Edward H. Griffith A young man falls in love with a girl from a rich family. His unorthodox plan to go on holiday for the early years of his life is met with skepticism by everyone except for his fiancée's eccentric sister and long suffering brother. Remade in 1938 by George Cukor with Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, and (again) Edward Everett Horton.
A clip from "Roar of the dragon" "Roar of the Dragon" will always remain my all-time favourite example for movies concerning Eddie as the MASCULINE, STRONG character instead of the "Sissy". People have no idea what they actually do by putting Eddie in the category "Sissy". He never was a Sissy type actor! He played much more leading roles, leading men, married man, manly men, than ever starring next to Fred Astaire or Cary Grant. Do you want to know why they put Eddie next to these men? Because otherwise THEY would have been too feminine in the eyes of the producer and director. You can't say Fred Astaire was ultimately masculine, same goes to Cary Grant and others. Because Edward was easy food, they put him next to those and within seconds people said "Astaire is the man, Horton the Siss...
CHECK OUT THIS FILM: "ONE GOT FAT: (1963) HERE IS A LIVE SHOWING IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND LISTEN TO HOW THEY REACT!!! 1963 Bicycle Safety Film entitled "One Got Fat". A group of monkey-masked kids decide to ride their bikes to the park for a picnic. Along the way, one by one, the kids are knocked out of the ride due to careless or unsafe riding. Narration by Edward Everett Horton of "Fractured Fairytales" (Old Rocky and Bullwinkle) fame. One Got Fat is a 1963 safety short by Interlude Films of the US. It's just over 14 mins long but keep going to the end. And try to watch without your jaw falling open. This is one screwed-up production, wrong on so many levels. One Got Fat is a 1963 bicycle safety film. It is narrated by F-Troop and Fractured Fairy Tales star, Edward Everett Horton...
A lonely husband, whose wife has been away, hires a look-a-like impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. His wife returns that night and confusion prevails. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0022086/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
A bearded and unusually spirited Edward Everett Horton dances with his secretary, played by Patsy Ruth Miller, in a film comedy released Feb 22, 1931. Maude Eburne (standing at dresser) does not approve.
From 1943 Busby Berkeley Technicolor Musical, "The Gang's All Here" starring Carmen Miranda & Edward Everett Horton.
CHECK OUT THIS FILM: "ONE GOT FAT: (1963) HERE IS A LIVE SHOWING IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE AND LISTEN TO HOW THEY REACT!!! 1963 Bicycle Safety Film entitled "One Got Fat". A group of monkey-masked kids decide to ride their bikes to the park for a picnic. Along the way, one by one, the kids are knocked out of the ride due to careless or unsafe riding. Narration by Edward Everett Horton of "Fractured Fairytales" (Old Rocky and Bullwinkle) fame. One Got Fat is a 1963 safety short by Interlude Films of the US. It's just over 14 mins long but keep going to the end. And try to watch without your jaw falling open. This is one screwed-up production, wrong on so many levels. One Got Fat is a 1963 bicycle safety film. It is narrated by F-Troop and Fractured Fairy Tales star, Edward Everett Horton...
Wide Open showcases the comedy talents of Edward Everett Horton and Patsy Ruth Miller who work well as a team. This was one of the 5 pictures they made together in 1929-31. This one contains several amusing scenes (the sleepwalking scene, , maid walking in on Edward and Miller inside a locked bedroom, etc.) and good comic support by Louise Fazenda. Horton plays the usual befuddled bachelor who's made fun of by everyone else. Miss Miller is quite charming as his potential love interest who gives him some much needed self-confidence. This is one of her few surviving Warner Bros. talkies. A surprising highlight of the picture for me was Louise Fazena singing "Nobody Cares If I'm Blue" as I had no idea that she could sing.
San Diego I Love You (1944) Comedy, Jon Hall, Louise Allbritton, Edward Everett Horton, Buster Keaton Virginia McCooley (Louise Allbritton) is trying to find a .
Reaching for the Moon is a 1930 American Pre-Code black and white musical film. Originally released at 91 minutes; surviving versions are usually cut to 62 minutes. A 74-minute version aired in 1998 on USA cable channel AMC. The DVD version runs just under 72 minutes. The film's working title was Lucky Break and is known as Para alcanzar la Luna in Spain. It is not to be confused with the Fairbanks silent film, Reaching for the Moon (1917).
The Town Went Wild is a 1944 American film directed by Ralph Murphy.
After some monologue jokes about wartime rubber conservation, Bob and guest star Edward Everett Horton appear in a sketch about Bob's childhood. Betty Hutton sings "Shady Lady Bird". www.otrcomedy.com
Ask Dad (1929) Classic Movie Edward Everett Horton, Winston Miller, Ruth Renick
The town went wild 1944 COMEDY-ROMANCE Stars: Freddie Bartholomew, Jimmy Lydon, Edward Everett Horton marry her own brother. Director: Ralph Murphy Writers: Bernard B. Roth (story and screenplay), Clarence Greene (story and screenplay) Country: USA Language: English Release Date: 15 December 1944 (USA) https://youtu.be/aE9GEZi_g_0
After some monologue jokes about wartime rubber conservation, Bob and guest star Edward Everett Horton appear in a sketch about Bob's childhood. Betty Hutton sings Shady Lady Bird.
A lonely husband, whose wife has been away, hires a look-a-like impersonator to fill his place and fool his mother-in-law while he plays around with a pretty coquette. His wife returns that night and confusion prevails. (85 mins.) Stars: Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante
Ask Dad (1929) Classic Movie Edward Everett Horton, Winston Miller, Ruth Renick. Best Classic Movies. Baby Face Morgan (1942) Classic Movie Richard Cromwell, Mary Carlisle, Robert Armstrong When gang chief Big Mike Morgan is killed, his lieutenant, Doc . Barefoot Boy (1938) Classic Movie Jackie Moran, Marcia Mae Jones, Bradley Metcalfe Other than using the same title this film has no connection to nor is there .
He's the 3 named character actor seen here in a 1930s film classic.
Pre-code Hollywood comedy directed by Russell Mack. Edward Everett Horton is a successful, married lawyer. His wife is away and his mother in law is staying . Lonely Wives is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Russell Mack and starring Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, and Laura La Plante. Edward .
Lonely Wives is a 1931 American comedy film directed by Russell Mack and produced by E.B. Derr for Pathé Exchange, and was distributed by RKO Pictures after the merger of the two studios; it starred Edward Everett Horton, Esther Ralston, Laura La Plante, and Patsy Ruth Miller. The screenplay was written by Walter DeLeon, based upon a successful German Vaudeville act entitled Tanzanwaltz, penned by Pordes Milo, Walter Schütt, and Dr. Eric Urban. The German production had been translated for the American stage by DeLeon and Mark Swan and, under the same title as the film.