Acting · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA · Born March 17, 1886
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 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 the drama 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). Horton initially used his given name, Edward Horton, professionally. His father persuaded him to adopt his full name professionally, reasoning that other actors might be named Edward Horton, but only one named Edward Everett Horton. Horton soon cultivated his own special variation of the time-honored double take (an actor's reaction to something, followed by a delayed, more extreme reaction). In Horton's version, he would smile ingratiatingly and nod in agreement with what just happened; then, when realization set in, his facial features collapsed entirely into a sober, troubled mask. Horton starred in many comedy features in the 1930s, usually playing a mousy fellow who put up with domestic or professional problems to a certain point, and then finally asserted himself for a happy ending. He is best known, however, for his work as a character actor in supporting roles. These include The Front Page (1931), Trouble in Paradise (1932), Alice in Wonderland (1933), The Gay Divorcee (1934, the first of several Astaire/Rogers films in which Horton appeared), Top Hat (1935), Danger - Love at Work (1937), Lost Horizon (1937), Holiday (1938), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), Arsenic and Old Lace (1944), Pocketful of Miracles (1961), It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), and Sex and the Single Girl (1964). His last role was in the comedy film Cold Turkey (1971), in which his character communicated only through facial expressions.
MovieThe Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Bob Hope's World of Comedy
1976
as Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage)
MovieCold Turkey
1971
as Hiram C. Grayson
TVNanny and the Professor
1970
TVLove, American Style
1969
as Elmo
Movie2000 Years Later
1969
as Evermore
TVThe Name of the Game
1968
as Philip Armistead
MovieThe Perils of Pauline
1967
as Caspar Coleman
TVBatman
1966
as Chief Screaming Chicken
TVF Troop
1965
MovieSex and the Single Girl
1964
as The Chief
TVThe Cara Williams Show
1964
MovieThe Emperor's Oblong Pancake
1964
as Narrator
MovieOne Got Fat
1963
as Narrator (voice)
MovieIt's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
1963
as Mr. Dinckler
TVBurke's Law
1963
as Grover Leander Smith
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVSaints and Sinners
1962
as Mr. Hollister
MoviePocketful of Miracles
1961
as Hudgins
TVThe Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Wonderful World of Trains
1960
as Professor Hotbox
TVFractured Fairy Tales
1959
as Narrator (voice)
TVThe Bullwinkle Show
1959
as Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)
TVThe Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
1959
as Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)
TVDennis the Menace
1959
as Uncle Ned Matthews
MovieThe Story of Mankind
1957
as Sir Walter Raleigh
The Lux Show
1957
as Self
MovieThree Men on a Horse
1957
as Mr. Carver
TVThe Gerald McBoing-Boing Show
1956
as Storyteller (voice)
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
1956
as Noah
TVThe Steve Allen Show
1956
as Self - Guest
TVMatinee Theater
1955
TVDecember Bride
1954
The George Gobel Show
1954
as Self
Max Liebman Presents
1954
TVGeneral Electric Theater
1953
as Mr. Parkinson
TVI Love Lucy
1951
as Mr. Ritter
TVThe Colgate Comedy Hour
1950
as Self
TVThe Philco Television Playhouse
1948
TVThe Ed Sullivan Show
1948
as Self
MovieHer Husband's Affairs
1947
as J.B. Cruikshank
MovieDown to Earth
1947
as Messenger 7013
MovieThe Ghost Goes Wild
1947
as Eric
MovieEarl Carroll Sketchbook
1946
as Dr. Milo Edwards
MovieFaithful in My Fashion
1946
as Hiram Dilworthy
MovieCinderella Jones
1946
as Keating
MovieLady on a Train
1945
as Mr. Haskell
MovieSteppin' in Society
1945
as Judge Avery Webster
MovieThe Town Went Wild
1944
as Everett Conway
MovieBrazil
1944
as Everett St. John Everett
MovieSan Diego I Love You
1944
as Philip McCooley
MovieArsenic and Old Lace
1944
as Mr. Witherspoon
MovieSummer Storm
1944
as Count "Piggy" Volsky
MovieHer Primitive Man
1944
as Orrin
MovieThe Gang's All Here
1943
as Peyton Potter
MovieThank Your Lucky Stars
1943
as Farnsworth
MovieForever and a Day
1943
as Anthony Trimble-Pomfret
MovieSpringtime in the Rockies
1942
as McTavish
MovieI Married an Angel
1942
as Peter
MovieThe Magnificent Dope
1942
as Horace Hunter
MovieWeekend for Three
1941
as Fred Stonebraker
MovieThe Body Disappears
1941
as Professor Shotesbury
MovieHere Comes Mr. Jordan
1941
as Messenger 7013
MovieBachelor Daddy
1941
as Joseph Smith
MovieSunny
1941
as Henry Bates
MovieZiegfeld Girl
1941
as Noble Sage
MovieYou're the One
1941
as Death Valley Joe Frink
MovieThat's Right – You're Wrong
1939
as Tom Village
MovieThe Gang's All Here
1939
as Treadwell
MovieParis Honeymoon
1939
as Ernest Figg
MovieLittle Tough Guys in Society
1938
as Oliver
MovieHoliday
1938
as Nick Potter
MovieCollege Swing
1938
as Hubert Dash
MovieBluebeard's 8th Wife
1938
as Marquis De Loiselle
MovieHitting a New High
1937
as Lucius B. Blynn
MovieThe Great Garrick
1937
as Tubby
MovieAngel
1937
as Graham
MovieThe Perfect Specimen
1937
as Mr. Grattan
MovieDanger – Love at Work
1937
as Howard Rogers
MovieWild Money
1937
as P.E. Dodd
MovieShall We Dance
1937
as Jeffrey Baird
MovieOh, Doctor
1937
as Edward J. Billop
MovieThe King and the Chorus Girl
1937
as Count Humbert Evel Bruger
MovieLost Horizon
1937
as Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett
MovieThe Man in the Mirror
1936
as Jeremy Dilke
MovieLet's Make a Million
1936
as Harrison Gentry
MovieHearts Divided
1936
as John
MovieNobody's Fool
1936
as Will Wright
MovieThe Singing Kid
1936
as Davenport Rogers
MovieHer Master's Voice
1936
as Ned Farrar
MovieYour Uncle Dudley
1935
as Dudley Dixon
MovieThings You Never See on the Screen
1935
as Self
MovieHis Night Out
1935
as Homer B. Bitts
MovieLittle Big Shot
1935
as Mortimer Thompson
MovieTop Hat
1935
as Horace Hardwick
MovieThe Private Secretary
1935
as Rev. Robert Spalding
MovieGoing Highbrow
1935
as Augie Winterspoon
MovieIn Caliente
1935
as Harold Brandon
Movie$10 Raise
1935
as Hubert T. Wilkins
MovieThe Devil Is a Woman
1935
as Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'
MovieAll the King's Horses
1935
as Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat
MovieThe Night Is Young
1935
as Baron Szereny
MovieBiography of a Bachelor Girl
1935
as Leander 'Bunny' Nolan
MovieThe Merry Widow
1934
as Ambassador Popoff
MovieThe Gay Divorcee
1934
as Egbert Fitzgerald
MovieLadies Should Listen
1934
as Paul Vernet
MovieKiss and Make-Up
1934
as Marcel Caron
It's a Boy
1934
as Dudley Leake
MovieSmarty
1934
as Vernon
MovieSing and Like It
1934
as Adam Frink - Producer
MovieUncertain Lady
1934
as Elliot Crane
MovieSuccess at Any Price
1934
as Harry Fisher
MovieThe Poor Rich
1934
as Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood
MovieEasy to Love
1934
as Eric
MovieDesign for Living
1933
as Max Plunkett
MovieAlice in Wonderland
1933
as Mad Hatter
MovieThe Way to Love
1933
as Professor Gaston Bibi
MovieA Bedtime Story
1933
as Victor Dubois
MovieSoldiers of the King
1933
as Sebastian Marvello
MovieTrouble in Paradise
1932
as Francois
MovieRoar of the Dragon
1932
as Busby
MovieBut the Flesh Is Weak
1932
as Sir George Kelvin
MovieThe Great Junction Hotel
1931
as The Groom
MovieThe Age for Love
1931
as Horace Keats
MovieSmart Woman
1931
as Billy Ross
MovieSix Cylinder Love
1931
as Monty Winston
MovieThe Front Page
1931
as Bensinger
MovieLonely Wives
1931
as Richard 'Dickie' Smith / Felix, the Great Zero
MovieKiss Me Again
1931
as Rene
MovieReaching for the Moon
1930
as Roger, the Valet
Once a Gentleman
1930
as Oliver
MovieHoliday
1930
as Nick Potter
MovieWide Open
1930
as Simon Haldane
Take the Heir
1930
as Smithers
MovieThe Aviator
1929
as Robert Street
MovieThe Sap
1929
as The Sap, Bill Small
MovieThe Hottentot
1929
as Sam Harrington
MovieSonny Boy
1929
as Crandall Thorpe
MovieAsk Dad
1929
as Dad
MovieVacation Waves
1928
as Eddie Davis
MovieThe Terror
1928
as Ferdinand Fane
MovieHorse Shy
1928
as Eddie Hamilton
MovieBehind the Counter
1928
as Eddie Baxter
MovieDad's Choice
1928
as Eddie
MovieScrambled Weddings
1928
as Eddie Howe
MovieCall Again
1928
as Eddie
MovieFind the King
1927
as Edward Fairchild
MovieNo Publicity
1927
as Eddie Howard
MovieTaxi! Taxi!
1927
as Peter Whitby
MovieThe Whole Town's Talking
1926
as Chester Binney
MoviePoker Faces
1926
as Jimmy Whitmore
The Nutcracker
1926
as Horatio Slipaway
MovieLa Bohème
1926
as Benoit - Janitor
MovieBeggar on Horseback
1925
as Neil McRae
MovieHelen's Babies
1924
as Uncle Harry
MovieTo the Ladies
1924
as Leonard Beebe
MovieThe Man Who Fights Alone
1924
as Bob Alten
MovieTry and Get It
1924
as Glenn Collins
MovieFlapper Wives
1924
as Vincent Platt
MovieRuggles of Red Gap
1923
as Ruggles
MovieA Front Page Story
1922
as Rodney Marvin
MovieThe Ladder Jinx
1922
as Arthur Barnes
MovieToo Much Business
1922
as John Henry Jackson
The Right Bed
as Bobby Kent
