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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.
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Filmography (Movies)
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/11/1997
Cold Turkey
Character:Hiram C. Grayson
Release Date:19/02/1971
2000 Years Later
Character:Evermore
Release Date:11/03/1969
The Perils of Pauline
Character:Caspar Coleman
Release Date:02/08/1967
Sex and the Single Girl
Character:The Chief
Release Date:25/12/1964
The Emperor's Oblong Pancake
Character:Narrator
Release Date:01/06/1964
One Got Fat
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/12/1963
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
Character:Mr. Dinckler
Release Date:07/11/1963
Pocketful of Miracles
Character:Hudgins
Release Date:18/12/1961
The Wonderful World of Trains
Character:Professor Hotbox
Release Date:01/01/1960
The Story of Mankind
Character:Sir Walter Raleigh
Release Date:08/11/1957
Three Men on a Horse
Character:Mr. Carver
Release Date:18/04/1957
The Unenchanted Princess
Character:Narrator
Release Date:17/02/1957
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Character:Noah
Release Date:27/10/1956
Her Husband's Affairs
Character:J.B. Cruikshank
Release Date:12/11/1947
Down to Earth
Character:Messenger 7013
Release Date:21/08/1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
Character:Eric
Release Date:08/08/1947
Earl Carroll Sketchbook
Character:Dr. Milo Edwards
Release Date:22/08/1946
Faithful in My Fashion
Character:Hiram Dilworthy
Release Date:21/08/1946
Cinderella Jones
Character:Keating
Release Date:09/03/1946
Lady on a Train
Character:Mr. Haskell
Release Date:03/08/1945
Steppin' in Society
Character:Judge Avery Webster
Release Date:09/07/1945
The Town Went Wild
Character:Everett Conway
Release Date:15/12/1944
Brazil
Character:Everett St. John Everett
Release Date:30/11/1944
San Diego I Love You
Character:Philip McCooley
Release Date:29/09/1944
Arsenic and Old Lace
Character:Mr. Witherspoon
Release Date:01/09/1944
Summer Storm
Character:Count "Piggy" Volsky
Release Date:14/07/1944
Her Primitive Man
Character:Orrin
Release Date:29/05/1944
The Gang's All Here
Character:Peyton Potter
Release Date:24/12/1943
Thank Your Lucky Stars
Character:Farnsworth
Release Date:25/09/1943
Forever and a Day
Character:Anthony Trimble-Pomfret
Release Date:21/01/1943
Springtime in the Rockies
Character:McTavish
Release Date:06/11/1942
I Married an Angel
Character:Peter
Release Date:09/07/1942
The Magnificent Dope
Character:Horace Hunter
Release Date:01/07/1942
Weekend for Three
Character:Fred Stonebraker
Release Date:12/12/1941
The Body Disappears
Character:Professor Shotesbury
Release Date:22/11/1941
Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Character:Messenger 7013
Release Date:07/08/1941
Bachelor Daddy
Character:Joseph Smith
Release Date:04/06/1941
Sunny
Character:Henry Bates
Release Date:30/05/1941
Ziegfeld Girl
Character:Noble Sage
Release Date:25/04/1941
You're the One
Character:Death Valley Joe Frink
Release Date:19/02/1941
That's Right – You're Wrong
Character:Tom Village
Release Date:24/11/1939
The Gang's All Here
Character:Treadwell
Release Date:04/03/1939
Paris Honeymoon
Character:Ernest Figg
Release Date:27/01/1939
Little Tough Guys in Society
Character:Oliver
Release Date:01/11/1938
Holiday
Character:Nick Potter
Release Date:26/05/1938
College Swing
Character:Hubert Dash
Release Date:29/04/1938
Bluebeard's 8th Wife
Character:Marquis De Loiselle
Release Date:25/03/1938
Hitting a New High
Character:Lucius B. Blynn
Release Date:24/12/1937
The Great Garrick
Character:Tubby
Release Date:30/10/1937
Angel
Character:Graham
Release Date:29/10/1937
The Perfect Specimen
Character:Mr. Grattan
Release Date:23/10/1937
Danger – Love at Work
Character:Howard Rogers
Release Date:30/09/1937
Wild Money
Character:P.E. Dodd
Release Date:09/07/1937
Shall We Dance
Character:Jeffrey Baird
Release Date:07/05/1937
Oh, Doctor
Character:Edward J. Billop
Release Date:31/03/1937
The King and the Chorus Girl
Character:Count Humbert Evel Bruger
Release Date:27/03/1937
Lost Horizon
Character:Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett
Release Date:03/03/1937
The Man in the Mirror
Character:Jeremy Dilke
Release Date:15/10/1936
Let's Make a Million
Character:Harrison Gentry
Release Date:01/09/1936
Hearts Divided
Character:John
Release Date:20/06/1936
Nobody's Fool
Character:Will Wright
Release Date:01/06/1936
The Singing Kid
Character:Davenport Rogers
Release Date:10/04/1936
Her Master's Voice
Character:Ned Farrar
Release Date:17/01/1936
Your Uncle Dudley
Character:Dudley Dixon
Release Date:13/12/1935
Things You Never See on the Screen
Character:Self
Release Date:01/12/1935
His Night Out
Character:Homer B. Bitts
Release Date:01/10/1935
Little Big Shot
Character:Mortimer Thompson
Release Date:07/09/1935
Top Hat
Character:Horace Hardwick
Release Date:29/08/1935
The Private Secretary
Character:Rev. Robert Spalding
Release Date:26/08/1935
Going Highbrow
Character:Augie Winterspoon
Release Date:06/07/1935
In Caliente
Character:Harold Brandon
Release Date:25/05/1935
$10 Raise
Character:Hubert T. Wilkins
Release Date:04/05/1935
The Devil Is a Woman
Character:Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'
Release Date:03/05/1935
All the King's Horses
Character:Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat
Release Date:22/02/1935
The Night Is Young
Character:Baron Szereny
Release Date:11/01/1935
Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Character:Leander 'Bunny' Nolan
Release Date:04/01/1935
The Merry Widow
Character:Ambassador Popoff
Release Date:02/11/1934
The Gay Divorcee
Character:Egbert Fitzgerald
Release Date:12/10/1934
Ladies Should Listen
Character:Paul Vernet
Release Date:10/08/1934
Kiss and Make-Up
Character:Marcel Caron
Release Date:13/07/1934
It's a Boy
Character:Dudley Leake
Release Date:07/06/1934
Smarty
Character:Vernon
Release Date:19/05/1934
Sing and Like It
Character:Adam Frink - Producer
Release Date:20/04/1934
Uncertain Lady
Character:Elliot Crane
Release Date:03/04/1934
Success at Any Price
Character:Harry Fisher
Release Date:16/03/1934
The Poor Rich
Character:Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood
Release Date:25/02/1934
Easy to Love
Character:Eric
Release Date:13/01/1934
Design for Living
Character:Max Plunkett
Release Date:29/12/1933
Alice in Wonderland
Character:Mad Hatter
Release Date:18/12/1933
The Way to Love
Character:Professor Gaston Bibi
Release Date:20/10/1933
A Bedtime Story
Character:Victor Dubois
Release Date:22/04/1933
Soldiers of the King
Character:Sebastian Marvello
Release Date:13/03/1933
Trouble in Paradise
Character:François Filiba
Release Date:30/10/1932
Roar of the Dragon
Character:Busby
Release Date:08/07/1932
But the Flesh Is Weak
Character:Sir George Kelvin
Release Date:09/04/1932
The Great Junction Hotel
Character:The Groom
Release Date:26/10/1931
The Age for Love
Character:Horace Keats
Release Date:17/10/1931
Smart Woman
Character:Billy Ross
Release Date:12/09/1931
Six Cylinder Love
Character:Monty Winston
Release Date:10/05/1931
The Front Page
Character:Bensinger
Release Date:04/04/1931
Lonely Wives
Character:Richard 'Dickie' Smith / Felix, the Great Zero
Release Date:15/02/1931
Kiss Me Again
Character:Rene
Release Date:07/01/1931
Reaching for the Moon
Character:Roger, the Valet
Release Date:29/12/1930
Once a Gentleman
Character:Oliver
Release Date:01/09/1930
Holiday
Character:Nick Potter
Release Date:03/07/1930
Wide Open
Character:Simon Haldane
Release Date:01/02/1930
Take the Heir
Character:Smithers
Release Date:15/01/1930
The Aviator
Character:Robert Street
Release Date:14/12/1929
The Sap
Character:The Sap, Bill Small
Release Date:09/11/1929
The Hottentot
Character:Sam Harrington
Release Date:10/08/1929
Sonny Boy
Character:Crandall Thorpe
Release Date:18/04/1929
Ask Dad
Character:Dad
Release Date:16/02/1929
Vacation Waves
Character:Eddie Davis
Release Date:15/09/1928
The Terror
Character:Ferdinand Fane
Release Date:06/09/1928
Horse Shy
Character:Eddie Hamilton
Release Date:19/05/1928
Behind the Counter
Character:Eddie Baxter
Release Date:03/03/1928
Dad's Choice
Character:Eddie
Release Date:07/01/1928
Scrambled Weddings
Character:Eddie Howe
Release Date:01/01/1928
Call Again
Character:Eddie
Release Date:01/01/1928
Find the King
Character:Edward Fairchild
Release Date:05/11/1927
No Publicity
Character:Eddie Howard
Release Date:01/08/1927
Taxi! Taxi!
Character:Peter Whitby
Release Date:24/04/1927
The Whole Town's Talking
Character:Chester Binney
Release Date:26/12/1926
Poker Faces
Character:Jimmy Whitmore
Release Date:05/09/1926
The Nutcracker
Character:Horatio Slipaway
Release Date:28/03/1926
La Bohème
Character:Benoit - Janitor
Release Date:13/03/1926
Beggar on Horseback
Character:Neil McRae
Release Date:05/06/1925
Helen's Babies
Character:Uncle Harry
Release Date:11/10/1924
To the Ladies
Character:Leonard Beebe
Release Date:06/10/1924
The Man Who Fights Alone
Character:Bob Alten
Release Date:15/09/1924
Try and Get It
Character:Glenn Collins
Release Date:09/03/1924
Flapper Wives
Character:Vincent Platt
Release Date:23/02/1924
Ruggles of Red Gap
Character:Ruggles
Release Date:07/10/1923
A Front Page Story
Character:Rodney Marvin
Release Date:25/12/1922
The Ladder Jinx
Character:Arthur Barnes
Release Date:20/08/1922
Too Much Business
Character:John Henry Jackson
Release Date:09/04/1922
Television Appearances
Nanny and the Professor
Character:
Love, American Style
Character:Elmo
The Name of the Game
Character:Philip Armistead
Batman
Character:Chief Screaming Chicken
F Troop
Character:
The Cara Williams Show
Character:
Burke's Law
Character:Grover Leander Smith
Burke's Law
Character:Wilbur Starlington
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
Saints and Sinners
Character:Mr. Hollister
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
Fractured Fairy Tales
Character:Narrator (voice)
The Bullwinkle Show
Character:Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
Character:Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)
Dennis the Menace
Character:Uncle Ned Matthews
The Lux Show
Character:Self
The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show
Character:Storyteller (voice)
The Steve Allen Show
Character:Self - Guest
Matinee Theater
Character:
December Bride
Character:
The George Gobel Show
Character:Self
Max Liebman Presents
Character:
General Electric Theater
Character:Mr. Parkinson
I Love Lucy
Character:Mr. Ritter
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Character:Self
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
The Ed Sullivan Show
Character:Self
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