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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1906-02-10 (119 years old)

Place of Birth

El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA

Erik Rhodes

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

Acting

1997

The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)

1958

Naked City as Gardell

1957

Perry Mason as Herman Albright

1950

Lux Video Theatre as Dr. Gardiner
Lux Video Theatre as Mr. Purdy

1939

On Your Toes as Konstantin Morrisine

1938

Mysterious Mr. Moto as David Scott-Frensham
Meet the Girls as Maurice Leon
Dramatic School as Georges Mounier
The Canary Comes Across as Canary Dillon

1937

Music for Madame as Spaghetti Nadzio
Criminal Lawyer as Tony Bandini
Woman Chases Man as Henri Saffron
Fight for Your Lady as Anton Spadissimo

1936

Second Wife as Dave Bennet
Two in the Dark as Carlo Gheet
Chatterbox as Archie Fisher
Special Investigator as Benny Gray
One Rainy Afternoon as Count Alfredo Donstelli
Smartest Girl in Town as Baron Enrico Torene

1935

Top Hat as Alberto Beddini
Charlie Chan in Paris as Max Corday
Old Man Rhythm as Frank Rochet
The Nitwits as George Clark
Another Face as Grimm

1934