Erik Rhodes
Born: 1906-02-10 in El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Died: 1990-02-17
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
1997
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
1958
- Naked City as Gardell
1957
- Perry Mason as Herman Albright
1950
- The Bob Hope Show as Self
- Lux Video Theatre as Dr. Gardiner
1939
- On Your Toes as Konstantin Morrisine
1938
- Mysterious Mr. Moto as David Scott-Frensham
- Dramatic School as Georges Mounier
- Say It in French as Irving
- Meet the Girls as Maurice Leon
- The Canary Comes Across as Canary Dillon
1937
- Music for Madame as Spaghetti Nadzio
- Fight for Your Lady as Anton Spadissimo
- Beg, Borrow or Steal as Lefevre
- Criminal Lawyer as Tony Bandini
- Woman Chases Man as Henri Saffron
1936
- Two in the Dark as Carlo Gheet
- Chatterbox as Archie Fisher
- One Rainy Afternoon as Count Alfredo Donstelli
- Special Investigator as Benny Gray
- Second Wife as Dave Bennet
- Smartest Girl in Town as Baron Enrico Torene
1935
- Top Hat as Alberto Beddini
- Another Face as Grimm
- Old Man Rhythm as Frank Rochet
- The Nitwits as George Clark
- Charlie Chan in Paris as Max Corday
- A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Erik Rhodes
- A Night at the Ritz as Leopold
1934
- The Gay Divorcee as Rodolfo Tonetti
- Give Her a Ring