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
- Say It in French as Irving
- Mysterious Mr. Moto as David Scott-Frensham
- The Canary Comes Across as Canary Dillon
- Dramatic School as Georges Mounier
- Meet the Girls as Maurice Leon
1937
- Beg, Borrow or Steal as Lefevre
- Music for Madame as Spaghetti Nadzio
- Fight for Your Lady as Anton Spadissimo
- Criminal Lawyer as Tony Bandini
- Woman Chases Man as Henri Saffron
1936
- Two in the Dark as Carlo Gheet
- Smartest Girl in Town as Enrico Torene
- Chatterbox as Archie Fisher
- One Rainy Afternoon as Count Alfredo Donstelli
- Second Wife as Dave Bennet
- Special Investigator as Benny Gray
1935
- Top Hat as Alberto Beddini
- Charlie Chan in Paris as Max Corday
- A Night at the Ritz as Leopold
- A Night at the Biltmore Bowl as Erik Rhodes
- Another Face as Grimm
- Old Man Rhythm as Frank Rochet
- The Nitwits as George Clark
1934
- The Gay Divorcee as Rodolfo Tonetti
- Give Her a Ring