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