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