Erik Rhodes
Actor
- Born
- February 10, 1906 · El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
- Died
- February 17, 1990 (age 84)
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
Top Hat
August 29, 1935
The Gay Divorcee
October 12, 1934
Charlie Chan in Paris
January 21, 1935
Mysterious Mr. Moto
September 17, 1938
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
November 1, 1997
One Rainy Afternoon
May 13, 1936
The Nitwits
June 7, 1935
Two in the Dark
January 10, 1936
Woman Chases Man
May 7, 1937
Dramatic School
December 9, 1938
Special Investigator
May 8, 1936
Criminal Lawyer
January 29, 1937
Acting27
- 1997The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender as Self (archive footage)
- 1939On Your Toes as Konstantin Morrisine
- 1938Dramatic School as Georges Mounier
- 1938Say It in French as Irving
- 1938Meet the Girls as Maurice Leon
- 1938Mysterious Mr. Moto as David Scott-Frensham
- 1938The Canary Comes Across as Canary Dillon
- 1937Beg, Borrow or Steal as Lefevre
- 1937Fight for Your Lady as Anton Spadissimo
- 1937