Erik Rhodes
Birthday: 1906-02-10
Place of Birth: El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
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.
Movies
Top Hat
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new ...
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Charlie Chan in Paris
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery r...
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The Gay Divorcee
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. Ther...
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Mysterious Mr. Moto
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard....
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Second Wife
Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to ...
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of...
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Old Man Rhythm
Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college....
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The Nitwits
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a ...
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Two in the Dark
Ford Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he eventu...
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Music for Madame
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks wh...
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Criminal Lawyer
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Be...
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A Night at the Ritz
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef....
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Chatterbox
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes th...
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Woman Chases Man
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing de...
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Say It in French
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married ...
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Dramatic School
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works...
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One Rainy Afternoon
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young...
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Smartest Girl in Town
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model....
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On Your Toes
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer....
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Another Face
The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new ...
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Special Investigator
A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is kill...
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Meet the Girls
Entertainers lose their jobs and their fares from Honolulu back to San Francisco so they must become...
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Fight for Your Lady
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich...
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A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles....
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The Canary Comes Across
A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks li...
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift thos...
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