Erik Rhodes
Date of birth: 1906-02-10
Place of birth: El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Ernest Sharpe, Eric Rhodes
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.
Movie Credits
Top Hat
1935-08-29
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935-01-21
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery r
The Gay Divorcee
1934-10-12
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. Ther
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938-09-17
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.
Second Wife
1936-08-21
Kenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced to
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937-12-03
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of
Old Man Rhythm
1935-08-02
Romantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
The Nitwits
1935-06-07
A would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder of a
Two in the Dark
1936-01-10
When Mr. X (Walter Able) wakes up in the city park with amnesia, bloody and apparently connected to
Music for Madame
1937-10-08
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks wh
Say It in French
1938-11-25
An American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are married
One Rainy Afternoon
1936-05-13
Suave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes young
Smartest Girl in Town
1936-11-27
A girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
Woman Chases Man
1937-05-07
A pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new housing de
On Your Toes
1939-10-14
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
Fight for Your Lady
1937-11-05
Wrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a rich
Special Investigator
1936-05-08
A lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is kill
Another Face
1935-12-20
The surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his new
A Night at the Ritz
1935-03-23
A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
Meet the Girls
1938-10-06
Entertainers lose their jobs and their fares from Honolulu back to San Francisco so they must become
Chatterbox
1936-01-17
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes th
Dramatic School
1938-12-09
Aspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and works
Criminal Lawyer
1937-01-29
Barry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client, with Be
A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
1935-06-21
Join vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
The Canary Comes Across
1938-01-26
A prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who looks li
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997-11-01
A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift thos
Give Her a Ring
1934-06-11
A telephonist falls for her employer.