Acting
Erik Rhodes
Born February 10, 1906 · El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Died February 17, 1990 · aged 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 …
Known For
Top Hat · 1935Top Hat
★ 7.31935
MovieMusicComedy
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new dance steps late one night in Horace's hotel room, much to the annoyance of sleeping Dale Tremont below. She goes upstairs to complain and the two are immediately attracted to each other. Complications arise when Dale mistakes Jerry for Horace.
The Gay Divorcee · 1934The Gay Divorcee
★ 6.91934
MovieComedyRomance
Seeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort. There she falls in love with dancer Guy Holden, whom she later mistakes for the corespondent her lawyer hired.
On Your Toes · 1939On Your Toes
★ 4.51939
MovieComedy
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
Mysterious Mr. Moto · 1938Mysterious Mr. Moto
★ 6.21938
MovieMysteryThriller
The Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.
Charlie Chan in Paris · 1935Charlie Chan in Paris
★ 6.61935
MovieCrimeMystery
Charlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a bond-forgery racket. But his agent, apache dancer Nardi is killed before she can tell him much. The case, complicated by a false murder accusation for banker's daughter Yvette, climaxes with a strange journey through the Paris sewers.
Beg, Borrow or Steal · 1937Beg, Borrow or Steal
★ 6.01937
MovieComedyRomance
We find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to sellers of fake paintings and other assorted dodges. He and his wife, Agatha, have been separated for 15 years, but he promises to give their daughter, Joyce, a lavish wedding at his "château" in France. The fact that he doesn't have a château in France is just a minor trifle. He induces the caretaker, Bill Cherau, of a large country estate to allow it to be used for the wedding. The wedding party arrives and Bill falls madly in love with Joyce and she with him, but a gal has gotta do what a gal has gotta do, and her intended marriage to stuffed-shirt Horace Miller stays on the books. But Steward has a change of heart and he tells one and all that he and his friends, Von Gersdorff, Lefevre, Iznamof, Clifton Summitt and Sasch, are all frauds and crooks. Horace and his family stalk out, which is just fine with Joyce as her true love, the caretaker, is waiting on the grounds.
Two in the Dark · 1936Two in the Dark
★ 6.11936
MovieCrimeDrama
When Mr. X (Walter Able) wakes up in the city park with amnesia, bloody and apparently connected to a murder of a well-known producer.
Fast talking Marie Smith (Margot Grahame) takes pity on him, they solve the case and discover his identity.
Chatterbox · 1936Chatterbox
★ 7.01936
MovieComedyDrama
Teenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama passes through her small New England town, to the disapproval of her stern grandfather, Uriah. Stowing away in the car of Philip Greene, a wealthy young man working with the theater troupe, Jenny talks her way into the play's lead role. But director Archie Fisher doesn't tell her that the new version of the play is meant as a spoof.
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On Your Toes · 1939On Your Toes
★ 4.51939
MovieComedy
A Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
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