Erik Rhodes
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1906-02-10 (84 years old)
Deathday
1990-02-17
Place of Birth
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Also known As
Ernest Sharpe
Eric Rhodes
Erik 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.
Acting
1935
as Alberto Beddini
1935
as Max Corday
1934
as Rodolfo Tonetti
1938
as David Scott-Frensham
1936
as Dave Bennet
1937
as Lefevre
1935
as Frank Rochet
1935
as George Clark
1936
as Carlo Gheet
1937
as Spaghetti Nadzio
1937
as Tony Bandini
1935
as Leopold
1936
as Archie Fisher
1937
as Henri Saffron
1938
as Irving
1938
as Georges Mounier
1936
as Count Alfredo Donstelli
1936
as Baron Enrico Torene
1939
as Konstantin Morrisine
1935
as Grimm
1936
as Benny Gray
1938
as Maurice Leon
1937
as Anton Spadissimo
1935
as Erik Rhodes
1938
as Canary Dillon
1997
as Self (archive footage)
1934
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