Erik Rhodes
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
- Perry Mason (1957)
- Naked City (1958)
- The Bob Hope Show (1950)
- Top Hat (1935)
- The Gay Divorcee (1934)
- The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender (1997)
- Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
- Two in the Dark (1936)
- Beg, Borrow or Steal (1937)
- Music for Madame (1937)
- Say It in French (1938)
- A Night at the Ritz (1935)
- Fight for Your Lady (1937)
- Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
- Chatterbox (1936)
- Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
- Criminal Lawyer (1937)
- A Night at the Biltmore Bowl (1935)
- The Canary Comes Across (1938)
- One Rainy Afternoon (1936)