Filmography
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Known For
Arsenic and Old Lace Mr. Witherspoon (1944) -
Holiday Nick Potter (1938) -
Top Hat Horace Hardwick (1935) -
Known For
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Mr. Dinckler (1963) -
Actor
Cold Turkey Hiram C. Grayson (1971) -
The Governor & J.J. Doc Simon (1970) -
Nanny and the Professor Professor Clarendon (1970) -
Love, American Style Elmo (segment "Love and Las Vegas") (1970) -
The Name of the Game Philip Armistead (1970) -
2000 Years Later Evermore (1969) -
It Takes a Thief Lord Pelham-Gifford (1969) -
The Perils of Pauline Caspar Coleman (1967) -
Batman Chief Screaming Chicken (1966) -
Camp Runamuck Henry Saunders (1965) -
![F Troop]( "F Troop")
F Troop Roaring Chicken (1965) -
![Burke's Law]( "Burke's Law")
Burke's Law Wilbur Starlington (1963-1965) -
![Valentine's Day]( "Valentine's Day")
Valentine's Day Charles Marks (1965) -
![The Cara Williams Show]( "The Cara Williams Show")
The Cara Williams Show Fenwick (1965) -
![Sex and the Single Girl]( "Sex and the Single Girl")
Sex and the Single Girl The Chief (1964) -
![Hoppity Hooper]( "Hoppity Hooper")
Hoppity Hooper Narrator for 'Fractured Fairy Tales' (1964) -
![The Bullwinkle Show]( "The Bullwinkle Show")
The Bullwinkle Show Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (1959-1963) -
![It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World]( "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World")
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World Mr. Dinckler (1963) -
![Our Man Higgins]( "Our Man Higgins")
Our Man Higgins Rawley (1963) -
![Dennis the Menace]( "Dennis the Menace")
Dennis the Menace Uncle Ned Matthews (1962-1963) -
![Saints and Sinners]( "Saints and Sinners")
Saints and Sinners Mr. Hollister (1962) -
![Mr. Smith Goes to Washington]( "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington")
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Senator Crabtree (1962) -
![Fractured Fairy Tales]( "Fractured Fairy Tales")
Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (1959-1962) -
![The Red Skelton Hour]( "The Red Skelton Hour")
The Red Skelton Hour Muggsy (1957-1962) -
![Pocketful of Miracles]( "Pocketful of Miracles")
Pocketful of Miracles Hudgins (1961) -
![The Real McCoys]( "The Real McCoys")
The Real McCoys Mr. Medwick (1960) -
![The Best of Mr. Peabody & Sherman]( "The Best of Mr. Peabody & Sherman")
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![Matinee Theatre]( "Matinee Theatre")
Matinee Theatre Mr. Pim (1956-1958) -
![December Bride]( "December Bride")
December Bride (1957) -
![The Story of Mankind]( "The Story of Mankind")
The Story of Mankind Sir Walter Raleigh (1957) -
![Playhouse 90]( "Playhouse 90")
Playhouse 90 Mr. Carver (1957) -
![The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show]( "The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show")
The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show Storyteller (segment: 'The Unenchanted Princess') (1957) -
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower Noah (1956)
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![General Electric Theater]( "General Electric Theater")
General Electric Theater Mr. Parkinson (1956) -
![Shower of Stars]( "Shower of Stars")
Shower of Stars Ed Hoffman (1955) -
![Damon Runyon Theater]( "Damon Runyon Theater")
Damon Runyon Theater Thaddeus (1955) -
![Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow]( "Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow")
Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow Baron Zelta (1955) -
![The Best of Broadway]( "The Best of Broadway")
The Best of Broadway Mr. Witherspoon (1955) -
![The Colgate Comedy Hour]( "The Colgate Comedy Hour")
The Colgate Comedy Hour (1954) -
![Omnibus]( "Omnibus")
Omnibus Narrator (segment "The Remarkable Case of Mr. Bruhl") (1954) -
![Broadway Television Theatre]( "Broadway Television Theatre")
Broadway Television Theatre Uncle Dudley (1952-1953) -
![Medallion Theatre]( "Medallion Theatre")
Medallion Theatre (1953) -
![The Philco Television Playhouse]( "The Philco Television Playhouse")
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Hollywood Screen Test (1952)
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![I Love Lucy]( "I Love Lucy")
I Love Lucy Mr. Ritter (1952) -
![The Magnavox Theater]( "The Magnavox Theater")
The Magnavox Theater (1950) -
Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse Hotel Manager (I950)) (1950)
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![The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre]( "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre")
The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre (1948-1949) -
![The Ford Theatre Hour]( "The Ford Theatre Hour")
The Ford Theatre Hour Sheridan Whiteside (1949) -
![Her Husband's Affairs]( "Her Husband's Affairs")
Her Husband's Affairs J.B. Cruikshank (1947) -
![Down to Earth]( "Down to Earth")
Down to Earth Messenger 7013 (1947) -
![The Ghost Goes Wild]( "The Ghost Goes Wild")
The Ghost Goes Wild Eric (1947) -
![Faithful in My Fashion]( "Faithful in My Fashion")
Faithful in My Fashion Hiram Dilworthy (1946) -
![Earl Carroll Sketchbook]( "Earl Carroll Sketchbook")
Earl Carroll Sketchbook Dr. Milo Edwards (1946) -
![Cinderella Jones]( "Cinderella Jones")
Cinderella Jones Keating (1946) -
![Lady on a Train]( "Lady on a Train")
Lady on a Train Mr. Haskell (1945) -
![Steppin' in Society]( "Steppin' in Society")
Steppin' in Society Judge Avery Webster (1945) -
![The Town Went Wild]( "The Town Went Wild")
The Town Went Wild Everett Conway (1944) -
![Brazil]( "Brazil")
Brazil Everett St. John Everett (1944) -
![San Diego I Love You]( "San Diego I Love You")
San Diego I Love You Philip McCooley (1944) -
![Arsenic and Old Lace]( "Arsenic and Old Lace")
Arsenic and Old Lace Mr. Witherspoon (1944) -
![Summer Storm]( "Summer Storm")
Summer Storm Count 'Piggy' Volsky (1944) -
![Her Primitive Man]( "Her Primitive Man")
Her Primitive Man Orrin (1944) -
![The Gang's All Here]( "The Gang's All Here")
The Gang's All Here Peyton Potter (1943) -
![Thank Your Lucky Stars]( "Thank Your Lucky Stars")
Thank Your Lucky Stars Farnsworth (1943) -
![Forever and a Day]( "Forever and a Day")
Forever and a Day Sir Anthony Trimble-Pomfret (1943) -
![Springtime in the Rockies]( "Springtime in the Rockies")
Springtime in the Rockies McTavish (1942) -
![I Married an Angel]( "I Married an Angel")
I Married an Angel Peter (1942) -
![The Magnificent Dope]( "The Magnificent Dope")
The Magnificent Dope Horace Hunter (1942) -
![The Body Disappears]( "The Body Disappears")
The Body Disappears Professor Shotesbury (1941) -
![Weekend for Three]( "Weekend for Three")
Weekend for Three Fred Stonebraker (1941) -
![Here Comes Mr. Jordan]( "Here Comes Mr. Jordan")
Here Comes Mr. Jordan Messenger 7013 (1941) -
![Bachelor Daddy]( "Bachelor Daddy")
Bachelor Daddy Joseph Smith (1941) -
![Sunny]( "Sunny")
Sunny Henry Bates (1941) -
![Ziegfeld Girl]( "Ziegfeld Girl")
Ziegfeld Girl Noble Sage (1941) -
![You're the One]( "You're the One")
You're the One Death Valley Joe Frink (1941) -
![That's Right - You're Wrong]( "That's Right - You're Wrong")
That's Right - You're Wrong Tom Village - a Screenwriter (1939) -
![The Amazing Mr. Forrest]( "The Amazing Mr. Forrest")
The Amazing Mr. Forrest Treadwell (1939) -
![Paris Honeymoon]( "Paris Honeymoon")
Paris Honeymoon Ernest Figg (1939) -
![Little Tough Guys in Society]( "Little Tough Guys in Society")
Little Tough Guys in Society Oliver (1938) -
![Holiday]( "Holiday")
Holiday Nick Potter (1938) -
![College Swing]( "College Swing")
College Swing Hubert Dash (1938) -
![Bluebeard's Eighth Wife]( "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife")
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife The Marquis De Loiselle (1938) -
![Hitting a New High]( "Hitting a New High")
Hitting a New High Lucius B. Blynn (1937) -
![The Great Garrick]( "The Great Garrick")
The Great Garrick Tubby (1937) -
![The Perfect Specimen]( "The Perfect Specimen")
The Perfect Specimen Mr. Grattan (1937) -
![Angel]( "Angel")
Angel Graham (1937) -
![Danger - Love at Work]( "Danger - Love at Work")
Danger - Love at Work Howard Rogers (1937) -
![Wild Money]( "Wild Money")
Wild Money P.E. Dodd (1937) -
![Oh, Doctor]( "Oh, Doctor")
Oh, Doctor Edward J. Billop (1937) -
![Shall We Dance]( "Shall We Dance")
Shall We Dance Jeffrey Baird (1937) -
![The King and the Chorus Girl]( "The King and the Chorus Girl")
The King and the Chorus Girl Count Humbert Evel Bruger (1937) -
![Lost Horizon]( "Lost Horizon")
Lost Horizon Lovett (1937) -
![Let's Make a Million]( "Let's Make a Million")
Let's Make a Million Harrison Gentry (1936) -
![The Man in the Mirror]( "The Man in the Mirror")
The Man in the Mirror Jeremy Dilke (1936) -
![Hearts Divided]( "Hearts Divided")
Hearts Divided John (1936) -
![Nobody's Fool]( "Nobody's Fool")
Nobody's Fool Will Wright (1936) -
![The Singing Kid]( "The Singing Kid")
The Singing Kid Davenport Rogers (1936) -
![Her Master's Voice]( "Her Master's Voice")
Her Master's Voice Ned Farrar (1936) -
![Your Uncle Dudley]( "Your Uncle Dudley")
Your Uncle Dudley Dudley Dixon (1935) -
![His Night Out]( "His Night Out")
His Night Out Homer B. Bitts (1935) -
![The Private Secretary]( "The Private Secretary")
The Private Secretary Rev. Robert Spalding (1935) -
![Little Big Shot]( "Little Big Shot")
Little Big Shot Mortimer (1935) -
![Top Hat]( "Top Hat")
Top Hat Horace Hardwick (1935) -
![Going Highbrow]( "Going Highbrow")
Going Highbrow Augie (1935) -
![In Caliente]( "In Caliente")
In Caliente Harold Brandon (1935) -
![$10 Raise]( "$10 Raise")
$10 Raise Hubert T. Wilkins (1935) -
![The Devil Is a Woman]( "The Devil Is a Woman")
The Devil Is a Woman Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito' (1935) -
![All the King's Horses]( "All the King's Horses")
All the King's Horses Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat (1935) -
![The Night Is Young]( "The Night Is Young")
The Night Is Young Baron Szereny (1935) -
![Biography of a Bachelor Girl]( "Biography of a Bachelor Girl")
Biography of a Bachelor Girl Leander 'Bunny' Nolan (1935) -
![The Gay Divorcee]( "The Gay Divorcee")
The Gay Divorcee Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald (1934) -
![The Merry Widow]( "The Merry Widow")
The Merry Widow Ambassador Popoff (1934) -
![Ladies Should Listen]( "Ladies Should Listen")
Ladies Should Listen Paul Vernet (1934) -
![Kiss and Make-Up]( "Kiss and Make-Up")
Kiss and Make-Up Marcel Caron (1934) -
![Smarty]( "Smarty")
Smarty Vernon Thorpe (1934) -
![Sing and Like It]( "Sing and Like It")
Sing and Like It Adam Frink - Producer (1934) -
![Uncertain Lady]( "Uncertain Lady")
Uncertain Lady Elliot Crane (1934) -
![Success at Any Price]( "Success at Any Price")
Success at Any Price Fisher (1934) -
![The Poor Rich]( "The Poor Rich")
The Poor Rich Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood (1934) -
![Easy to Love]( "Easy to Love")
Easy to Love Eric (1934) -
![Alice in Wonderland]( "Alice in Wonderland")
Alice in Wonderland Mad Hatter (1933) -
![Design for Living]( "Design for Living")
Design for Living Max Plunkett (1933) -
![The Way to Love]( "The Way to Love")
The Way to Love Prof. Gaston Bibi (1933) -
![It's a Boy]( "It's a Boy")
It's a Boy Dudley Leake (1933) -
![A Bedtime Story]( "A Bedtime Story")
A Bedtime Story Victor Dubois (1933) -
![The Woman in Command]( "The Woman in Command")
The Woman in Command Sebastian Marvello (1933) -
![Trouble in Paradise]( "Trouble in Paradise")
Trouble in Paradise François Filiba (1932) -
![Roar of the Dragon]( "Roar of the Dragon")
Roar of the Dragon Busby (1932) -
![-But the Flesh Is Weak]( "-But the Flesh Is Weak")
-But the Flesh Is Weak Sir George Kelvin (1932) -
The Great Junction Hotel The Groom (1931)
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![The Age for Love]( "The Age for Love")
The Age for Love Horace Keats (1931) -
![Smart Woman]( "Smart Woman")
Smart Woman Billy Ross (1931) -
![6 Cylinder Love]( "6 Cylinder Love")
6 Cylinder Love Monty Winston (1931) -
![The Front Page]( "The Front Page")
The Front Page Roy B. Bensinger (1931) -
![Lonely Wives]( "Lonely Wives")
Lonely Wives Richard 'Dickie' Smith / Felix, the Great Zero (1931) -
![Kiss Me Again]( "Kiss Me Again")
Kiss Me Again Rene (1931) -
![Reaching for the Moon]( "Reaching for the Moon")
Reaching for the Moon Roger - the Valet (1930) -
![Once a Gentleman]( "Once a Gentleman")
Once a Gentleman Oliver (1930) -
![Holiday]( "Holiday")
Holiday Nick Potter (1930) -
![Wide Open]( "Wide Open")
Wide Open Simon Haldane (1930) -
Take the Heir Smithers (1930)
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![The Aviator]( "The Aviator")
The Aviator Robert Street (1929) -
![Good Medicine]( "Good Medicine")
Good Medicine (1929) -
![The Sap]( "The Sap")
The Sap The Sap (1929) -
Prince Gabby (1929)
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![The Hottentot]( "The Hottentot")
The Hottentot Sam Harrington (1929) -
Trusting Wives (1929)
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The Right Bed (1929)
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![Sonny Boy]( "Sonny Boy")
Sonny Boy Crandall Thorpe (1929) -
![Ask Dad]( "Ask Dad")
Ask Dad Dad (1929) -
![The Eligible Mr. Bangs]( "The Eligible Mr. Bangs")
The Eligible Mr. Bangs Mr. Bangs (1929) -
Call Again (1928)
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Vacation Waves Eddie Davis (1928)
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![The Terror]( "The Terror")
The Terror Ferdinand Fane (1928) -
![Scrambled Weddings]( "Scrambled Weddings")
Scrambled Weddings (1928) -
Horse Shy Eddie Hamilton (1928)
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Miss Information The Firm's Representative (1928)
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Behind the Counter Eddie Baxter (1928)
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Dad's Choice Eddie (1928)
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Find the King Edward Fairchild (1927)
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No Publicity (1927)
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![Taxi! Taxi!]( "Taxi! Taxi!")
Taxi! Taxi! Peter Whitby (1927) -
![The Whole Town's Talking]( "The Whole Town's Talking")
The Whole Town's Talking Chester Binney (1926) -
![Poker Faces]( "Poker Faces")
Poker Faces Jimmy Whitmore (1926) -
The Nutcracker Horatio Slipaway (1926)
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![La Bohème]( "La Bohème")
La Bohème Colline (1926) -
The Business of Love Edward Burgess (1925)
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Marry Me John Smith #2 (1925)
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![Beggar on Horseback]( "Beggar on Horseback")
Beggar on Horseback Neil McRae (1925) -
![Helen's Babies]( "Helen's Babies")
Helen's Babies Uncle Harry (1924) -
![The Man Who Fights Alone]( "The Man Who Fights Alone")
The Man Who Fights Alone Bob Alten (1924) -
Try and Get It Glenn Collins (1924)
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![Flapper Wives]( "Flapper Wives")
Flapper Wives Vincent Platt (1924) -
![To the Ladies]( "To the Ladies")
To the Ladies Leonard Beebe (1923) -
The Vow of Vengeance (1923)
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![Ruggles of Red Gap]( "Ruggles of Red Gap")
Ruggles of Red Gap Ruggles (1923) -
A Front Page Story Rodney Marvin (1922)
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The Ladder Jinx Arthur Barnes (1922)
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ActorToo Much Business John Henry Jackson (1922)
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Soundtrack
![Pocketful of Miracles]( "Pocketful of Miracles")
Pocketful of Miracles (1961) -
![The Lux Show]( "The Lux Show")
The Lux Show (1957) -
![Cinderella Jones]( "Cinderella Jones")
Cinderella Jones (1946) -
![I Married an Angel]( "I Married an Angel")
I Married an Angel (1942) -
![That's Right - You're Wrong]( "That's Right - You're Wrong")
That's Right - You're Wrong (1939) -
![Paris Honeymoon]( "Paris Honeymoon")
Paris Honeymoon (1939) -
![Holiday]( "Holiday")
Holiday (1938) -
![Hitting a New High]( "Hitting a New High")
Hitting a New High (1937) -
![Angel]( "Angel")
Angel (1937) -
![Lost Horizon]( "Lost Horizon")
Lost Horizon (1937) -
![Going Highbrow]( "Going Highbrow")
Going Highbrow (1935) -
![In Caliente]( "In Caliente")
In Caliente (1935) -
![The Gay Divorcee]( "The Gay Divorcee")
The Gay Divorcee (1934) -
Soundtrack
![Alice in Wonderland]( "Alice in Wonderland")
Alice in Wonderland (1933) -
Archive footage
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Ziegfeld Girl Intro (2004)
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The Making of 'Lost Horizon' (1999)
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![The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender]( "The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender")
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![Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults]( "Hidden Hollywood: Treasures from the 20th Century Fox Film Vaults")
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![Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs]( "Red Skelton: Bloopers, Blunders and Ad-Libs")
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![To See Such Fun]( "To See Such Fun")
To See Such Fun (1977) -
![CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years]( "CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years")
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Archive footage
![Bob Hope's World of Comedy]( "Bob Hope's World of Comedy")
Bob Hope's World of Comedy (1976) -
![Hollywood and the Stars]( "Hollywood and the Stars")
Hollywood and the Stars (1963)
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Awards
1 win.Did You Know
Trivia
Was in five Oscar Best Picture nominees: The Front Page (1931), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Lost Horizon (1937) and Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941).
Quotes
[on Douglas Sirk] He was delightful and ambitious and so well-informed.
Trademark
Quavering, slightly effeminate voice
Nickname
Eddie
Star Sign
Pisces
Personal Details
Born
Edward Everett Horton Jr.
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Died
(age 84)
Encino, Los Angeles, California, USA
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