Photo: Albert Witzel (1879-1929)

1886 - 1970

Angefangen hatte alles 1906, als er im Chor für Broadway Musicals sang und tanzte. Später ging er zum Theater, was ihn 1922 schliesslich zum Film brachte. 
Seine ersten Filme "Too Much Business" (22) und "Ruggles of Red Gap" (23) waren finanziell erfolgreiche Produktionen und man wurde schnell auf dieses neue Gesicht auf der Leinwand aufmerksam.

Edward Everett Horton arbeitete als Star in weiteren Stummfilmen wie "Helen's Babies" (24), "Marry Me" (25), "La Boheme" (26), "The Nutcracker" (26), "The Terror" (28) und "The Hottentot" (29) - seinem letzten Stummfilm.

Mit dem Aufkommen des Tonfilms wurde er ein äusserst begehrter Nebendarsteller, der den Stars der Studios von ganz Hollywood zur Seite stand. Zu seinen frühen Tonfilm-Erfolgen gehören "The Front Page" (31), "Trouble in Paradise" (32), "Alice in Wonderland" (33), "Design for Living" (33), "The Poor Rich" (34) und "The Merry Widow" (34).

Seine grösste Berühmtheit verdankte er jedoch den Filmen mit Ginger Rogers und Fred Astaire wie "The Gay Divorcee" (34), "Top Hat" (35) und "Shall We Dance" (37). 
Edward Everett Horton rundete die 30er Jahre mit Filmen wie "Angel" (37), "Let's Make a Million" (37), "Bluebeard's Eighth Wife" (38) und "Paris Honeymoon" (39) ab.

Seine Schaffenskraft blieb in den 40er Jahren ungebrochen. Weitere grosse Erfolge mit "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (41), "Ziegfeld Girl" (41), "I Married an Angel" (42), "Arsenic and Old Lace" (44), "Lady on a Train" (45), "Cinderella Jones" (46) und "Her Husband's Affairs" (47) liessen ihn in den Köpfen der Zuschauer präsent bleiben.

In den 50er und vor allem in den 60er Jahren widmete sich Edward Everett Horton vermehrt der Fernsehindustrie und agierte in einer Reihe von Serien. Daneben erschien er aber immer wieder auf der Leinwand, so in "The Story of Mankind" (57), "Pocketful of Miracles" (61), "It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (63) und "The Perils of Pauline" (67) - sein letzter Film war "Cold Turkey" (70).
 

Weitere Filme mit Edward Everett Horton:
The Ladder Jinx (22) A Front Page Story (22) To the Ladies (23) Flapper Wives (24) Try and Get It (24) The Man Who Fights Alone (24) The Business of Love (25) Beggar on Horseback (25) Poker Faces (26) The Whole Town's Talking (26) Taxi! Taxi! (27) Dad's Choice (27) Vacation Waves (28) Miss Information (28) Sonny Boy (29) The Sap (29) The Aviator (29) Take the Heir (30) Wide Open (30) Holiday (30) Once a Gentleman (30) Reaching for the Moon (30) Lonely Wives (31) Kiss Me Again (31) Six Cylinder Love (31) Smart Woman (31) The Age for Love (31) But the Flesh Is Weak (32) Roar of the Dragon (32) A Bedtime Story (33) The Way to Love (33) Soldiers of the King (33) It's a Boy (33) Easy to Love (34) All the King's Horses (34) Smarty (34) Sing and Like It (34) Uncertain Lady (34) Success at Any Price (34) Kiss and Make Up (34) Ladies Should Listen (34) Biography of a Bachelor Girl (35) The Night Is Young (35) The Devil Is a Woman (35) Ten Dollar Raise (35) In Caliente (35) Going Highbrow (35) His Night Out (35) Little Big Shot (35) Your Uncle Dudley (35) The Private Secretary (35) The Singing Kid (36) Nobody's Fool (36) Hearts Divided (36) Her Master's Voice (36) Man in the Mirror (36) Lost Horizon (37) The King and the Chorus Girl (37) Oh Doctor (37) Hitting a New High (37) Wild Money (37) The Perfect Specimen (37) The Great Garrick (37) Danger - Love at Work (37) College Swing (38) Holiday (38) Little Tough Guys in Society (38) That's Right You're Wrong (39) The Gang's All Here (39) Bachelor Daddy (41) Weekend for Three (41) The Body Disappears (41) You're the One (41) Sunny (41) Springtime in the Rockies (42) The Magnificent Dope (42) Forever and a Day (43) Thank Your Lucky Stars (43) The Gang's All Here (43) Her Primitive Man (44) San Diego I Love You (44) Brazil (44) The Town Went Wild (44) Summer Storm (44) Steppin' in Society (45) Faithful in My Fashion (46) Earl Carroll Sketchbook (46) The Ghost Goes Wild (47) Down to Earth (47) Serie "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: Sham" (48) Serie "The Ford Theatre Hour: The Man Who Came to Dinner" (49) Serie "The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre: Good Night, Please" (49) Serie "The Ford Theatre Hour: Father, Dear Father" (50) Serie "Holiday Hotel" (50) Serie "I Love Lucy: Lucy Plays Cupid" (52) Serie "The Philco Television Playhouse: The Velvet Mitten" (53) Serie "December Bride: Butler Show" (57) Serie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington: The Senator Baits a Hook" (62) Serie "Dennis the Menace: Dennis's Lovesick Friend" (62) Serie "Dennis the Menace: The Treasure Chest" (62) Serie "Dennis the Menace: Mr. Wilson's Uncle" (62) Serie "Dennis the Menace: My Uncle Ned" (63) Serie "Saints and Sinners: A Night of Horns and Bells" (62) Serie "Burke's Law: Who Killed Eleanora Davis?" (63) One Got Fat (63) Serie "The Cara Williams Show" (64) Sex and the Single Girl (64) Serie "Burke's Law: Who Killed Hamlet?" (65) Serie "F Troop: Scourge of the West" (65) Serie "F Troop: The Girl from Philadelphia" (65) Serie "Camp Runamuck: Spiffy Quits" (65) Serie "Batman: An Egg Grows in Gotham" (66) Serie "Batman: The Yegg Foes in Gotham" (66) 2000 Years Later (69) Serie "It Takes a Thief: A Matter of Grey Matter" (69) Serie "Love, American Style: Love and Las Vegas" (70) Serie "The Name of the Game: Island of Gold and Precious Stones" (70) Serie "Nanny and the Professor: Strictly for the Birds" (70)