Edward Everett Horton's Main TV Roles Show Character(s) F Troop Roaring Chi… The Governor & J.J. Doc Simon

Main Movie Roles 1971 - Cold Turkey 1963 - It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World 1961 - Pocketful of Miracles 1957 - The Story of Mankind 1945 - Lady on a Train 1944 - Arsenic and Old Lace 1943 - Thank Your Lucky Stars 1943 - Forever and a Day 1942 - Springtime in the Rockies 1942 - I Married an Angel 1941 - Ziegfeld Girl 1941 - Here Comes Mr. Jordan 1938 - Bluebeard's Eighth Wife 1938 - Holiday 1937 - Angel 1937 - Lost Horizon 1937 - Shall We Dance 1935 - The Devil Is A Woman 1935 - Top Hat 1934 - The Gay Divorcee 1934 - The Merry Widow 1933 - Alice in Wonderland 1932 - Trouble in Paradise 1931 - The Front Page 1930 - Reaching for the Moon

BIOGRAPHY:

It seemed like Edward Everett Horton appeared in just about every Hollywood comedy made in the 1930s. He was always the perfect counterpart to the great gentlemen and protagonists of the films. Like many of his contemporaries, Horton came to the movies from the theatre, where he debuted in 1906. He made his film debut in 1922. Unlike many of his silent-film colleagues, however, Horton had no problems in adapting to the sound, despite--or perhaps because of--his crackling voice. From 1932 to 1938 he worked often with 'Ernst Lubitsch , and later with 'Frank Capra . He has appeared in more than 120 films, in addition to a large body of work on TV, among which was the befuddled Hekawi medicine man Roaring Chicken on the western comedy _"F Troop".


TRIVIA:

• His parents, Edward Everett Horton Sr. and Isabella (Diack), were Scottish immigrants. He was the eldest of four children - George, Winter Davis, and Hannahbelle were his other siblings. The family remained close throughout their lives. Edward's mother lived with him until she died at the age of 101. His brothers and sister also spent their later years residing at his Encino estate.
• 'Tommy Bond (I)' (qv) was a regular on Horton's radio show in the 1930's.
• Appeared in a number of revivals of the comedy play "Springtime for Henry" beginning in the 1930s and extending into the 1960s. He played the part of the effete Henry Dewlip more than 3,000 times.
• Joined a Gilbert and Sullivan stock company in 1907 on Staten Island and performed in several shows, including "The Mikado". He went on to join several theatre companies in the 1910s, including the Orpheum Players in Philadelphia, The Baker Stock Company in Oregon, and the Crescent Theatre in Brooklyn.
• Edward Everett Horton's grandfather and namesake was 'Edward Everett Hale' (qv), author of "The Man Without a Country."
• Studied business at both Polytechnic Institute and at Columbia. At Columbia, however, he began acting in collegiate plays and that changed the direction of his life.
• According to an in-depth article by Eve Golden in "Classic Images" magazine, Edward's longtime companion was actor 'Gavin Gordon (I)' (qv), who was 15 years his junior. Not much was ever documented on the couple. They appeared in one movie together - _Pocketful of Miracles (1961)_ (qv).
• Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 281-283. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.