Edward Everett Horton

Career timeline

1. 1886 · Born

   Born in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

2. 1922 · Screen debut

   A Front Page Story (Movie)

3. 1955 · Breakthrough

   Matinee Theater (TV)

4. 1970 · Died

   September 29, 1970

5. 1971 · Latest release

   Cold Turkey (Movie)

Career in numbers

5 1920s

36 1930s

17 1940s

12 1950s

11 1960s

2 1970s

• Comedy63
• Romance32
• Drama22
• Music11
• Fantasy6
• Family5

Highest-rated title I Love Lucy 1951 7.9 Most popular title Batman 1966 7.3

Frequent collaborators

People who appear most often alongside Edward Everett Horton in our catalogue.

Eric Blore

4 titles together

Samson Raphaelson

4 titles together

Herman Bing

4 titles together

Gary Cooper

3 titles together

Ginger Rogers

3 titles together

Gary Nelson

3 titles together

Ben Hecht

3 titles together

William Conrad

3 titles together

Joan Blondell

2 titles together

Larry Storch

2 titles together

1. 1971 Cold Turkey as Hiram C. Grayson 6.2 Movie
2. 1970 Nanny and the Professor TV
3. 1969 Love, American Style as Elmo 6.2 TV
4. 1968 The Name of the Game as Philip Armistead TV
5. 1967 The Perils of Pauline as Caspar Coleman Movie
6. 1966 Batman as Chief Screaming Chicken 7.3 TV
7. 1965 F Troop 6.3 TV
8. 1964 Sex and the Single Girl as The Chief 6.5 Movie
9. 1964 The Cara Williams Show TV
10. 1963 It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World as Mr. Dinckler 7.0 Movie
11. 1963 Burke's Law as Grover Leander Smith TV
12. 1962 Saints and Sinners as Mr. Hollister TV
13. 1961 Pocketful of Miracles as Hudgins 7.3 Movie
14. 1959 The Bullwinkle Show as Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice) 7.2 TV
15. 1959 Fractured Fairy Tales as Narrator (voice) TV
16. 1959 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends as Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice) TV
17. 1959 Dennis the Menace as Uncle Ned Matthews 6.6 TV
18. 1957 The Story of Mankind as Sir Walter Raleigh 4.4 Movie
19. 1957 Three Men on a Horse as Mr. Carver Movie
20. 1956 The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show as Storyteller (voice) TV
21. 1955 Matinee Theater TV
22. 1954 December Bride TV
23. 1954 Max Liebman Presents TV
24. 1953 General Electric Theater as Mr. Parkinson TV
25. 1951 I Love Lucy as Mr. Ritter 7.9 TV
26. 1948 The Philco Television Playhouse TV
27. 1947 Her Husband's Affairs as J.B. Cruikshank Movie
28. 1947 Down to Earth as Messenger 7013 6.0 Movie
29. 1945 Lady on a Train as Mr. Haskell 6.6 Movie
30. 1944 Brazil as Everett St. John Everett Movie
31. 1944 Arsenic and Old Lace as Mr. Witherspoon 7.6 Movie
32. 1944 Summer Storm as Count "Piggy" Volsky Movie
33. 1943 The Gang's All Here as Peyton Potter 5.9 Movie
34. 1943 Thank Your Lucky Stars as Farnsworth 6.2 Movie
35. 1943 Forever and a Day as Anthony Trimble-Pomfret Movie
36. 1942 Springtime in the Rockies as McTavish Movie
37. 1942 I Married an Angel as Peter Movie
38. 1942 The Magnificent Dope as Horace Hunter Movie
39. 1941 Here Comes Mr. Jordan as Messenger 7013 7.0 Movie
40. 1941 Sunny as Henry Bates Movie
41. 1941 Ziegfeld Girl as Noble Sage 6.6 Movie
42. 1941 You're the One as Death Valley Joe Frink Movie
43. 1939 That's Right – You're Wrong as Tom Village Movie
44. 1939 The Gang's All Here as Treadwell Movie
45. 1938 Little Tough Guys in Society as Oliver Movie
46. 1938 Holiday as Nick Potter 7.3 Movie
47. 1938 Bluebeard's Eighth Wife as Marquis De Loiselle 7.0 Movie
48. 1937 Hitting a New High as Lucius B. Blynn Movie
49. 1937 The Great Garrick as Tubby Movie
50. 1937 Angel as Graham 6.7 Movie
51. 1937 Danger – Love at Work as Howard Rogers Movie
52. 1937 Shall We Dance as Jeffrey Baird 7.3 Movie
53. 1937 Oh, Doctor as Edward J. Billop Movie
54. 1937 The King and the Chorus Girl as Count Humbert Evel Bruger Movie
55. 1937 Lost Horizon as Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett 7.0 Movie
56. 1936 Her Master's Voice as Ned Farrar Movie
57. 1935 Top Hat as Horace Hardwick 7.2 Movie
58. 1935 In Caliente as Harold Brandon Movie
59. 1935 $10 Raise as Hubert T. Wilkins Movie
60. 1935 The Devil Is a Woman as Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito' 6.4 Movie
61. 1935 The Night Is Young as Baron Szereny Movie
62. 1935 Biography of a Bachelor Girl as Leander 'Bunny' Nolan Movie
63. 1934 The Merry Widow as Ambassador Popoff 6.8 Movie
64. 1934 The Gay Divorcee as Egbert Fitzgerald 6.9 Movie
65. 1934 Kiss and Make-Up as Marcel Caron 5.4 Movie
66. 1934 Smarty as Vernon Movie
67. 1934 Success at Any Price as Harry Fisher Movie
68. 1933 Design for Living as Max Plunkett 7.1 Movie
69. 1933 Alice in Wonderland as Mad Hatter 6.1 Movie
70. 1932 Trouble in Paradise as Francois 7.4 Movie
71. 1932 Roar of the Dragon as Busby Movie
72. 1932 But the Flesh Is Weak as Sir George Kelvin Movie
73. 1931 The Age for Love as Horace Keats Movie
74. 1931 Six Cylinder Love as Monty Winston Movie
75. 1931 The Front Page as Bensinger 6.4 Movie
76. 1930 Reaching for the Moon as Roger, the Valet Movie
77. 1930 Holiday as Nick Potter 6.2 Movie
78. 1930 Wide Open as Simon Haldane Movie
79. 1924 Helen's Babies as Uncle Harry Movie
80. 1924 The Man Who Fights Alone as Bob Alten Movie
81. 1924 Try and Get It as Glenn Collins Movie
82. 1924 Flapper Wives as Vincent Platt Movie
83. 1922 A Front Page Story as Rodney Marvin Movie

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