Erik Rhodes
Known for Acting
Biography
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.
Filmography
Top Hat
1935
as Alberto Beddini
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Charlie Chan in Paris
1935
as Max Corday
The Gay Divorcee
1934
as Rodolfo Tonetti
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1938
as David Scott-Frensham
Dramatic School
1938
as Georges Mounier
Fight for Your Lady
1937
as Anton Spadissimo
On Your Toes
1939
as Konstantin Morrisine
A Night at the Ritz
1935
as Leopold
Give Her a Ring
1934
Music for Madame
1937
as Spaghetti Nadzio
Say It in French
1938
as Irving
One Rainy Afternoon
1936
as Count Alfredo Donstelli
Chatterbox
1936
as Archie Fisher
Two in the Dark
1936
as Carlo Gheet
Meet the Girls
1938
as Maurice Leon
Woman Chases Man
1937
as Henri Saffron
Beg, Borrow or Steal
1937
as Lefevre
Special Investigator
1936
as Benny Gray
Smartest Girl in Town
1936
as Baron Enrico Torene