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Ernest Sharpe
Eric Rhodes
Erik Rhodes
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.
Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)
On Your Toes
as Konstantin Morrisine
Dramatic School
as Georges Mounier
Mysterious Mr. Moto
as David Scott-Frensham
Say It in French
as Irving
Meet the Girls
as Maurice Leon
The Canary Comes Across
as Canary Dillon
Criminal Lawyer
as Tony Bandini
Woman Chases Man
as Henri Saffron
Beg, Borrow or Steal
as Lefevre
