Born March 18th 1886 in Brooklyn, NY.
Edward Everett Horton appeared in almost all Hollywood comedies of the thirties.
He was always the perfect contrapart to the great gentlemen and protagonists of the films. Like many others he came to the movies from the theatre stages where he debuted in 1906.
At the cinema he debuted in 1922. In contrast to some of his colleagues he had no problems in adapting to the sound despite of his crackling voice. From 1932 to 1938 he worked a lot with Ernst Lubitsch and later with Frank Capra.
In total his cinematography consists of more than 120 entries.
Often mistaken for an Englishman, actor Edward Everett Horton was actually born in Brooklyn, the son of newspaper print-machine operator.
Horton left Oberlin College in his junior year to pursue his dreams of becoming a stage actor, receiving his training at Brooklyn's Polytechnic Institute and then at Columbia University.
Most well known for his roles in the delightful Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers musicals at RKO Pictures, also popular roles in "Holiday" and "Arsenic And Old Lace".
