Erik Rhodes
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.
Top Hat
as Alberto BeddiniShowman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his...
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The Gay Divorcee
as Rodolfo TonettiSeeking a divorce from her absentee husband, Mimi Glossop travels to an English seaside resort....
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Charlie Chan in Paris
as Max CordayCharlie's visit to Paris, ostensibly a vacation, is really a mission to investigate a...
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Special Investigator
as Benny GrayA lawyer changes from defending public enemies to bringing them to justice after his brother is...
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Mysterious Mr. Moto
as David Scott-FrenshamThe Japanese detective rounds up a league of assassins for Scotland Yard.
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The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender
as Self (archive footage)A film scrapbook, images, phrases from our past, hiding their meanings behind veils. Let's lift...
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One Rainy Afternoon
as Count Alfredo DonstelliSuave French actor Philippe Martin provokes a scandal when, in a darkened theater, he mistakes...
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Woman Chases Man
as Henri SaffronA pretty architect devises a wild scheme to convince a handsome millionaire to fund a new...
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Beg, Borrow or Steal
as LefevreWe find con-man Ingraham Steward living by his wits by steering wealthy Paris visitors to...
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On Your Toes
as Konstantin MorrisineA Russian dance company agrees to stage the new ballet written by a vaudeville hoofer.
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Chatterbox
as Archie FisherTeenage orphan Jenny Yates becomes starstruck when a revival of an old Victorian melodrama...
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Smartest Girl in Town
as Baron Enrico ToreneA girl in search of a rich husband mistakes a millionaire for a male model.
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Two in the Dark
as Carlo GheetFord Adams regains consciousness in Boston, bloody and suffering from amnesia. Information he...
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The Canary Comes Across
as Canary DillonA prisoner with a good singing voice escapes, only to grow jealous when an opera singer who...
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Dramatic School
as Georges MounierAspiring actress Louise Muban attends the prestigious Paris School of Drama during the day and...
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Music for Madame
as Spaghetti NadzioAn Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of...
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Old Man Rhythm
as Frank RochetRomantic rivalries between father and son enrolled at the same college.
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Criminal Lawyer
as Tony BandiniBarry Brandon, a criminal lawyer, visits the night club of Denny Larkin, his primary client,...
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Fight for Your Lady
as Anton SpadissimoWrestling trainer puts himself in charge of a singer's love life when the singer is jilted by a...
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A Night at the Biltmore Bowl
as Erik RhodesJoin vocalists broadcasting from the Biltmore Bowl in Los Angeles.
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The Nitwits
as George ClarkA would-be songwriter and a would-be inventor run a cigar stand and get mixed up in the murder...
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Meet the Girls
as Maurice LeonEntertainers lose their jobs and their fares from Honolulu back to San Francisco so they must...
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Say It in French
as IrvingAn American golf pro falls in love with a woman while visiting France; before long they are...
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Another Face
as GrimmThe surgeon who did the job was dead. Only the nurse knew what this gangster looked like in his...
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Second Wife
as Dave BennetKenneth discovers that his son by his first wife is ill in a remote Swiss village, and is forced...
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A Night at the Ritz
as LeopoldA PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.
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Perry Mason
as Herman AlbrightThe cases of master criminal defense attorney Perry Mason and his staff who handled the most...
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Naked City
as GardellNaked City is a police drama series which aired from 1958 to 1963 on the ABC television network....
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The Bob Hope Show
as SelfThe Bob Hope Show hosted by Bob Hope, debuted on April 9, 1950. During the 1952-1953 season, NBC...
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