Edward Everett Horton

At 84 years old, Edward Everett Horton has this physical status:

Edward Everett Horton Jr. (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor.

He worked in film, theater, radio, television, and television, as well as voice work for animated cartoons for a long career.

Early life

Edward Everett Horton, a New York Times compositor, and his partner Isabella S. (née Diack) Horton were born in Brooklyn, New York (then an independent city). His father had English and German ancestry, and his mother was born in Matanzas, Cuba, to George and Mary (Orr) Diack, Scottish natives. He attended Boys' High School, Brooklyn, and Baltimore City College, where he later was inducted into the College of Fame.

He was a student at Oberlin College in Ohio, where he majored in German. However, he was asked to leave after he scaled to the top of a building and screamed a dummy, prompting the crowds to believe he had jumped. He attended the Polytechnic Institute in Brooklyn for one year before the school dropped arts classes; he then moved to Columbia University, "until I was fouled up with the 1909 Varsity Exhibition." This was the first time I had actually attended a performance... To put it mildly, Columbia and I then arrived at an amicable semblance of the ways. They were just as excited to see me go as I was to get out." That brought Horton's academic career to a close.

Personal life

Edward Everett Horton never discussed his personal life, but in 1968, he gave writers Bernard Rosenberg and Harry Silverstein an interview, whose reflections of his life and work were punctuated by self-effacing remarks. Well, a few people are, but they are not in circulation"). The interview, which was released in 1970, focused on his personal lives: Horton said that rather than dating or nightclubbing, he would invite his female co-stars to attend parties he was attending. "I never married." Nevertheless, I haven't lost hope. You know this is Leap Year [1968]".

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Stage and film career

Horton began his stage career in 1906, singing and dancing, as well as appearing in small roles in college, vaudeville, and Broadway productions. His father advised him not to use his full name professionally. "I went under Edward Horton's name at first." Edward, my father, said, 'I think you're making a mistake'. Anybody could be Edward Horton, but nobody else could be Edward Everett Horton.' "I think I like that."

In 1919, he moved to Los Angeles, California, where he began acting in Hollywood films. In the comedy Beggar on Horseback (1925), he appeared in Too Much Business (1922), and he portrayed the lead role of an idealistic young classical composer. He appeared in eight two-reel comedies directed by Harold Lloyd for In 1927–29, he appeared in eight two-reel silent comedies produced by Paraphrasedoutput. In 1929, he converted to sound films with Educational Pictures, in a series of sound-comedy playlets. He found more film work as a stage-trained actor and appeared in some Warner Bros. films, including The Terror (1928) and Sonny Boy (1929).

Edward Everett Horton soon cultivated his own personal twist on the double take (an actor's reaction to something was followed by a longer, more traumatic reaction). In Horton's version, he smiled approvingly and nodded in accordance with what had just happened; then, when realisation was applied, his facial features crumbled completely into a sober, struggling mask.

In the 1930s, Horton appeared in several comedy films, mostly as a mousy fellow who was struggling with domestic or occupational issues until a certain point and then declared himself as a happy ending. He is best known for his service in supporting roles, however. Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), Trouble in Paradise (1932), Alice in Wonderland (1934), The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1936), The Wonderland (1933), The First of Many Astaire/Rogers films In which Horton appeared (1934), Top Hat (1941), Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941), The Unsenic and the Single Girl (1964), Sex and the Single Girl (1964), It's a His last film appearance was in the comedy film Cold Turkey (1971), in which his character only talked through facial expressions.

Horton continued to appear in stage plays, most often in summertime. Henry's appearance in the Springtime Show was a hit in summer theaters.

Edward Everett Horton was so prolific that he often found himself committed to two projects at the same time. One project is still underway, but the second project came up quicker than anticipated, causing Horton to make other arrangements. Horton, a 1953 boy from The Name's the Same, announced on ABC's game show The Name's the Same, that his next photograph would be one of the Ma and Pa Kettle comedies. Horton had to leave because of a scheduling conflict, and Alan Mowbray's role in Ma and Pa Kettle at Home was compelled. Horton was approached by his former director Frank Capra in 1960 to film Pocketful of Miracles. Horton wanted to return to Capra but had to finish a stage run of the play Once Upon a Mattress; the show will not be closing for another two weeks. Horton phoned Buster Keaton, who had appeared in a previous production, and asked if Keaton would replace him. Keaton completed the play, and Horton produced the Capra film.

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