Edward Everett Horton

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Name: Edward Everett Horton Jr.
Dates: March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970.
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA.
Profession: American character actor and comedian.
Career scope: Film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons.
Stage career: Began in 1906, singing, dancing, and playing small parts in vaudeville and Broadway productions.
Hollywood: Moved to Los Angeles, California, in 1919.
First starring role: Comedy Too Much Business (1922).
Lead role: Idealistic young classical composer in the drama Beggar on Horseback (1925).
Late 1920s: Starred in two-reel silent comedies for Educational Pictures.
Notable works/associations:
Arsenic and Old Lace.
Appeared in Hollywood comedies in the 1930s as a counterpart to gentlemen and protagonists.
Remembered for work in films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
Voice of Fractured Fairy Tales on The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show.
TMDB Credits: 164.
Paragraph 1: Early Career and Transition to Hollywood.
Edward Everett Horton Jr. was an American character actor and comedian born in Brooklyn, New York City. He began his stage career in 1906, performing as a singer and dancer and playing small parts in vaudeville and Broadway productions. In 1919, he moved to Los Angeles, California, to begin acting in Hollywood films. His first starring role was in the 1922 comedy Too Much Business. He later portrayed the lead role of an idealistic young classical composer in the 1925 drama Beggar on Horseback. During the late 1920s, Horton starred in two-reel silent comedies for Educational Pictures.
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Horton had a long career spanning film, theater, radio, television, and voice work for animated cartoons. He is remembered for his work in the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. During the 1930s, he appeared in many Hollywood comedies, often serving as a counterpart to the films' protagonists and gentlemen. His credits include Arsenic and Old Lace. Additionally, he provided voice work for Fractured Fairy Tales on The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show.
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Edward Everett Horton Jr. was an American character actor and comedian. Born in Brooklyn, New York City, he began his stage career in 1906, where he sang, danced, and played small parts in vaudeville and Broadway productions. In 1919, he moved to Los Angeles, California, to begin acting in Hollywood films. His first starring role was in the 1922 comedy Too Much Business, and he later played the lead role of an idealistic young classical composer in the 1925 drama Beggar on Horseback. In the late 1920s, he starred in two-reel silent comedies for Educational Pictures.
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