Edward Everett Horton: movies and TV shows
Edward Everett Horton has 165 credits in the archive: 138 films and 27 TV series, from 1922 to 1997. Highest rated: I Love Lucy (7.9/10).
Career timeline
1922 – 1997 · busiest year: 1935 (13 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self (archive footage) | Film | 5.1 | 111 |
| 1976 | Bob Hope's World of Comedy | Self - Tribute Montage (archive footage) | Film | — | 90 |
| 1971 | Cold Turkey | Hiram C. Grayson | Film | 6.3 | 85 |
| 1970 | Nanny and the Professor | TV | 6.7 | 84 | |
| 1969 | Love, American Style | Elmo | TV | 6.2 | 83 |
| 1969 | 2000 Years Later | Evermore | Film | 7.5 | 83 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Philip Armistead | TV | 7.0 | 82 |
| 1967 | The Perils of Pauline | Caspar Coleman | Film | 4.4 | 81 |
| 1966 | Batman | Chief Screaming Chicken | TV | 7.3 | 80 |
| 1965 | F Troop | TV | 6.3 | 79 | |
| 1964 | Sex and the Single Girl | The Chief | Film | 6.6 | 78 |
| 1964 | The Cara Williams Show | TV | 6.5 | 78 | |
| 1964 | The Emperor's Oblong Pancake | Narrator | Film | — | 78 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Grover Leander Smith | TV | 6.3 | 77 |
| 1963 | Burke's Law | Wilbur Starlington | TV | 6.3 | 77 |
| 1963 | It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World | Mr. Dinckler | Film | 7.0 | 77 |
| 1963 | One Got Fat | Narrator (voice) | Film | 6.4 | 77 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 76 |
| 1962 | Saints and Sinners | Mr. Hollister | TV | 7.0 | 76 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 75 |
| 1961 | Pocketful of Miracles | Hudgins | Film | 7.3 | 75 |
| 1960 | The Wonderful World of Trains | Professor Hotbox | Film | — | 74 |
| 1959 | The Bullwinkle Show | Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.1 | 73 |
| 1959 | Dennis the Menace | Uncle Ned Matthews | TV | 6.6 | 73 |
| 1959 | The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends | Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice) | TV | 8.0 | 73 |
| 1959 | Fractured Fairy Tales | Narrator (voice) | TV | 7.0 | 73 |
| 1957 | The Lux Show | Self | TV | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1957 | The Story of Mankind | Sir Walter Raleigh | Film | 4.4 | 71 |
| 1957 | Three Men on a Horse | Mr. Carver | Film | — | 71 |
| 1956 | The Steve Allen Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.2 | 70 |
| 1956 | The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show | Storyteller (voice) | TV | 10.0 | 70 |
| 1956 | Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower | Noah | Film | — | 70 |
| 1955 | Matinee Theater | TV | 5.3 | 69 | |
| 1954 | December Bride | TV | 6.3 | 68 | |
| 1954 | The George Gobel Show | Self | TV | 7.8 | 68 |
| 1954 | Max Liebman Presents | TV | — | 68 | |
| 1953 | General Electric Theater | Mr. Parkinson | TV | 6.8 | 67 |
| 1951 | I Love Lucy | Mr. Ritter | TV | 7.9 | 65 |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self | TV | 6.9 | 64 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 62 | |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | TV | 6.8 | 62 |
| 1947 | Down to Earth | Messenger 7013 | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1947 | Her Husband's Affairs | J.B. Cruikshank | Film | 5.6 | 61 |
| 1947 | The Ghost Goes Wild | Eric | Film | 6.0 | 61 |
| 1946 | Cinderella Jones | Keating | Film | 3.8 | 60 |
| 1946 | Faithful in My Fashion | Hiram Dilworthy | Film | 7.0 | 60 |
| 1946 | Earl Carroll Sketchbook | Dr. Milo Edwards | Film | 8.0 | 60 |
| 1945 | Lady on a Train | Mr. Haskell | Film | 6.7 | 59 |
| 1945 | Steppin' in Society | Judge Avery Webster | Film | 6.0 | 59 |
| 1944 | Arsenic and Old Lace | Mr. Witherspoon | Film | 7.6 | 58 |
| 1944 | Summer Storm | Count "Piggy" Volsky | Film | 5.7 | 58 |
| 1944 | Her Primitive Man | Orrin | Film | 7.5 | 58 |
| 1944 | Brazil | Everett St. John Everett | Film | 5.2 | 58 |
| 1944 | The Town Went Wild | Everett Conway | Film | 7.0 | 58 |
| 1944 | San Diego I Love You | Philip McCooley | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1943 | The Gang's All Here | Peyton Potter | Film | 5.9 | 57 |
| 1943 | Thank Your Lucky Stars | Farnsworth | Film | 6.2 | 57 |
| 1943 | Forever and a Day | Anthony Trimble-Pomfret | Film | 7.5 | 57 |
| 1942 | Springtime in the Rockies | McTavish | Film | 6.9 | 56 |
| 1942 | The Magnificent Dope | Horace Hunter | Film | 7.3 | 56 |
| 1942 | I Married an Angel | Peter | Film | 6.0 | 56 |
| 1941 | Here Comes Mr. Jordan | Messenger 7013 | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1941 | Bachelor Daddy | Joseph Smith | Film | 8.0 | 55 |
| 1941 | Ziegfeld Girl | Noble Sage | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1941 | The Body Disappears | Professor Shotesbury | Film | 6.1 | 55 |
| 1941 | You're the One | Death Valley Joe Frink | Film | 4.7 | 55 |
| 1941 | Sunny | Henry Bates | Film | 5.9 | 55 |
| 1941 | Weekend for Three | Fred Stonebraker | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1939 | The Gang's All Here | Treadwell | Film | 7.5 | 53 |
| 1939 | That's Right – You're Wrong | Tom Village | Film | 6.3 | 53 |
| 1939 | Paris Honeymoon | Ernest Figg | Film | 5.5 | 53 |
| 1938 | Holiday | Nick Potter | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1938 | Bluebeard's 8th Wife | Marquis De Loiselle | Film | 7.1 | 52 |
| 1938 | College Swing | Hubert Dash | Film | 6.8 | 52 |
| 1938 | Little Tough Guys in Society | Oliver | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1937 | Lost Horizon | Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett | Film | 6.9 | 51 |
| 1937 | Shall We Dance | Jeffrey Baird | Film | 7.3 | 51 |
| 1937 | Oh, Doctor | Edward J. Billop | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1937 | Angel | Graham | Film | 6.7 | 51 |
| 1937 | Danger – Love at Work | Howard Rogers | Film | 7.0 | 51 |
| 1937 | The Perfect Specimen | Mr. Grattan | Film | 6.4 | 51 |
| 1937 | Wild Money | P.E. Dodd | Film | 8.0 | 51 |
| 1937 | The King and the Chorus Girl | Count Humbert Evel Bruger | Film | 6.2 | 51 |
| 1937 | Hitting a New High | Lucius B. Blynn | Film | 5.5 | 51 |
| 1937 | The Great Garrick | Tubby | Film | 6.3 | 51 |
| 1936 | Nobody's Fool | Will Wright | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1936 | Her Master's Voice | Ned Farrar | Film | 6.5 | 50 |
| 1936 | The Singing Kid | Davenport Rogers | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1936 | Let's Make a Million | Harrison Gentry | Film | 7.5 | 50 |
| 1936 | Hearts Divided | John | Film | 5.5 | 50 |
| 1936 | The Man in the Mirror | Jeremy Dilke | Film | 7.0 | 50 |
| 1935 | Top Hat | Horace Hardwick | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1935 | In Caliente | Harold Brandon | Film | 6.7 | 49 |
| 1935 | The Devil Is a Woman | Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito' | Film | 6.3 | 49 |
| 1935 | Biography of a Bachelor Girl | Leander 'Bunny' Nolan | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1935 | His Night Out | Homer B. Bitts | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | The Night Is Young | Baron Szereny | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | Little Big Shot | Mortimer Thompson | Film | 7.3 | 49 |
| 1935 | Things You Never See on the Screen | Self | Film | 5.3 | 49 |
| 1935 | Your Uncle Dudley | Dudley Dixon | Film | 5.5 | 49 |
| 1935 | $10 Raise | Hubert T. Wilkins | Film | 9.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | All the King's Horses | Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat | Film | 6.8 | 49 |
| 1935 | The Private Secretary | Rev. Robert Spalding | Film | 7.0 | 49 |
| 1935 | Going Highbrow | Augie Winterspoon | Film | 6.5 | 49 |
| 1934 | Uncertain Lady | Elliot Crane | Film | 9.0 | 48 |
| 1934 | The Gay Divorcee | Egbert Fitzgerald | Film | 6.9 | 48 |
| 1934 | The Merry Widow | Ambassador Popoff | Film | 6.7 | 48 |
| 1934 | Easy to Love | Eric | Film | 5.1 | 48 |
| 1934 | Success at Any Price | Harry Fisher | Film | 4.1 | 48 |
| 1934 | The Poor Rich | Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood | Film | 8.0 | 48 |
| 1934 | It's a Boy | Dudley Leake | Film | 10.0 | 48 |
| 1934 | Kiss and Make-Up | Marcel Caron | Film | 5.3 | 48 |
| 1934 | Smarty | Vernon | Film | 4.6 | 48 |
| 1934 | Ladies Should Listen | Paul Vernet | Film | 6.2 | 48 |
| 1934 | Sing and Like It | Adam Frink - Producer | Film | 5.0 | 48 |
| 1933 | Alice in Wonderland | Mad Hatter | Film | 6.1 | 47 |
| 1933 | Design for Living | Max Plunkett | Film | 7.1 | 47 |
| 1933 | A Bedtime Story | Victor Dubois | Film | 5.7 | 47 |
| 1933 | The Way to Love | Professor Gaston Bibi | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1933 | Soldiers of the King | Sebastian Marvello | Film | 8.0 | 47 |
| 1932 | Trouble in Paradise | Francois | Film | 7.4 | 46 |
| 1932 | Roar of the Dragon | Busby | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1932 | But the Flesh Is Weak | Sir George Kelvin | Film | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1931 | The Front Page | Bensinger | Film | 6.5 | 45 |
| 1931 | Six Cylinder Love | Monty Winston | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1931 | Smart Woman | Billy Ross | Film | 5.4 | 45 |
| 1931 | The Age for Love | Horace Keats | Film | 9.0 | 45 |
| 1931 | Kiss Me Again | Rene | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1931 | Lonely Wives | Richard 'Dickie' Smith / Felix, the Great Zero | Film | 5.3 | 45 |
| 1931 | The Great Junction Hotel | The Groom | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1930 | Reaching for the Moon | Roger, the Valet | Film | 5.7 | 44 |
| 1930 | Wide Open | Simon Haldane | Film | 5.6 | 44 |
| 1930 | Holiday | Nick Potter | Film | 6.2 | 44 |
| 1930 | Take the Heir | Smithers | Film | 10.0 | 44 |
| 1930 | Once a Gentleman | Oliver | Film | 9.0 | 44 |
| 1929 | The Aviator | Robert Street | Film | 4.5 | 43 |
| 1929 | The Sap | The Sap, Bill Small | Film | 10.0 | 43 |
| 1929 | The Hottentot | Sam Harrington | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1929 | Sonny Boy | Crandall Thorpe | Film | 7.0 | 43 |
| 1929 | Ask Dad | Dad | Film | 6.3 | 43 |
| 1928 | Horse Shy | Eddie Hamilton | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1928 | Scrambled Weddings | Eddie Howe | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1928 | The Terror | Ferdinand Fane | Film | 7.5 | 42 |
| 1928 | Vacation Waves | Eddie Davis | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1928 | Behind the Counter | Eddie Baxter | Film | 8.5 | 42 |
| 1928 | Dad's Choice | Eddie | Film | 7.3 | 42 |
| 1928 | Call Again | Eddie | Film | 8.0 | 42 |
| 1927 | Taxi! Taxi! | Peter Whitby | Film | 9.0 | 41 |
| 1927 | No Publicity | Eddie Howard | Film | 7.0 | 41 |
| 1927 | Find the King | Edward Fairchild | Film | 8.0 | 41 |
| 1926 | Poker Faces | Jimmy Whitmore | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1926 | The Whole Town's Talking | Chester Binney | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1926 | La Bohème | Benoit - Janitor | Film | 6.4 | 40 |
| 1926 | The Nutcracker | Horatio Slipaway | Film | 7.0 | 40 |
| 1925 | Beggar on Horseback | Neil McRae | Film | 6.5 | 39 |
| 1924 | Flapper Wives | Vincent Platt | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1924 | Try and Get It | Glenn Collins | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1924 | Helen's Babies | Uncle Harry | Film | 5.9 | 38 |
| 1924 | To the Ladies | Leonard Beebe | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1924 | The Man Who Fights Alone | Bob Alten | Film | 8.0 | 38 |
| 1923 | Ruggles of Red Gap | Ruggles | Film | 7.0 | 37 |
| 1922 | A Front Page Story | Rodney Marvin | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1922 | Too Much Business | John Henry Jackson | Film | 7.0 | 36 |
| 1922 | The Ladder Jinx | Arthur Barnes | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| The Right Bed | Bobby Kent | Film | 7.0 | — |