Edward Everett Horton

Charmingly comic character actor who played the ineffectual bumbler in scores of films from the 1920s through the 70s. Among many triumphs Horton is remembered as Fred Astaire's sidekick in "The Gay Divorcee" (1934), "Top Hat" (1935) and "Shall We Dance?" (1937).

• Also Credited As:
  Edward Everett Horton Jr
• Born:
  March 18, 1886 in Brooklyn, New York, USA
• Died:
  September 29, 1970.
• Job Titles:
  Actor

Family

• Father: Edward Everett Horton. proofreader for The New York Times
• Mother: Isabella Horton.

Education

• Columbia University, New York, New York