As Actor
Dramatic School
1938
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Erik Rhodes
Acting
Birth date
February 10, 1906
Birth place
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Death date
February 17, 1990
Biography
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.
