1935Nominee
Best Performance
Top Hat
Erik Rhodes
Actor
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
February 10, 1906
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.
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Representative Works
Awards and Honors
Critical Favorites
1934Nominee
Best Performance
The Gay Divorcee
1935Nominee
Best Performance
Charlie Chan in Paris
Career Highlights
1938Highlight
Best Performance
Mysterious Mr. Moto
1935Highlight
Best Performance
The Nitwits
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Top Hat
The Gay Divorcee
Mysterious Mr. Moto