Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
10 กุมภาพันธ์ 1906
Died
17 กุมภาพันธ์ 1990
Place of birth
El Reno, Oklahoma Territory, USA
Also known as
Ernest Sharpe · Eric Rhodes
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.
