Portrait of Edward Everett Horton

Acting

Edward Everett Horton

Career

Active from 1922 to 1971, busiest in 1935 with 12 main titles.

Leading roles
86
top three billing
Average score
GoodWatch score62/100
Highest rated
Poster for Holiday
Holiday
GoodWatch score89/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 50 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Energy: 3.3 versus catalog average 4.6EnergyHeart: 4.8 versus catalog average 4.2HeartHumor: 3.9 versus catalog average 2.6HumorWorld: 5.6 versus catalog average 5.6WorldCraft: 5.1 versus catalog average 5.3CraftStyle: 6.0 versus catalog average 5.9Style
Edward Everett Horton Catalog average

Rarely in their work

  • Contemporary Realism
    2.3, average 5.4
  • Violence
    1.6, average 4.1
  • Psychological
    3.5, average 5.5
  • Scare
    0.7, average 2.6

Main genres

Select a genre to see those titles.

Recurring tags

  • Romantic Comedy 10
  • Classic Hollywood 8
  • Historical Setting 8
  • Class Conflict 6
  • Screwball Comedy 6
  • Nostalgic Charm 5
  • Pre-Code Hollywood 5
  • Witty Dialogue 5
  • Nostalgic 5
  • Classic Romantic Comedy 4
  • Slapstick Comedy 4
  • Quirky Characters 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

155
Type
Role
Score
Decade
Genre
Group by

Upcoming

1 title
The Right Bed
The Right Bed

as Bobby Kent

1970s

2 titles ยท average score 65
Cold Turkey
Cold Turkey (1971)
GoodWatch score 60

as Hiram C. Grayson

Nanny and the Professor
Nanny and the Professor (1970)
GoodWatch score 69

TV show

1960s

15 titles ยท average score 59
2000 Years Later
2000 Years Later (1969)

as Evermore

Love, American Style
Love, American Style (1969)
GoodWatch score 43

TV show ยท as Elmo

The Name of the Game
The Name of the Game (1968)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Philip Armistead

The Perils of Pauline
The Perils of Pauline (1967)
GoodWatch score 44

as Caspar Coleman

Batman
Batman (1966)
GoodWatch score 73

TV show ยท as Chief Screaming Chicken

F Troop
F Troop (1965)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show

Sex and the Single Girl
Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
GoodWatch score 56

as The Chief

One Got Fat
One Got Fat (1963)
GoodWatch score 62

as Narrator (voice)

Burke's Law
Burke's Law (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Grover Leander Smith / Wilbur Starlington

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
GoodWatch score 68

as Mr. Dinckler

Saints and Sinners
Saints and Sinners (1962)

TV show ยท as Mr. Hollister

Pocketful of Miracles
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
GoodWatch score 61

as Hudgins

1950s

13 titles ยท average score 60
The Bullwinkle Show
The Bullwinkle Show (1959)
GoodWatch score 49

TV show ยท as Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)

Dennis the Menace
Dennis the Menace (1959)
GoodWatch score 45

TV show ยท as Uncle Ned Matthews

The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (1959)

TV show ยท as Fractured Fairy Tales Narrator (voice)

Fractured Fairy Tales
Fractured Fairy Tales (1959)
GoodWatch score 77

TV show ยท as Narrator (voice)

The Story of Mankind
The Story of Mankind (1957)
GoodWatch score 34

as Sir Walter Raleigh

Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower
Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower (1956)

as Noah

The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show
The Gerald McBoing-Boing Show (1956)

TV show ยท as Storyteller (voice)

Matinee Theater
Matinee Theater (1955)

TV show

December Bride
December Bride (1954)
GoodWatch score 70

TV show

Max Liebman Presents
Max Liebman Presents (1954)

TV show

General Electric Theater
General Electric Theater (1953)
GoodWatch score 68

TV show ยท as Mr. Parkinson

I Love Lucy
I Love Lucy (1951)
GoodWatch score 81

TV show ยท as Mr. Ritter

1940s

28 titles ยท average score 61
Her Husband's Affairs
Her Husband's Affairs (1947)
GoodWatch score 49

as J.B. Cruikshank

Down to Earth
Down to Earth (1947)
GoodWatch score 48

as Messenger 7013

Faithful in My Fashion
Faithful in My Fashion (1946)
GoodWatch score 64

as Hiram Dilworthy

Brazil
Brazil (1944)
GoodWatch score 55

as Everett St. John Everett

San Diego I Love You
San Diego I Love You (1944)
GoodWatch score 68

as Philip McCooley

The Town Went Wild
The Town Went Wild (1944)
GoodWatch score 63

as Everett Conway

Her Primitive Man
Her Primitive Man (1944)

as Orrin

The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here (1943)
GoodWatch score 82

as Peyton Potter

I Married an Angel
I Married an Angel (1942)
GoodWatch score 46

as Peter

Bachelor Daddy
Bachelor Daddy (1941)

as Joseph Smith

Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
GoodWatch score 70

as Messenger 7013

The Body Disappears
The Body Disappears (1941)
GoodWatch score 74

as Professor Shotesbury

1930s

66 titles ยท average score 64
The Gang's All Here
The Gang's All Here (1939)

as Treadwell

Bluebeard's Eighth Wife
Bluebeard's Eighth Wife (1938)
GoodWatch score 57

as Marquis De Loiselle

Holiday
Holiday (1938)
GoodWatch score 89

as Nick Potter

Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon (1937)
GoodWatch score 83

as Alexander P. " Lovey " Lovett

Shall We Dance
Shall We Dance (1937)
GoodWatch score 83

as Jeffrey Baird

The King and the Chorus Girl
The King and the Chorus Girl (1937)
GoodWatch score 62

as Count Humbert Evel Bruger

Top Hat
Top Hat (1935)
GoodWatch score 87

as Horace Hardwick

The Devil Is a Woman
The Devil Is a Woman (1935)
GoodWatch score 63

as Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito'

Biography of a Bachelor Girl
Biography of a Bachelor Girl (1935)
GoodWatch score 64

as Leander 'Bunny' Nolan

The Merry Widow
The Merry Widow (1934)
GoodWatch score 80

as Ambassador Popoff

Reaching for the Moon
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
GoodWatch score 47

as Roger, the Valet

Holiday
Holiday (1930)
GoodWatch score 62

as Nick Potter

1920s

30 titles ยท average score 68
The Aviator
The Aviator (1929)

as Robert Street

Ask Dad
Ask Dad (1929)

as Dad

Scrambled Weddings
Scrambled Weddings (1928)

as Eddie Howe

The Terror
The Terror (1928)

as Ferdinand Fane

Horse Shy
Horse Shy (1928)

as Eddie Hamilton

Dad's Choice
Dad's Choice (1928)

as Eddie

The Whole Town's Talking
The Whole Town's Talking (1926)

as Chester Binney

The Nut-Cracker
The Nut-Cracker (1926)

as Horatio Slipaway

Poker Faces
Poker Faces (1926)

as Jimmy Whitmore

Beggar on Horseback
Beggar on Horseback (1925)

as Neil McRae

Helen's Babies
Helen's Babies (1924)

as Uncle Harry

Ruggles of Red Gap
Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)

as Ruggles