Edward Everett Horton Biography

Fast Facts

• Attended Brooklyn Polytechnic and Columbia University, where he was a member of Phi Kappa Psi
• Began acting on stage with the Dempsey Light Opera Company in 1907 and appeared in several plays throughout the 1910s
• Made his screen acting debut in the film "Too Much Business" in 1922
• Quote: "[I'm] happiest when I'm on the stage in a good play with a nice audience․"
• Best known as a character actor who appeared in films like "Arsenic and Old Lace" and "Top Hat․"
• Directed and appeared in the short film "Dad's Choice" in 1928
• Also did voice-over work in cartoons and was the narrator of the "Fractured Fairy Tales" in "Rocky and His Friends" from 1959 to 1961
• Appeared on Broadway in "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" and at the New York State Theater in a revival of "Carousel" in 1965
• Had an antiques collection at the time of his death that was valued at more than half a million dollars