Edward Everett Horton

Trivia

• Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA., in the Whispering Pines section at the top of the hill.
• Edward Everett Horton's grandfather and namesake was Edward Everett Hale, author of "The Man Without a Country."
• Played the role of Professor Nick Potter in Holiday (1930) and again in the 1938 remake directed by George Cukor.
• Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 281-283. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
• Tommy Bond was a regular on Horton's radio show in the 1930's.
• According to an in-depth article by Eve Golden in "Classic Images" magazine, Edward's longtime companion was actor Gavin Gordon, who was 15 years his junior. Not much was ever documented on the couple. They appeared in one movie together - Pocketful of Miracles (1961).
• Appeared in a number of revivals of the comedy play "Springtime for Henry" beginning in the 1930s and extending into the 1960s. He played the part of the effete Henry Dewlip more than 3,000 times.
• In the 1920s he acted in and managed the Majestic Theater in Los Angeles with his brother and business manager, George.
• Like Zasu Pitts, Horton excelled in comedy and specialized in the fretful, woebegone "Nervous Nellie" types. The duo were the only actors who could utter the simple words "Oh, dear!" and make it sound like it was the end of the world.
• Joined a Gilbert and Sullivan stock company in 1907 on Staten Island and performed in several shows, including "The Mikado". He went on to join several theatre companies in the 1910s, including the Orpheum Players in Philadelphia, The Baker Stock Company in Oregon, and the Crescent Theatre in Brooklyn.

Quotes

• "I have my own little kingdom. I do the scavenger parts no one else wants and I get well paid for it."