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Erik Rhodes

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Actor 1906–1990 On stage 19321962

Erik Rhodes (born Ernest Sharpe; February 10, 1906 – February 17, 1990) was an American film and Broadway singer and actor. He is best remembered today for appearing in two classic Hollywood musical films with the popular dancing team of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers: The Gay Divorcee (1934) and Top Hat (1935).

On stage 9 productions, 30 years

1932 Gay Divorce Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Howard Lindsay 248 perf.
1947 The Great Campaign Princess Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Losey 5 perf.
1950 Dance Me a Song Royale Theatre · Original · directed by James Shelton 35 perf.
1952 Collector's Item Booth Theatre · Original · directed by Alfred L. Golden 3 perf.
1953 Can-Can Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Abe Burrows 892 perf.
1957 Jamaica Imperial Theatre · Original · directed by Robert Lewis 555 perf.
1957 Shinbone Alley Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Production supervised by Sawyer Falk 49 perf.
1961 How to Make a Man Brooks Atkinson Theatre · Original · directed by Eddie Bracken 12 perf.
1962 A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Abbott 964 perf.

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Worked with more than once6 names

Sally Neal 2 productions
Patricia Dunn 2 productions
Myrna White 2 productions
George S. Irving 2 productions
Eddie Phillips 2 productions
Claude Thompson 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Cast : Joan McCracken, Marion Lorne, Ann Thomas, Wally Cox, Bob Fosse, Mary-Ann Niles, Jimmy Kirkwood, Lee Goodman, Erik Rhodes, Tom Albert, Cynthia Rogers, Donald Saddler, Cliff Ferre, Scott Merrill, Babe Hines, Tina Prescott, Alan Ross, Bob Scheerer, Biff McGuire, Francine Bond, June Graham, Carmina Cansino, Marian Horosko, Dusty McCaff…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Two performers in Dance Me a Song had appeared in earlier Witman productions. Joan McCracken had been seen in The Big Knife ; and Erik Rhodes had been a replacement in The Little Show and later created the role of the correspondent in Gay Divorce (and reprised his role in the 1934 film version The Gay Divorcee ).ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Cast: Fred Astaire, Claire Luce, Luella Gear, Betty Starbuck, Erik Rhodes, Eric Blore, G. P. Huntley Jr.ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Lilo, Peter Cookson, Hans Conried, Gwen Verdon, Erik Rhodes, Dania Krupska, Phil Leeds, DeeDee Woodebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Lena Horne, Ricardo Montalban, Josephine Premice, Adelaide Hall, Ossie Davis, Erik Rhodes, Joe Adams, Alvin Ailey, Billy Wilsonebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • The supporting cast was distinguished. It included Adelaide Hall, Ossie Davis, Erik Rhodes, Josephine Premice and, as lead male dancer, Alvin Ailey. But ten days before rehearsals were to begin, there was still not a name big enough to carry the show.ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt

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