Edward Everett Horton Net Worth
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Updated on August 25, 2026

Edward Everett Horton net worth is
$800,000
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Edward Everett Horton (March 18, 1886 – September 29, 1970) was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, and television, especially in the arena of voice work for animated cartoons. He is remembered for his work in the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.
| # | Trademark |
|---|---|
| 1 | The 'Triple Take'.... an extended double take |
| 2 | Quavering voice |
| # | Quote |
|---|---|
| 1 | I have my own little kingdom. I do the scavenger parts no one else wants and I get well paid for it. |
| 2 | [on Douglas Sirk] He was delightful and ambitious and so well-informed. |
| 3 | [on Rita Hayworth] She was so sweet and hard-working. She asked me to watch her work out her dance routines and go over her lines with her. I'd tell her little things and she'd whisper, "Don't tell the director, please." She was so modest and affectionate. |
| 4 | [at the suggestion of retirement, c. 1966, aged 80] Dear Lord! I would go right out of my mind. |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | He owned an estate in Encino on Amestoy Avenue that he named "Belly Acres". |
| 2 | Beginning in 1959 through 1964, he narrated the "Fractured Fairy Tales" segment, as well as playing multiple characters in various supporting features of the The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show. |
| 3 | His father, Edward Everett Horton, Sr., had English and German ancestry, and his mother, Isabella S. (Diack), was born in Matanzas, Cuba, to Scottish parents. He was the eldest of four children - George, Winter Davis, and Hannahbelle were his other siblings. The family remained close throughout their lives. Edward's mother lived with him until she died at the age of 101. His brothers and sister also spent their later years residing at his Encino estate. |
| 4 | Studied business at both Polytechnic Institute and at Columbia. At Columbia, however, he began acting in collegiate plays and that changed the direction of his life. |
| 5 | 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. |
| 6 | 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. |
| 7 | In the 1920s he acted in and managed the Majestic Theater in Los Angeles with his brother and business manager, George. |
| 8 | 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. |
| 9 | 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). |
| 10 | Diagnosed with cancer, he was hospitalized at Glens Falls, New York for several weeks before returning home to his San Fernando, California home, where he died at the age of 83. |
| 11 | Tommy Bond was a regular on Horton's radio show in the 1930's. |
| 12 | Biography in: "American National Biography". Supplement 1, pp. 281-283. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002. |
| 13 | Played the role of Professor Nick Potter in Holiday (1930) and again in the 1938 remake directed by George Cukor. |
| 14 | Contrary to some reports, he was not the grandson of namesake Edward Everett Hale, author of "The Man Without a Country.". |
| 15 | Interred at Forest Lawn, Glendale, CA., in the Whispering Pines section at the top of the hill. |


Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekend for Three | 1941 | Stonebraker | |
| Here Comes Mr. Jordan | 1941 | Messenger 7013 | |
| Bachelor Daddy | 1941 | Joseph Smith | |
| Sunny | 1941 | Henry Bates | |
| Ziegfeld Girl | 1941 | Noble Sage | |
| You're the One | 1941 | Death Valley Joe Frink | |
| That's Right - You're Wrong | 1939 | Tom Village - a Screenwriter | |
| The Amazing Mr. Forrest | 1939 | Treadwell | |
| Paris Honeymoon | 1939 | Ernest Figg | |
| Little Tough Guys in Society | 1938 | Oliver | |
| Holiday | 1938 | Professor Nick Potter | |
| College Swing | 1938 | Hubert Dash | |
| Bluebeard's Eighth Wife | 1938 | The Marquis De Loiselle | |
| Hitting a New High | 1937 | Lucius B. Blynn | |
| The Great Garrick | 1937 | Tubby | |
| The Perfect Specimen | 1937 | Mr. Grattan | |
| Angel | 1937 | Graham | |
| Danger - Love at Work | 1937 | Howard Rogers | |
| Wild Money | 1937 | P.E. Dodd | |
| Shall We Dance | 1937 | Jeffrey Baird | |
| Oh, Doctor | 1937 | Edward J. Billop | |
| The King and the Chorus Girl | 1937 | Count Humbert Evel Bruger | |
| Lost Horizon | 1937 | Lovett | |
| Let's Make a Million | 1936 | Harrison Gentry | |
| The Man in the Mirror | 1936 | Jeremy Dilke | |
| Hearts Divided | 1936 | John | |
| Nobody's Fool | 1936 | Will Wright | |
| The Singing Kid | 1936 | Davenport Rogers | |
| Her Master's Voice | 1936 | Ned Farrar | |
| Your Uncle Dudley | 1935 | Dudley Dixon | |
| His Night Out | 1935 | Homer B. Bitts | |
| Little Big Shot | 1935 | Mortimer | |
| The Private Secretary | 1935 | Rev. Robert Spalding | |
| Top Hat | 1935 | Horace Hardwick | |
| Going Highbrow | 1935 | Augie | |
| In Caliente | 1935 | Harold Brandon | |
| $10 Raise | 1935 | Hubert T. Wilkins | |
| The Devil Is a Woman | 1935 | Gov. Don Paquito 'Paquitito' | |
| All the King's Horses | 1935 | Count Josef 'Peppi' von Schlapstaat | |
| The Night Is Young | 1935 | Baron Szereny | |
| Biography of a Bachelor Girl | 1935 | Leander 'Bunny' Nolan | |
| The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | Egbert 'Pinky' Fitzgerald | |
| The Merry Widow | 1934 | Ambassador | |
| Ladies Should Listen | 1934 | Paul Vernet | |
| Kiss and Make-Up | 1934 | Marcel Caron | |
| Smarty | 1934 | Vernon | |
| Sing and Like It | 1934 | Adam Frink - Producer | |
| Uncertain Lady | 1934 | Elliot Crane | |
| Success at Any Price | 1934 | Fisher | |
| The Poor Rich | 1934 | Albert Stuyvesant Spottiswood | |
| Easy to Love | 1934 | Eric | |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1933 | Mad Hatter | |
| Design for Living | 1933 | Max Plunkett | |
| The Way to Love | 1933 | Prof. Gaston Bibi | |
| It's a Boy | 1933 | Dudley Leake | |
| A Bedtime Story | 1933 | Victor Dubois | |
| The Woman in Command | 1933 | Sebastian Marvello | |
| Trouble in Paradise | 1932 | François Filiba | |
| Roar of the Dragon | 1932 | Busby | |
| -But the Flesh Is Weak | 1932 | Sir George Kelvin | |
| The Great Junction Hotel | 1931 | Short | The Groom |
| The Age for Love | 1931 | Horace Keats | |
| Smart Woman | 1931 | Billy Ross | |
| Six Cylinder Love | 1931 | Monty Winston | |
| The Front Page | 1931 | Bensinger | |
| Lonely Wives | 1931 | Richard 'Dickie' Smith / Felix, the Great Zero | |
| Kiss Me Again | 1931 | Rene | |
| Reaching for the Moon | 1930 | Roger - the Valet | |
| Once a Gentleman | 1930 | Oliver | |
| Holiday | 1930 | Nick Potter | |
| Wide Open | 1930 | Simon Haldane | |
| Take the Heir | 1930 | Smithers | |
| The Aviator | 1929 | Robert Street | |
| Good Medicine | 1929 | Short | |
| The Sap | 1929 | The Sap | |
| Prince Gabby | 1929 | Short | |
| The Hottentot | 1929 | Sam Harrington | |
| Trusting Wives | 1929 | Short | |
| The Right Bed | 1929 | Short | |
| Sonny Boy | 1929/I | Crandall Thorpe | |
| Ask Dad | 1929 | Short | Dad |
| The Eligible Mr. Bangs | 1929 | Short | Mr. Bangs |
| Call Again | 1928 | Short | |
| Vacation Waves | 1928 | Short | Eddie Davis |
| The Terror | 1928 | Ferdinand Fane | |
| Scrambled Weddings | 1928 | Short | |
| Horse Shy | 1928 | Short | Eddie Hamilton |
| Miss Information | 1928 | Short | The Firm's Representative |
| Behind the Counter | 1928 | Short | |
| Dad's Choice | 1928 | Short | Eddie |
| Find the King | 1927 | Short | |
| No Publicity | 1927 | Short | |
| Taxi! Taxi! | 1927 | Peter Whitby | |
| The Whole Town's Talking | 1926 | Chester Binney | |
| Poker Faces | 1926 | Jimmy Whitmore | |
| The Nutcracker | 1926 | Short | Horatio Slipaway |
| La Bohème | 1926 | Colline | |
| The Business of Love | 1925 | Edward Burgess | |
| Marry Me | 1925 | John Smith #2 | |
| Beggar on Horseback | 1925 | Neil McRae | |
| Helen's Babies | 1924 | Uncle Harry | |
| The Man Who Fights Alone | 1924 | Bob Alten | |
| Try and Get It | 1924 | Glenn Collins (as Edward Horton) | |
| Flapper Wives | 1924 | Vincent Platt (as Edward Horton) | |
| To the Ladies | 1923 | Leonard Beebe (as Edward Horton) | |
| The Vow of Vengeance | 1923 | ||
| Ruggles of Red Gap | 1923 | Ruggles (as Edward Horton) | |
| A Front Page Story | 1922 | Rodney Marvin (as Edward Horton) | |
| The Ladder Jinx | 1922 | Arthur Barnes (as Edward Horton) | |
| Too Much Business | 1922 | John Henry Jackson (as Edward Horton) | |
| Cold Turkey | 1971 | Hiram C. Grayson | |
| The Governor & J.J. | 1970 | TV Series | Doc Simon |
| Nanny and the Professor | 1970 | TV Series | Professor Clarendon |
| Love, American Style | 1970 | TV Series | Elmo (segment "Love and Las Vegas") |
| The Name of the Game | 1970 | TV Series | Philip Armistead |
| 2000 Years Later | 1969 | Evermore | |
| It Takes a Thief | 1969 | TV Series | Lord Pelham-Gifford |
| The Perils of Pauline | 1967 | Caspar Coleman | |
| Batman | 1966 | TV Series | Chief Screaming Chicken |
| Camp Runamuck | 1965 | TV Series | Henry Saunders |
| F Troop | 1965 | TV Series | Roaring Chicken |
| Burke's Law | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Wilbur Starlington / Grover Leander Smith |
| Valentine's Day | 1965 | TV Series | Charles Marks |
| The Cara Williams Show | 1965 | TV Series | Fenwick |
| Sex and the Single Girl | 1964 | The Chief | |
| Hoppity Hooper | 1964 | TV Series | Narrator for 'Fractured Fairy Tales' (voice) |
| It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World | 1963 | Mr. Dinckler | |
| Our Man Higgins | 1963 | TV Series | Rawley |
| Dennis the Menace | 1962-1963 | TV Series | Uncle Ned Matthews |
| Saints and Sinners | 1962 | TV Series | Mr. Hollister |
| Mr. Smith Goes to Washington | 1962 | TV Series | Senator Crabtree |
| The Red Skelton Hour | 1957-1962 | TV Series | Muggsy / Sir Alfred Hangeron / Alfred |
| Pocketful of Miracles | 1961 | Hudgins | |
| Rocky and His Friends | 1959-1961 | TV Series | Fractured Fairy Tales narrator |
| The Real McCoys | 1960 | TV Series | Mr. Medwick |
| The Best of Mr. Peabody & Sherman | 1959 | TV Series | |
| Matinee Theatre | 1956-1958 | TV Series | Mr. Pim |
| December Bride | 1957 | TV Series | |
| The Story of Mankind | 1957 | Sir Walter Raleigh | |
| Playhouse 90 | 1957 | TV Series | Mr. Carver |
| Saturday Spectacular: Manhattan Tower | 1956 | TV Movie | Noah |
| General Electric Theater | 1956 | TV Series | Mr. Parkinson |
| Shower of Stars | 1955 | TV Series | Ed Hoffman |
| Damon Runyon Theater | 1955 | TV Series | Thaddeus |
| Max Liebman Presents: The Merry Widow | 1955 | TV Movie | Baron Zelta |
| The Best of Broadway | 1955 | TV Series | Mr. Witherspoon |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | 1954 | TV Series | |
| Broadway Television Theatre | 1952-1953 | TV Series | Uncle Dudley / Walter Burns |
| All Star Revue | 1953 | TV Series | Guest Actor |
| Medallion Theatre | 1953 | TV Series | |
| The Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse | 1953 | TV Series | |
| I Love Lucy | 1952 | TV Series | Mr. Ritter |
| The Magnavox Theatre | 1950 | TV Series | |
| Don Ameche's Musical Playhouse | 1950 | TV Series | Hotel Manager (I950)) |
| The Chevrolet Tele-Theatre | 1948-1949 | TV Series | |
| The Ford Theatre Hour | 1949 | TV Series | Sheridan Whiteside |
| Her Husband's Affairs | 1947 | J.B. Cruikshank | |
| Down to Earth | 1947 | Messenger 7013 | |
| The Ghost Goes Wild | 1947 | Eric | |
| Earl Carroll Sketchbook | 1946 | Dr. Milo Edwards | |
| Faithful in My Fashion | 1946 | Hiram Dilworthy | |
| Cinderella Jones | 1946 | Keating | |
| Lady on a Train | 1945 | Mr. Haskell | |
| Steppin' in Society | 1945 | Judge Avery Webster | |
| The Town Went Wild | 1944 | Everett Conway | |
| Brazil | 1944 | Everett St. John Everett | |
| San Diego I Love You | 1944 | Philip McCooley | |
| Arsenic and Old Lace | 1944 | Mr. Witherspoon | |
| Summer Storm | 1944 | Count 'Piggy' Volsky | |
| Her Primitive Man | 1944 | Orrin | |
| The Gang's All Here | 1943 | Peyton Potter | |
| Thank Your Lucky Stars | 1943 | Farnsworth | |
| Forever and a Day | 1943 | Sir Anthony Trimble-Pomfret | |
| Springtime in the Rockies | 1942 | McTavish | |
| I Married an Angel | 1942 | Peter | |
| The Magnificent Dope | 1942 | Horace Hunter | |
| The Body Disappears | 1941 | Professor Shotesbury |
Soundtrack
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pocketful of Miracles | 1961 | performer: "Jingle Bells" 1857 - uncredited | |
| The Lux Show | 1957 | TV Series performer - 1 episode | |
| Cinderella Jones | 1946 | performer: "You Never Know Where You're Goin' Till You Get There" | |
| I Married an Angel | 1942 | performer: "To Count Palaff There Comes a Time" 1942 | |
| That's Right - You're Wrong | 1939 | "The Volga Boatman", uncredited | |
| Paris Honeymoon | 1939 | performer: "The Funny Old Hills" | |
| Holiday | 1938 | performer: "Gwine to Rune All Night De Camptown Races" 1850 Uncredited | |
| Hitting a New High | 1937 | performer: "Let's Give Love Another Chance" 1937 | |
| Angel | 1937 | "The Barber of Seville" 1816, uncredited | |
| Lost Horizon | 1937 | performer: "Here We Go Gathering Nuts in May" - uncredited | |
| Going Highbrow | 1935 | performer: "One in a Million" 1935, "Sextette" - uncredited | |
| In Caliente | 1935 | performer: "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling" 1912, "The Lady in Red" 1935 - uncredited | |
| The Gay Divorcee | 1934 | performer: "Let's K-nock K-nees" 1931 | |
| Alice in Wonderland | 1933 | performer: "Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat" - uncredited |
Director
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dad's Choice | 1928 | Short |
Self
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Carson Presents the Sun City Scandals '70 | 1970 | TV Movie | Himself / Sketch Actor |
| The David Frost Show | 1970 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Ed Nelson Show | 1969 | TV Series | Himself |
| Cinema | 1969 | TV Series documentary | Himself |
| The Steve Allen Show | 1968 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | 1967 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Mike Douglas Show | 1962-1966 | TV Series | Himself / Himself - Actor |
| The Merv Griffin Show | 1963-1965 | TV Series | Himself |
| One Got Fat | 1963 | Short | Himself - Narrator (voice) |
| Fractured Flickers | 1963 | TV Series | Himself |
| Here's Hollywood | 1961 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Jack Paar Tonight Show | 1959-1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The George Gobel Show | 1954-1960 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Tennessee Ernie Ford Show | 1958 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The Steve Allen Plymouth Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Lux Show | 1957 | TV Series | Himself |
| The Helen O'Connell Show | 1956 | TV Series | Himself |
| I've Got a Secret | 1955 | TV Series | Himself - Guest |
| The Name's the Same | 1953 | TV Series | Guest |
| General Electric Guest House | 1951 | TV Series | Himself |
| Showtime, U.S.A. | 1950 | TV Series | Himself |
| Penthouse Party | 1950 | TV Series | Himself |
| Texaco Star Theatre | 1949 | TV Series | Himself - Actor |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | 1949 | TV Series | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 10 | 1937 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 16, No. 2 | 1936 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Things You Never See on the Screen | 1935 | Short | Himself |
| Hollywood on Parade No. B-6 | 1934 | Short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 11 | 1930 | Short | Himself |
| Hollywood Snapshots #11 | 1929 | Documentary short | Himself |
| Screen Snapshots, Series 4, No. 5 | 1923 | Documentary short | Himself |
Archive Footage
Won Awards
| Year | Award | Ceremony | Nomination | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Star on the Walk of Fame | Walk of Fame | Motion Picture | On 8 February 1960. At 6427 Hollywood Blvd. |
Known for movies

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
as Mr. Witherspoon

Top Hat (1935)
as Horace Hardwick

Lost Horizon (1937)
as Lovett

Shall We Dance (1937)
as Jeffrey Baird