His acting career in theater, film and television by American Edward Everett Horton was very long and successful, until his advanced years he was in great demand. By the way, it is his voice that the characters of many cartoons speak.
Edward Everett Horton was born on March 18, 1886 in Brooklyn, which at the time was a separate territory from New York. Od was the eldest of four children in a close-knit family. According to many sources, the grandfather of the actor was none other than Edward Everett Hale, who wrote the book “Man without a homeland”. Edward Horton was very attached to his mother, who lived with him until her death, when the honorable lady was already 102 years old.
Edward Horton received secondary education at Baltimore City College, in the Hall of Fame of which his portrait still hangs. Edward then enrolled at the Brooklyn Polytechnic Institute, after which he studied at Columbia University, where he studied the basics of business.
At the university, Edward Horton was a member of the American Collegiate Brotherhood “Phi Kappa Psi”, and also played in student theater, and this hobby, which turned into a passion, later changed his life and even forced him to drop out of university.
In acting, Horton was busy for almost six decades, and his share fell many brilliant roles, and began his stage career in 1906 (one of the most famous films with his participation)
"Cylinder" ). For a long time he sang, danced and performed small roles in large plays on Broadway.
As an independent actor, he made his debut in the play The Man Who Stopped, where he played the role of an extra. He soon became a leading actor in the Brooklyn Crescent Theatre stock company, but in 1919 he moved to Los Angeles, where he and his brother directed the Majestic Theatre and played comedy roles.
Two years later, Horton conquered Hollywood, where he starred in the films of the Studio “Educational Pictures”, which was one of the first to make sound films (one of these pictures is the first to make sound films).
"Angel" ) .
In those years, there seemed to be no comedy in which Horton did not star. But he worked not only in cinema, but also in the theater, and on the radio, and then on television, actively acting for television plays.
Horton died on September 29, 1970. British comedian Kenny Everett took Horton's name as a stage name. /