Erik Rhodes

Erik Rhodes born Ernest Sharpe February 10 1906 February 17 1990 was an American stage film and television actor best remembered for his comedic performances as delightful hyperactive Italian gentlemen in the classic Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers Hollywood musicals The Gay Divorcee 1934 and Top Hat 1935 With a good baritone voice he was successful both prior to and subsequent his film career in Broadway musicals