Erik Rhodes - El Reno Cemetery - El Reno, OK - Grave of a Famous Person on Waymarking.com

The final resting place of actor Erik Rhodes is at the far northeast corner of El Reno Cemetery, at the northeast corner of section 14. He has a flat marker with only his name and years of birth/death, as well as a family marker with the name Rhodes.


Text on headstone:

Erik Rhodes
1906 - 1990


Biography from wikipedia
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Born Ernest Sharpe at El Reno, Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, USA, Rhodes started performing on the Broadway stage in A Most Immoral Lady (1928) using his birth name Ernest Sharpe. This was followed by two musicals The Little Show (1929) and Hey Nonny Nonny! (1932).

He first used the name Erik Rhodes when he appeared on Broadway in Gay Divorce (1932) and again in London in 1933. In this show, he gave a memorable comic portrayal of a spirited, feather-brained, thick-accented Italian character that impressed RKO executives enough to bring him to Hollywood to reprise the role in the film version, The Gay Divorcee (1934).

His last film in the pre-war years was On Your Toes (1939). By the end of the war, he was very socially active in New York City often seen with Baron Nicolas de Gunzburg, his onetime companion, and the Nordstrom Sisters at popular watering holes such as the Stork Club and 21 Club.

Between 1947 and 1964, he was back on Broadway in The Great Campaign, Dance Me a Song, Collector's Item, Shinbone Alley, Jamaica, How to Make a Man, and A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. In Can-Can, as a lecherous art critic, he introduced the Cole Porter classic Come Along With Me .

He married his wife Emala in 1972 and they lived in New York City until the early 1980s.[citation needed] He died of pneumonia in Oklahoma City at age 84 and is interred with his wife in the El Reno Cemetery in El Reno, Oklahoma.

Description: Erik Rhodes was an American actor who was born in El Reno, Indian Territory, the year before Oklahoma became a state. He went on to become an accomplished actor, with roles in several dozen movies, a few TV shows, and several Broadway productions. Date of birth: 02/10/1906 Date of death: 02/17/1990 Area of notoriety: Entertainment Marker Type: Headstone Setting: Outdoor Visiting Hours/Restrictions: Sunrise to Sunset Fee required?: No Web site: [Web Link]

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