Even if you may not know his name if you are a fan of old movies, you will probably recognize Erik Rhodes. This is especially true if you are a fan of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, as he had very memorable roles in two of their films. In The Gay Divorcee (1934), he played the man who pretended to have an affair with Ginger Rogers to make her "husband" jealous. In Top Hat (1935), he played the dress maker, who would threaten Edward Everett Horton's life ("for the woman the kiss, for the man the sword"). Comedy fans might also know him for being in the Wheeler and Woolsey film, The Nitwits (1935). Considering these over-the-top and silly comedic characters he played, one would not exactly except him to have any athletic ambitions. However, this 1936 article from Movie Classic magazine reveals that he did have such ambitions.
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