Eric Blore, 1887-1959

Eric Blore (c.) with Fred Astaire (l.) the back of Edward Everett Horton, and a Top Hat (1935)

Today marks the birth anniversary of Eric Blore, an actor known for playing one butler or valet after another. In fact, I just blogged about one of those valet roles, serving Leslie Howard in It's Love I'm After. But it's also surprising looking at his filmography how many non-butler roles there are. Not too long ago, I also mentioned Romance on the High Seas, in which Blore plays the ship's doctor. I had forgotten that Blore was in The Moon and Sixpence, as one of the westerners whom George Sanders met in Tahiti. He's also in the 1935 version of Seven Keys to Baldpate, which is going to be on TCM next Monday as part of the spotlight on remakes.