Edgar Norton
Born: 1868-08-11 in London, England, UK
Died: 1953-02-06
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar Norton (August 11, 1868 – February 6, 1953) was an English-born American character actor. Born in London, England on August 11, 1868, Norton was active on both stage and screen, his theater performances were on both the London and Broadway stages, and his film career spanned both the silent and "talkie" eras in Hollywood. During his thirty-year film career, he appeared in at least ninety films. Many consider his most memorable role to be that of Poole, the butler to Dr. Jekyll in the 1931 classic, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde—a role he had been playing on-stage since 1898, opposite Richard Mansfield as Jekyll. He died in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles in February 1953.
Filmography
1946
- Devotion as Club Member (uncredited)
1945
- Captain Kidd as Nobleman with King William III (uncredited)
- The Suspect as Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
- Kitty as Earl of Campton
1942
1941
- The Corsican Brothers as Colonna's Barber (Uncredited)
1940
- The House of the Seven Gables as Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
- Brother Orchid as Meadows - London Butler (uncredited)
- A Chump at Oxford as Professor Witherspoon (uncredited)
1939
- Son of Frankenstein as Thomas Benson
- The Man in the Iron Mask as Fouquet's Servant
- Captain Fury as Governor's Aide - Hamilton
- Rulers of the Sea as Mr. McKinnon (Uncredited)
1938
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Smith's Servant (uncredited)
1937
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Mr. Fox - Roger's Teacher (uncredited)
- You Can't Buy Luck as Rivers (uncredited)
- Bill Cracks Down as Jarvis, the Butler
1936
- Dracula's Daughter as Hobbs
- Beloved Enemy as Mr. Moll (Uncredited)
- Give Me Your Heart as Jenkins (uncredited)
- Trouble for Two as Herald (Uncredited)
- August Week End as Grimsby
1935
- Top Hat as London Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- Vagabond Lady as Lewis, John’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
- East of Java as Resident
- When a Man's a Man as Gibbs
1934
- Imitation of Life as Butler at Party (uncredited)
- We Live Again as Judge
- Stingaree as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)
- Thirty Day Princess as Baron Passeria
- The Richest Girl in the World as Binkley - The Butler
- Strictly Dynamite as Meadows (uncredited)
- Million Dollar Ransom as Meigs
- Sons of Steel as Higgins
1933
- Only Yesterday as George (Uncredited)
- Blind Adventure as Maitre d'hotel
- The Big Brain as Butler
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Valet
- A Lady's Profession as Crotchett
1932
- Love Me Tonight as Valet (uncredited)
- Red-Headed Woman as Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)
- The Big Broadcast as Secretary to Bellows
- Letty Lynton as Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)
- The Man Called Back as Donaldson - St. Claire's Secretary
1931
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Poole
- The Lady Refuses as Dobbs
- The Squaw Man as Fox Huntsman
- The Bachelor Father as Bolton
1930
- Monte Carlo as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Lady of Scandal as Morton
- The Runaway Bride as Williams
- Charley's Aunt as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)
- The Girl Said No as Alfred - Hettie's Butler
- Sarah and Son as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)
- A Lady Surrenders as Butler
- One Romantic Night as Colonel Wunderlich
- Strictly Unconventional as Party Guest
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Renal
- East Is West as Thomas
- The Man from Blankley's as Dawes
1929
- The Love Parade as Master of Ceremonies
- Behind That Curtain as Galt
1928
- The Man Who Laughs as Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Lutz
- Oh Kay! as Lord Braggot
1927
- Fast and Furious as Englishman
- My Friend from India as Jennings the Butler
- Singed as Ernie Whitehead
1926
- The Boy Friend
- Marriage License? as Beadon
1925
- The King On Main Street as Hugo Jensen
- Learning to Love as Butler
- He's a Prince! as Valet
- Enticement as William Blake
- The Marriage Whirl as Dick Mayne
1924
- The Wolf Man as Sir Reginald Stackpoole
- Tiger Love as Don Victoriano Fuestes
- The Female as Clyde Wiel
- Men as The Baron
- The Fast Set as Archie Wells
1923
- Woman-Proof as Cecil Updyke
- Bright Lights of Broadway as Sherrill's butler / manservant
1922
- The Light in the Dark as Peters
1920
- The New York Idea as Thomas
1918
- A Pair of Cupids as Martin
1917
- The Amazons as Lord Tweenways
- The Beautiful Adventure as Valentine Borroyer
1916
- The Ocean Waif as Hawkins, the Valet