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
- Kitty as Earl of Campton
- Captain Kidd as Nobleman with King William III (uncredited)
1944
- The Suspect as Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
1942
1941
- The Corsican Brothers as Colonna's Barber (Uncredited)
1940
- Brother Orchid as Meadows - London Butler (uncredited)
- The House of the Seven Gables as Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
- A Chump at Oxford as Professor Witherspoon (uncredited)
1939
- The Man in the Iron Mask as Fouquet's Servant
- Rulers of the Sea as Mr. McKinnon (Uncredited)
- Son of Frankenstein as Thomas Benson
- Captain Fury as Governor's Aide - Hamilton
1938
- The Cowboy and the Lady as Smith's Servant (uncredited)
1937
- Bill Cracks Down as Jarvis, the Butler
- You Can't Buy Luck as Rivers (uncredited)
1936
- Beloved Enemy as Mr. Moll (Uncredited)
- Dracula's Daughter as Hobbs
- Trouble for Two as Herald (Uncredited)
- Give Me Your Heart as Jenkins (uncredited)
- August Week End as Grimsby
1935
- Vagabond Lady as Lewis, John’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
- East of Java as Resident
- Top Hat as London Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- When a Man's a Man as Gibbs
1934
- The Richest Girl in the World as Binkley - The Butler
- Strictly Dynamite as Meadows (uncredited)
- Stingaree as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)
- Imitation of Life as Butler at Party (uncredited)
- Million Dollar Ransom as Meigs
- We Live Again as Judge
- Thirty Day Princess as Baron Passeria
- Sons of Steel as Higgins
1933
- Blind Adventure as Maitre d'hotel
- Only Yesterday as George (Uncredited)
- The Big Brain as Butler
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Valet
- A Lady's Profession as Crotchett
1932
- Red-Headed Woman as Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)
- The Big Broadcast as Secretary to Bellows
- Love Me Tonight as Valet (uncredited)
- The Man Called Back as Donaldson - St. Claire's Secretary
- Letty Lynton as Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)
1931
- The Squaw Man as Fox Huntsman
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Poole
- The Lady Refuses as Dobbs
- The Bachelor Father as Bolton
1930
- Strictly Unconventional as Party Guest
- Monte Carlo as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Love Parade as Master of Ceremonies
- The Runaway Bride as Williams
- The Lady of Scandal as Morton
- East Is West as Thomas
- One Romantic Night as Colonel Wunderlich
- The Man from Blankley's as Dawes
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Renal
- Charley's Aunt as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)
- The Girl Said No as Alfred - Hettie's Butler
- A Lady Surrenders as Butler
- Sarah and Son as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)
1929
- Behind That Curtain as Galt
1928
- The Man Who Laughs as Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)
- Oh Kay! as Lord Braggot
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Lutz
1927
- Singed as Ernie Whitehead
- Fast and Furious as Englishman
- My Friend from India as Jennings the Butler
1926
- The Boy Friend
- Marriage License? as Beadon
1925
- Enticement as William Blake
- He's a Prince! as Valet
- Learning to Love as Butler
- The King On Main Street as Hugo Jensen
1924
- Tiger Love as Don Victoriano Fuestes
- The Female as Clyde Wiel
- The Fast Set as Archie Wells
- The Wolf Man as Sir Reginald Stackpoole
- Men as The Baron
1923
- Woman-Proof as Cecil Updyke
- Bright Lights of Broadway as Sherrill's butler / manservant
1922
- The Light in the Dark as Peters
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