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
- Brother Orchid as Meadows - London Butler (uncredited)
- A Chump at Oxford as Professor Witherspoon (uncredited)
- The House of the Seven Gables as Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
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
- You Can't Buy Luck as Rivers (uncredited)
- Bill Cracks Down as Jarvis, the Butler
- Thoroughbreds Don't Cry as Mr. Fox - Roger's Teacher (uncredited)
1936
- Dracula's Daughter as Hobbs
- Beloved Enemy as Mr. Moll (Uncredited)
- Trouble for Two as Herald (Uncredited)
- Give Me Your Heart as Jenkins (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)
- Stingaree as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)
- Thirty Day Princess as Baron Passeria
- We Live Again as Judge
- The Richest Girl in the World as Binkley - The Butler
- Sons of Steel as Higgins
- Million Dollar Ransom as Meigs
- Strictly Dynamite as Meadows (uncredited)
1933
- Only Yesterday as George (Uncredited)
- A Lady's Profession as Crotchett
- The Big Brain as Butler
- Blind Adventure as Maitre d'hotel
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Valet
1932
- Love Me Tonight as Valet (uncredited)
- Red-Headed Woman as Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)
- Letty Lynton as Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)
- The Man Called Back as Donaldson - St. Claire's Secretary
- The Big Broadcast as Secretary to Bellows
1931
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Poole
- The Squaw Man as Fox Huntsman
- The Bachelor Father as Bolton
- The Lady Refuses as Dobbs
1930
- Monte Carlo as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Charley's Aunt as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)
- Sarah and Son as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)
- The Girl Said No as Alfred - Hettie's Butler
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Renal
- One Romantic Night as Colonel Wunderlich
- A Lady Surrenders as Butler
- The Runaway Bride as Williams
- The Lady of Scandal as Morton
- Strictly Unconventional as Party Guest
- The Man from Blankley's as Dawes
- East Is West as Thomas
1929
- The Love Parade as Master of Ceremonies
- 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
- My Friend from India as Jennings the Butler
- Fast and Furious as Englishman
1926
- The Boy Friend
- Marriage License? as Beadon
1925
- He's a Prince! as Valet
- The King On Main Street as Hugo Jensen
- Learning to Love as Butler
- The Marriage Whirl as Dick Mayne
- Enticement as William Blake
1924
- Men as The Baron
- The Wolf Man as Sir Reginald Stackpoole
- The Fast Set as Archie Wells
- The Female as Clyde Wiel
- Tiger Love as Don Victoriano Fuestes
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