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
- The Corsican Brothers as Colonna's Barber (Uncredited)
- Rings on Her Fingers
1940
- The House of the Seven Gables as Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
- A Chump at Oxford as Professor Witherspoon (uncredited)
- Brother Orchid as Meadows - London Butler (uncredited)
1939
- Son of Frankenstein as Thomas Benson
- The Man in the Iron Mask as Fouquet's Servant
- Rulers of the Sea as Mr. McKinnon (Uncredited)
- Captain Fury as Governor's Aide - Hamilton
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
- Give Me Your Heart as Jenkins (uncredited)
- Trouble for Two as Herald (Uncredited)
- Beloved Enemy as Mr. Moll (Uncredited)
- August Week End as Grimsby
1935
- Top Hat as London Hotel Manager (uncredited)
- When a Man's a Man as Gibbs
- Vagabond Lady as Lewis, John’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
- East of Java as Resident
1934
- Imitation of Life as Butler at Party (uncredited)
- The Richest Girl in the World as Binkley - The Butler
- Thirty Day Princess as Baron Passeria
- Stingaree as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)
- We Live Again as Judge
- Million Dollar Ransom as Meigs
- Sons of Steel as Higgins
- Strictly Dynamite as Meadows (uncredited)
1933
- Blind Adventure as Maitre d'hotel
- A Lady's Profession as Crotchett
- Only Yesterday as George (Uncredited)
- The Worst Woman in Paris? as Valet
- The Big Brain as Butler
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 Lady Refuses as Dobbs
- The Bachelor Father as Bolton
1930
- The Lady of Scandal as Morton
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Renal
- The Girl Said No as Alfred - Hettie's Butler
- The Man from Blankley's as Dawes
- The Runaway Bride as Williams
- Sarah and Son as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)
- A Lady Surrenders as Butler
- Monte Carlo as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Charley's Aunt as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)
- East Is West as Thomas
- One Romantic Night as Colonel Wunderlich
- Strictly Unconventional as Party Guest
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
- My Friend from India as Jennings the Butler
- Fast and Furious as Englishman
- Singed as Ernie Whitehead
1926
- The Boy Friend
- Marriage License? as Beadon
1925
- He's a Prince! as Valet
- The King On Main Street as Hugo Jensen
- The Marriage Whirl as Dick Mayne
- Enticement as William Blake
- Learning to Love as Butler
1924
- Men as The Baron
- Tiger Love as Don Victoriano Fuestes
- The Wolf Man as Sir Reginald Stackpoole
- The Female as Clyde Wiel
- The Fast Set as Archie Wells
1923
- Bright Lights of Broadway as Sherrill's butler / manservant
- Woman-Proof as Cecil Updyke
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