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)
- August Week End as Grimsby
- Give Me Your Heart as Jenkins (uncredited)
- Trouble for Two as Herald (Uncredited)
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
- Stingaree as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)
- Imitation of Life as Butler at Party (uncredited)
- Thirty Day Princess as Baron Passeria
- We Live Again as Judge
- Million Dollar Ransom as Meigs
- The Richest Girl in the World as Binkley - The Butler
- Strictly Dynamite as Meadows (uncredited)
- Sons of Steel as Higgins
1933
- Blind Adventure as Maitre d'hotel
- Only Yesterday as George (Uncredited)
- A Lady's Profession as Crotchett
- The Big Brain as Butler
- 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 Big Broadcast as Secretary to Bellows
- The Man Called Back as Donaldson - St. Claire's Secretary
1931
- Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde as Poole
- The Bachelor Father as Bolton
- The Squaw Man as Fox Huntsman
- The Lady Refuses as Dobbs
1930
- Monte Carlo as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Sarah and Son as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)
- A Lady Surrenders as Butler
- One Romantic Night as Colonel Wunderlich
- The Lady of Scandal as Morton
- East Is West as Thomas
- Du Barry, Woman of Passion as Renal
- The Runaway Bride as Williams
- The Girl Said No as Alfred - Hettie's Butler
- The Man from Blankley's as Dawes
- Charley's Aunt as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)
- 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)
- Oh Kay! as Lord Braggot
- The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg as Lutz
1927
- Fast and Furious as Englishman
- Singed as Ernie Whitehead
- My Friend from India as Jennings the Butler
1926
- The Boy Friend
- Marriage License? as Beadon
1925
- The King On Main Street as Hugo Jensen
- The Marriage Whirl as Dick Mayne
- He's a Prince! as Valet
- Learning to Love as Butler
- Enticement as William Blake
1924
- Men as The Baron
- The Fast Set as Archie Wells
- The Wolf Man as Sir Reginald Stackpoole
- Tiger Love as Don Victoriano Fuestes
- The Female as Clyde Wiel
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