Edgar Norton

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1868-08-11 (85 years old)

Deathday

1953-02-06

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Edgar Norton

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...

Acting

1939

Son of Frankenstein

as Thomas Benson

1934

The Richest Girl in the World

as Binkley - The Butler

1923

Bright Lights of Broadway

as Sherrill's butler / manservant

1936

1938

The Cowboy and the Lady

as Smith's Servant (uncredited)

1924

Men

as The Baron

1945

The Suspect

as Mr. Frazer (uncredited)

1925

1927

Singed

as Ernie Whitehead

1930

The Love Parade

as Master of Ceremonies

1928

The Man Who Laughs

as Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)

1933

1934

Stingaree

as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)

1930

East Is West

as Thomas

1935

1927

My Friend from India

as Jennings the Butler

1936

August Week End

as Grimsby

1937

Bill Cracks Down

as Jarvis, the Butler

1931

1935

Top Hat

as London Hotel Manager (uncredited)

1930

1924

The Fast Set

as Archie Wells

1930

1930

The Girl Said No

as Alfred - Hettie's Butler

1934

Sons of Steel

as Higgins

1930

1930

Charley's Aunt

as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)

1930

1936

Give Me Your Heart

as Jenkins (uncredited)

1936

Beloved Enemy

as Mr. Moll (Uncredited)

1918

1934

Thirty Day Princess

as Baron Passeria

1932

The Big Broadcast

as Secretary to Bellows

1933

The Big Brain

as Butler

1939

The Man in the Iron Mask

as Fouquet's Servant

1934

1932

The Man Called Back

as Donaldson - St. Claire's Secretary

1937

You Can't Buy Luck

as Rivers (uncredited)

1916

The Ocean Waif

as Hawkins, the Valet

1930

Sarah and Son

as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)

1930

One Romantic Night

as Colonel Wunderlich

1940

Brother Orchid

as Meadows - London Butler (uncredited)

1931

1940

The House of the Seven Gables

as Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant

1940

A Chump at Oxford

as Professor Witherspoon (uncredited)

1939

Captain Fury

as Governor's Aide - Hamilton

1925

1924

Tiger Love

as Don Victoriano Fuestes

1925

Enticement

as William Blake

1925

1923

Woman-Proof

as Cecil Updyke

1928

Oh Kay!

as Lord Braggot

1932

Love Me Tonight

as Valet (uncredited)

1932

Red-Headed Woman

as Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)

1917

The Amazons

as Lord Tweenways

1941

The Corsican Brothers

as Colonna's Barber (Uncredited)

1935

East of Java

as Resident

1933

Only Yesterday

as George (Uncredited)

1939

Rulers of the Sea

as Mr. McKinnon (Uncredited)

1932

Letty Lynton

as Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)

1934

Imitation of Life

as Butler at Party (uncredited)

1945

Captain Kidd

as Nobleman with King William III (uncredited)

1926

1945

Kitty

as Earl of Campton

1946

Devotion

as Club Member (uncredited)

1927

Fast and Furious

as Englishman

1924

The Female

as Clyde Wiel

1936

Trouble for Two

as Herald (Uncredited)

1934

Strictly Dynamite

as Meadows (uncredited)

1924

The Wolf Man

as Sir Reginald Stackpoole

1917

The Beautiful Adventure

as Valentine Borroyer

1935

Vagabond Lady

as Lewis, John’s Chauffeur (uncredited)

1933

Blind Adventure

as Maitre d'hotel

1930

Monte Carlo

as Minor Role (uncredited)

1931

The Squaw Man

as Fox Huntsman

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