Edgar Norton
Date of birth: 1868-08-11
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Known for: Acting
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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.
Movie Credits
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931-12-24
Dr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He bel
Son of Frankenstein
1939-01-13
One of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma and re
The Richest Girl in the World
1934-09-21
Millionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money, and
Bright Lights of Broadway
1923-08-06
An innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of a r
Dracula's Daughter
1936-05-11
A countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938-11-17
Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out
Men
1924-05-04
Cleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her into c
The Suspect
1944-12-22
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yea
The King On Main Street
1925-10-24
A European Ruler falls in love with an American.
Singed
1927-08-23
Dance-hall girl Dolly Wall invests her life savings in an oil well. A gusher comes in, enriching not
The Love Parade
1930-01-18
The queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
The Man Who Laughs
1928-04-27
When a proud noble refuses to kiss the hand of the despotic King James in 1690, he is cruelly execut
A Lady's Profession
1933-03-03
A couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928-01-30
A young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
Stingaree
1934-05-24
A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and dream
Behind That Curtain
1929-06-30
Sir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is murdered
East Is West
1930-10-23
Ming Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by Lo Sa
When a Man's a Man
1935-02-15
A landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying, Cambert
My Friend from India
1927-12-18
Wealthy young man about town, Tommy Valentine (Franklin Pangborn) comes to the aid of Barbara Smith
August Week End
1936-02-17
At a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful youn
Bill Cracks Down
1937-03-22
William Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and dandified h
The Bachelor Father
1931-01-10
Lonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit illegitimate) ch
Top Hat
1935-08-29
Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his new
A Lady Surrenders
1930-10-06
A wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an ocean
The Fast Set
1924-10-20
The Runaway Bride
1930-05-04
Mary Gray elopes to Atlantic City, NJ, but begins having second thoughts about the marriage. Then sh
The Girl Said No
1930-03-15
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams
Sons of Steel
1934-12-14
Chadburne Steel is run by two brothers, old men. They each have different plans for their sons. Curt
Strictly Unconventional
1930-05-03
An adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic Englis
Charley's Aunt
1930-12-25
A student is pressured into pretending to be a classmate's Aunt so he can act as a false chaperone.
The Lady of Scandal
1930-05-24
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose pl
Give Me Your Heart
1936-09-17
An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
Million Dollar Ransom
1934-09-01
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helpi
Beloved Enemy
1936-12-25
In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace talks.
A Pair of Cupids
1918-07-29
Henry Burgess favors a match between his ward, Virginia Parke, and his nephew, Peter Warburton, but
The Light in the Dark
1922-09-03
A young girl is struck and seriously injured by a wealthy society matron's car. The woman brings the
Thirty Day Princess
1934-05-18
A European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She contr
The Big Broadcast
1932-10-14
The top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention to h
The Big Brain
1933-08-04
A small-town barber finds himself short of stature but a giant in the world of stock promotion. As h
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939-07-13
Years have passed since the Three Musketeers, Aramis, Athos and Porthos, have fought together with t
We Live Again
1934-11-01
Nekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial, Katusha, i
The Man Called Back
1932-07-16
Fresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert Florey da
You Can't Buy Luck
1937-04-30
When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove him in
The Ocean Waif
1916-11-02
An abused young woman finds safety and love in the arms of a famous novelist.
Sarah and Son
1930-03-14
A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds up se
One Romantic Night
1930-04-30
A princess is forced to choose between a charming tutor and a rakish prince.
Brother Orchid
1940-06-07
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, h
The Lady Refuses
1931-03-08
A wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from marry
A Chump at Oxford
1940-01-25
The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in disast
The House of the Seven Gables
1940-04-12
In 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain the
Captain Fury
1939-05-26
An Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a band
Learning to Love
1925-01-25
A 1925 film directed by Sidney Franklin.
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930-10-10
Jeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and position
Tiger Love
1924-06-30
The Wildcat, a Robin Hood of the Spanish hills and son of an aristocrat, falls in love with Marcheta
Enticement
1925-03-01
Romantic complications and tragedy ensue when two former lovers, one of them now married to another,
He's a Prince!
1925-10-05
Prince Alexis is the son of the king of a small European country. His duties, though fairly unimport
Woman-Proof
1923-10-28
At sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.
Oh Kay!
1928-08-26
On the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out to se
Love Me Tonight
1932-08-18
A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess livi
Red-Headed Woman
1932-06-25
Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an affair
The Amazons
1917-08-17
Three sisters, all raised as boys, have trouble fitting into male-dominated society.
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933-12-03
Tired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US. Bare
The Corsican Brothers
1941-11-28
Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents' dea
East of Java
1935-12-01
Survivors of a shipwreck find refuge on a tropical island--but so do the ship's cargo of lions and t
Only Yesterday
1933-11-01
On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young businessman is about to commit suicide. With a
Rulers of the Sea
1939-11-08
The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all setbacks
Letty Lynton
1932-04-30
Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South Ame
Rings on Her Fingers
1942-03-20
Susan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the beautiful cl
Imitation of Life
1934-11-23
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter. The t
Captain Kidd
1945-11-22
Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a cave
Marriage License?
1926-09-05
When English nobleman Marcus Heriot marries the young Canadian Wanda his family, especially his moth
Kitty
1945-10-16
Pickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork gai
Devotion
1946-04-05
In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the Rev.
Fast and Furious
1927-06-12
When Tom Brown, a wealthy young bachelor with a reckless penchant for speed, wrecks his car in an ac
The Female
1924-08-31
A Sam Wood silent South Africa romance is a love story (based on Cynthia Stocklet Story) with a sad.
Trouble for Two
1936-05-29
A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London dis
Strictly Dynamite
1934-05-11
A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
The Man from Blankley's
1930-03-28
When a nobleman loses his way in the fog and enters a house where there's a party going on, he's mis
The Wolf Man
1924-02-17
Gerald Stanley (John Gilbert) is an English gentleman who is engaged to Beatrice Joyce (Alma Frances
The Beautiful Adventure
1917-10-15
Helene De Travillac, a sweat little French girl, loves her handsome cousin, Andre D'Eguzon, but a sc
Vagabond Lady
1935-05-03
Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department store o
Blind Adventure
1933-08-18
Richard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international intrigue, wi
The Boy Friend
1926-08-14
A young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.
Monte Carlo
1930-08-27
A countess fleeing her husband mistakes a count for her hairdresser at a Monte Carlo casino.
The Squaw Man
1931-07-21
Jim Wyngate, an English aristocrat, comes to the American West under a cloud of suspicion for embezz
The Marriage Whirl
1925-07-19
Marian marries Arthur, a party-loving man, hoping to reform him, but he becomes restless and starts