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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1868-08-11 (156 years old)

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 Jekyll. He died in the Woodland Hills section of Los Angeles in February 1953.

Known For

Acting

1946

Devotion as Club Member (uncredited)

1945

The Suspect as Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
Captain Kidd as Nobleman with King William III (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

Bill Cracks Down as Jarvis, the Butler
You Can't Buy Luck as Rivers (uncredited)

1936

August Week End as Grimsby
Give Me Your Heart as Jenkins (uncredited)
Beloved Enemy as Mr. Moll (Uncredited)
Trouble for Two as Herald (Uncredited)

1935

Top Hat as London Hotel Manager (uncredited)
East of Java as Resident
Vagabond Lady as Lewis, John’s Chauffeur (uncredited)

1934

The Richest Girl in the World as Binkley - The Butler
Stingaree as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)
Sons of Steel as Higgins
Thirty Day Princess as Baron Passeria
We Live Again as Judge
Imitation of Life as Butler at Party (uncredited)
Strictly Dynamite as Meadows (uncredited)

1933

A Lady's Profession as Crotchett
The Big Brain as Butler
Only Yesterday as George (Uncredited)
Blind Adventure as Maitre d'hotel

1932

The Big Broadcast as Secretary to Bellows
The Man Called Back as Donaldson - St. Claire's Secretary
Love Me Tonight as Valet (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman as Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)
Letty Lynton as Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)

1931

The Lady Refuses as Sir Gerald's Butler Dobbs

1930

The Love Parade as Master of Ceremonies
East Is West as Thomas
The Runaway Bride as Williams
The Girl Said No as Alfred - Hettie's Butler
Charley's Aunt as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)
Sarah and Son as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)
One Romantic Night as Colonel Wunderlich

1929

1928

The Man Who Laughs as Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)
Oh Kay! as Lord Braggot

1927

Singed as Ernie Whitehead
My Friend from India as Jennings the Butler
Fast and Furious as Englishman

1926

1925

Enticement as William Blake

1924

Men as The Baron
The Fast Set as Archie Wells
Tiger Love as Don Victoriano Fuestes
The Female as Clyde Wiel
The Wolf Man as Sir Reginald Stackpoole

1923

Bright Lights of Broadway as Sherrill's butler / manservant
Woman-Proof as Cecil Updyke

1922

1918

1917

The Amazons as Lord Tweenways
The Beautiful Adventure as Valentine Borroyer

1916

The Ocean Waif as Hawkins, the Valet