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.
Acted in 88
1940s
- 1946
Devotion
Club Member (uncredited)
- 1945
Kitty
Earl of Campton
The Suspect
Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
- 1942
- 1940
Brother Orchid
Meadows - London Butler (uncredited)
The House of the Seven Gables
Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
1930s
- 1939
The Mad Empress
Movie
Rulers of the Sea
Mr. McKinnon (Uncredited)
Captain Fury
Governor's Aide - Hamilton
- 1938
- 1937
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Mr. Fox - Roger's Teacher (uncredited)
You Can't Buy Luck
Rivers (uncredited)
Bill Cracks Down
Jarvis, the Butler
- 1936
Give Me Your Heart
Jenkins (uncredited)
Trouble for Two
Herald (Uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
Hobbs
August Week End
Grimsby
- 1935
East of Java
Resident
Vagabond Lady
Lewis, John’s Chauffeur (uncredited)
When a Man's a Man
Gibbs
- 1934
Sons of Steel
Higgins
Imitation of Life
Butler at Party (uncredited)
The Richest Girl in the World
Binkley - The Butler
Million Dollar Ransom
Meigs
Thirty Day Princess
Baron Passeria
Strictly Dynamite
Meadows (uncredited)
- 1933
The Worst Woman in Paris?
Valet
Only Yesterday
George (Uncredited)
Blind Adventure
Maitre d'hotel
The Big Brain
Butler
A Lady's Profession
Crotchett
- 1932
The Big Broadcast
Secretary to Bellows
The Man Called Back
Donaldson - St. Claire's Secretary
Red-Headed Woman
Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)
Letty Lynton
Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)
- 1931
The Squaw Man
Fox Huntsman
The Lady Refuses
Dobbs
The Bachelor Father
Bolton
- 1930
Charley's Aunt
Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)
East Is West
Thomas
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
Renal
A Lady Surrenders
Butler
Monte Carlo
Minor Role (uncredited)
The Lady of Scandal
Morton
The Runaway Bride
Williams
Strictly Unconventional
Party Guest
One Romantic Night
Colonel Wunderlich
The Man from Blankley's
Dawes
The Girl Said No
Alfred - Hettie's Butler
Sarah and Son
Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)
1920s
- 1929
Behind That Curtain
Galt
- 1928
Oh Kay!
Lord Braggot
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
Lutz
- 1927
My Friend from India
Jennings the Butler
Singed
Ernie Whitehead
Fast and Furious
Englishman
- 1926
Marriage License?
Beadon
The Boy Friend
Movie
- 1925
The King On Main Street
Hugo Jensen
He's a Prince!
Valet
The Marriage Whirl
Dick Mayne
Enticement
William Blake
Learning to Love
Butler
- 1924
The Fast Set
Archie Wells
The Female
Clyde Wiel
Tiger Love
Don Victoriano Fuestes
Men
The Baron
The Wolf Man
Sir Reginald Stackpoole
- 1923
Woman-Proof
Cecil Updyke
Bright Lights of Broadway
Sherrill's butler / manservant
- 1922
The Light in the Dark
Peters
- 1920
The New York Idea
Thomas
1910s
- 1917
The Beautiful Adventure
Valentine Borroyer
The Amazons
Lord Tweenways
- 1916
The Ocean Waif
Hawkins, the Valet