Barry Norton
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Barry Norton (born Alfredo Carlos Birabén; June 16, 1905 – August 24, 1956) was an Argentinian-American actor. He appeared in over 90 films, starting in silent films from 1925 until his death in 1956. He is perhaps best known for his role as Juan Harker in Universal Pictures' Spanish-language version of Drácula in 1931, the English language role of Jonathan Harker originated by David Manners. Arriving in Hollywood in the 1920s, Norton first appeared as an extra in The Black Pirate (1926) but was soon cast in Fox Films' The Lily that same year. His big break came when he was given the role of Pvt. "Mother's Boy" Lewisohn in What Price Glory?, which turned out to be a huge commercial success. He landed substantial roles in Legion of the Condemned and 4 Devils (both 1928), which were also very successful. His acting was well received by audiences and critics at the time, and during the silent era he avoided being typecast as a Latin lover. One theater owner in Golden City, Montana said, "[Norton] has as yet to show me a bad performance. There's a boy that is a 'natural'." In the early 1930s, Norton could still get leading roles in major films. Major Hollywood studios started producing alternate-language versions of their prestige productions, and he became one of dozens of Latino actors needed. Drácula was one of these films, but Norton also appeared in Spanish-language versions of Paramount on Parade (1930), The Benson Murder Case (1930), and The Criminal Code (1931). In a few cases, he appeared in both versions of a film. Examples include Storm Over the Andes (Spanish version: Alas sobre El Chaco), The Sea Fiend (El diablo del Mar), and Captain Calamity (El capitan Tormenta), the latter film reuniting him with Lupita Tovar, his romantic interest from Dracula. In addition to roles in Spanish-territory films, he had roles in numerous major films, usually playing sophisticated Europeans. With the decline in Spanish-language film production in Los Angeles, Norton's opportunities for leading roles became less and less frequent. Though he had a pleasing voice, his Argentine accent seemed incongruous with his appearance. According to some sources, he never mastered English very well. In 1933, he secured what would be his last important role, playing Jean Parker's Spanish fiancé in Frank Capra's Lady for a Day (1933). Although he would continue to work for another 15 years, Norton's last credited screen role would be Should Husbands Work? (1939). For the rest of his career, Norton continued to reside in Los Angeles and obtain small roles in films. Many films he appeared in are now considered to be classics.
Casablanca
as Gambler at Rick's (uncredited)In Casablanca, Morocco in December 1941, a cynical American expatriate meets a former lover,...
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To Catch a Thief
as Frenchman (uncredited)An ex-thief is accused of enacting a new crime spree, so to clear his name he sets off to catch...
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Around the World in Eighty Days
as Extra (uncredited)Based on the famous book by Jules Verne the movie follows Phileas Fogg on his journey around the...
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The Caine Mutiny
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)When a US Naval captain shows signs of mental instability that jeopardize his ship, the first...
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White Christmas
as Carousel Club Diner (uncredited)Two talented song-and-dance men team up after the war to become one of the hottest acts in show...
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The Lady Eve
as Passenger on Ship (uncredited)It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set...
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A Star Is Born
as Benefit Attendee (uncredited)A movie star helps a young singer-actress find fame, even as age and alcoholism send his own...
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How to Marry a Millionaire
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)Three women set out to find eligible millionaires to marry, but find true love in the process.
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Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans
as Ballroom Dancer / Kissing Couple (uncredited)A married farmer falls under the spell of a slatternly woman from the city, who tries to...
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Monsieur Verdoux
as Garden Party Guest (uncredited)The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux, and his sociopathic methods of attaining...
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Camille
as Emile (uncredited)Life in 1847 Paris is as spirited as champagne and as unforgiving as the gray morning after. In...
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Christmas in Connecticut
as Restaurant Patron (uncredited)While recovering in a hospital, war hero Jefferson Jones grows familiar with the "Diary of a...
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Written on the Wind
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)Mitch Wayne is a geologist working for the Hadleys, an oil-rich Texas family. While the...
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The Big Clock
as Man at Van Barth's (uncredited)Stroud, a crime magazine's crusading editor has to post-pone a vacation with his wife, again,...
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Ziegfeld Girl
as Palm Beach Casino Patron (Uncredited)Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three...
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Hellzapoppin'
as Party Guest (uncredited)Olsen and Johnson, a pair of stage comedians, try to turn their play into a movie and bring...
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Drácula
as Juan HarkerAt midnight on Walpurgis Night, an English clerk, Renfield, arrives at Count Dracula's castle in...
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You Were Never Lovelier
as One of Maria's Suitors (uncredited)An Argentine heiress thinks a penniless American dancer is her secret admirer.
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Dance, Girl, Dance
as Dissaproving Theatre Patron (uncredited)Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash...
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Lady for a Day
as CarlosNever-wed, poor, rough around the edges Apple Annie has always written to her daughter, Louise,...
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The Great Ziegfeld
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.
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Imitation of Life
as Young Man Proposing Toast (uncredited)A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....
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Trouble Along the Way
as Party GuestStruggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve...
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Mister 880
as Restaurant Diner (uncredited)The Skipper is a charming old man loved by all his neighbors. What they don't know is that he is...
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Hold That Ghost
as Club Patron (uncredited)Two bumbling service station attendants are left as the sole beneficiaries in a gangster's will....
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No Man of Her Own
as Country Club Patron (uncredited)A penniless pregnant woman adopts the identity of a rich woman killed in a train crash.
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The Black Pirate
as Youth (uncredited)A nobleman vows to avenge the death of his father by the hands of pirates. To this end, he...
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The Big Street
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)Meek busboy Little Pinks is in love with an extremely selfish showgirl who despises and uses him.
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Slightly Scarlet
as uncreditedKleptomaniac Dorothy Lyons is paroled from prison into the custody of her sister June, secretary...
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Mission to Moscow
as Ball Guest (uncredited)Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns...
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Christmas in July
as Co-Worker in Office (uncredited)An office clerk loves entering contests in the hopes of someday winning a fortune and marrying...
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Small Town Girl
as Party GuestRick Belrow Livingston, in love with Broadway star Lisa, is sentenced to 30 days in jail for...
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Above Suspicion
as German Cafe Patron (Uncredited)Two newlyweds spy on the Nazis for the British Secret Service during their honeymoon in Europe.
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Tom, Dick and Harry
as Bowler (uncredited)Janie is a telephone operator who is caught up in the lines of love of three men: car salesman...
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The Strange Door
as uncreditedThe wicked Alain plots an elaborate revenge against his younger brother Edmund, leading to a...
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The Falcon Takes Over
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)While an escaped convict, Moose Malloy, goes in search of his ex-girlfriend Velma, police...
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Young Man with a Horn
as Man at Train Station / Café Guest (uncredited)Legendary trumpeter Art Hazzard teaches young Rick Martin everything he knows about playing, so...
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Caravan
as Young Officer at Beer Garden (Uncredited)A countess marries a Gypsy fiddler instead of a baron's son at harvest time in Tokay wine...
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Grand Canary
as Robert TranterBased on an AJ Cronin novel, a disgraced doctor exiled to the Canary Islands, meets and falls in...
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Keeper of the Flame
as uncreditedFamed reporter Stephen O'Malley travels to a small town to investigate the death of a national hero.
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Down Argentine Way
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an...
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Only Yesterday
as Jerry (Uncredited)On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide....
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Niagara Falls
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)The nosy antics of a honeymooner puts an unwed couple in the same room.
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Lucky Me
as Diner / Party Guest (uncredited)Three struggling theatrical performers meet a famous songwriter who is trying to convince a...
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Something to Live For
as Man in Tweeds (uncredited)Advertising executive Alan Miller, a recovered alcoholic who now does interventions on behalf of...
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Woman Wanted
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into...
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Variety Girl
as Plane Passenger (uncredited)Dozens of star and character-actor cameos and a message about the Variety Club (a show-business...
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The Buccaneer
as VillereFrench pirate Jean Lafitte rescues a girl and joins the War of 1812.
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Dishonored
as Young Lieutenant - Firing SquadThe Austrian Secret Service sends its most seductive agent to spy on the Russians.
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Pat and Mike
as Golf Spectator (uncredited)Pat Pemberton is a brilliant athlete, except when her domineering fiancé is around. The ladies...
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Johnny Allegro
as uncreditedTreasury Department officials recruit a florist (Raft) to lead them to a wanted criminal...
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East Side, West Side
as Del Rio Club Patron (uncredited)A vain businessman puts strains on his happy marriage to a rich, beautiful socialite by allowing...
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Serenade
as Party Guest (uncredited)A wealthy woman discovers a vineyard worker with a beautiful operatic singing voice. She helps...
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Room for One More
as Boy Scout Ceremony Attendee (uncredited)Anne and "Poppy" Rose have three quirky kids. Anne has a generous heart and the belief in the...
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An Innocent Affair
as Rocket Roof Patron (uncredited)Vincent Doane is in the precarious position of trying to close an advertising account with his...
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Rocketship X-M
as Reporter (uncredited)Astronauts blast off to explore the moon on Rocketship X-M or "Rocketship eXploration Moon". A...
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Without Reservations
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the...
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Luxury Liner
as Prince Vladimir GleboffThis drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a...
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Pier 23
as Waiter (uncredited)Pier 23 was one of three hour-long mysteries produced by Lippert Productions for both TV and...
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The Jazz Singer
as Nightclub PatronAs Jerry Golding scales the heights of show business, he breaks the heart of his father, who'd...
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Maisie Goes to Reno
as Nightclub Patron (Uncredited)A Brooklyn showgirl gets mixed up in a divorce between a soldier and his wife.
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Storm Over the Andes
as DiazA war between Bolivia and Paraguay is the setting for the stories of flyers involved with both...
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Young Man with Ideas
as Lawyer at Seminar (uncredited)A Montana lawyer gets distracted after moving to California with his wife and children.
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Captain Calamity
as CarrA South Seas skipper fights off thieves and pirates who are after a lost treasure.
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Hollywood Story
as Christmas Parade Spectator (uncredited)A producer takes over a small film studio and - sensing that it'll be a good movie- begins...
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Second Fiddle
as Nightclub PatronStudio publicist discovers Minnesota skating teacher and takes her to Hollywood. She goes back...
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Rich Relations
as Don BlairA secretary finds herself being romanced by a "ladies man". What she doesn't know is that it's...
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Murder at Glen Athol
as Tom RandelA famous detective is invited to a swanky party at an elegant mansion, but before the night is...
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What Price Glory
as Pvt. Kenneth 'Mother's Boy' LewisohnU.S. Marine sergeants Quirt and Flagg are inveterate romantic rivals on peacetime assignments in...
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Cocktail Hour
as Prince Philippe de LongvilleCynthia Warren, independently wealthy through her ability as an illustrator and poster artist,...
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The World Moves On
as Jacques Girard (1924)Two families, cotton merchants in England and America, with branches in France and Prussia swear...
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I'll Take Romance
as JuanTheater manager James Guthrie's (Melvyn Douglas) career depends on famed soprano Elsa Terry...
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4 Devils
as AdolfThe circus provides the backdrop for this melodrama that chronicles the lives of four children...
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Angel of Mercy
as President Garfield's Secretary (uncredited)This MGM Passing Parade series short tells the story of Clara Barton, the founder of the Red Cross.
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The Red Dance
as Rasputin's Assassin (uncredited)Tasia (Dolores del Río), a beautiful dancer lower class of Russia, falls heir to the throne...
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Blue, White, and Perfect
as Man at Ship Dock (uncredited)In order to win back his girlfriend, Mike Shayne promises to give up his detective practice and...
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The Mexican Spitfire's Baby
as Nightclub PatronAn advertising executive and his temperamental wife adopt a war orphan who turns out to be a...
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The Legion of the Condemned
as Byron DashwoodFinding his sweetheart, Christine, in the arms of a German officer, Price joins the French Air...
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Unknown Blonde
as Bob ParkerAn unprincipled hustler who makes his living getting--or making up--evidence in divorce cases...
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Ankles Preferred
as JimmyNora, a department store clerk, is determined to succeed on the basis of her brain power despite...
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Devil Monster
as Robert JacksonA schooner disappears at sea without a trace. Years later, evidence of possible survivors...
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Galas de la Paramount
as Self - Master of CeremoniesSpanish-language version of PARAMOUNT ON PARADE (q.v.), with new sequences of interest to...
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The Wizard
as Reginald Van LearA mad doctor sews human head onto gorilla's body.
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Mexican Spitfire Out West
as Hotel GuestDennis heads west to work on an important business deal minus the Mexican Spitfire, Carmelita....
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Twilight on the Rio Grande
as RuraleGene and Pokie are on vacation in Mexico when they learn that their buddy Dusty has been bumped off.
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Sins of the Fathers
as Tom SpenglerA married restaurant owner is persuaded to become a bootlegger by a beautiful young girl. When...
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Should Husbands Work?
as Ronald McDonaldJoe Higgins' wife gets the job meant for him, so he stays home to do the housework. A Higgins...
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A Man About Town
as Amos, a Centerville ClerkA comedy short film directed by George Marshall.
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The Canyon of Light
as Ricardo DeaneThe story begins as Tom Mills (Tom Mix) rides off to fight in WWI. Leaving his ranch in the care...
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The Heart of Salome
as Henri Bezanne1927 picture starring Alma Rubens and Walter Pidgeon.
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The Sea Fiend
as Robert JacksonThe Sea Fiend, aka Devil Monster, is an American adventure film directed by S. Edwin Graham and...
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