Edgar Norton
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.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as PooleDr. Henry Jekyll believes that there are two distinct sides to men - a good and an evil side. He...
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Dracula's Daughter
as HobbsA countess from Transylvania seeks a psychiatrist’s help to cure her vampiric cravings.
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Top Hat
as London Hotel Manager (uncredited)Showman Jerry Travers is working for producer Horace Hardwick in London. Jerry demonstrates his...
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Son of Frankenstein
as Thomas BensonOne of the sons of late Dr. Henry Frankenstein finds his father's ghoulish creation in a coma...
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The Man Who Laughs
as Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in...
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A Chump at Oxford
as Professor Witherspoon (uncredited)The boys get jobs as a butler and maid-- Stan in drag-- for a dinner party. When that ends in...
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Captain Kidd
as Nobleman with King William III (uncredited)Cutthroat pirate William Kidd captures Admiral Blayne's treasure ship and hides the bounty in a...
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Imitation of Life
as Butler at Party (uncredited)A struggling widow and her daughter take in a black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter....
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Love Me Tonight
as Valet (uncredited)A Parisian tailor goes to a château to collect a bill, only to fall for an aloof young princess...
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The Man in the Iron Mask
as Fouquet's ServantTyrannical King Louis XIV learns that he has an identical twin brother, Philippe, who was raised...
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The House of the Seven Gables
as Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's ServantIn 1828, the bankrupt Pyncheon family fight over Seven Gables, the ancestral mansion. To obtain...
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The Suspect
as Mr. Frazer (uncredited)Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly...
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Red-Headed Woman
as Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)Lil works for the Legendre Company and causes Bill to divorce Irene and marry her. She has an...
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The Love Parade
as Master of CeremoniesThe queen of mythical Sylvania marries a courtier, who finds his new life unsatisfying.
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Brother Orchid
as Meadows - London Butler (uncredited)When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill...
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The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as LutzA young prince falls in love with a beautiful barmaid while at university in old Heidelberg.
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The Cowboy and the Lady
as Smith's Servant (uncredited)Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is...
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Thirty Day Princess
as Baron PasseriaA European princess arrives in New York City to secure a much-needed loan for her country. She...
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Devotion
as Club Member (uncredited)In Victorian England, literary siblings Emily and Charlotte Brontë vie for the affection of the...
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Only Yesterday
as George (Uncredited)On the back of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, a young business man is about to commit suicide....
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Rings on Her Fingers
as uncreditedSusan Miller works behind the girdle counter in a department store and dreams about the...
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Kitty
as Earl of CamptonPickpocket Kitty's life changes when painter Thomas Gainsborough makes her portrait. The artwork...
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The Lady Refuses
as Sir Gerald's Butler DobbsA wealthy London nobleman hires a pretty but poor young woman to distract his playboy son from...
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Stingaree
as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)A young lady named Hilda who works as a servant for the wealthy Clarksons, sheep farmers, and...
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The Corsican Brothers
as Colonna's Barber (Uncredited)Cultured Mario and outlaw Lucien, twins separated at birth, join forces to avenge their parents'...
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Captain Fury
as Governor's Aide - HamiltonAn Irish convict sentenced to hard labor in Australia escapes into the outback, and organizes a...
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Behind That Curtain
as GaltSir George hires Hillary Gatt to find out more about Eric who wants to marry Lois. Gatt is...
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Sarah and Son
as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)A ne'er-do-well husband, after years of abusing his wife, disappears with their son, and winds...
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We Live Again
as JudgeNekhludoff, a Russian nobleman serving on a jury, discovers that the young girl on trial,...
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The Lady of Scandal
as MortonA famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family,...
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Fast and Furious
as EnglishmanWhen Tom Brown, a wealthy young bachelor with a reckless penchant for speed, wrecks his car in...
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The Bachelor Father
as BoltonLonely in his English country estate, Sir Basil decides to gather his grown (albeit...
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Beloved Enemy
as Mr. Moll (Uncredited)In 1921, British Lord Athleigh arrives in Dublin with his daughter, Helen, to engage in peace...
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The Girl Said No
as Alfred - Hettie's ButlerA comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of...
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The Big Broadcast
as Secretary to BellowsThe top brass at a radio station believe their popular new star singer is paying more attention...
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Trouble for Two
as Herald (Uncredited)A decadent prince unhappy over an impending arranged marriage, looking for a good time in London...
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The Richest Girl in the World
as Binkley - The ButlerMillionairess Dorothy Hunter is tired of finding out that her boyfriends love her for her money,...
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You Can't Buy Luck
as Rivers (uncredited)When a gambler is accused of murder, the pretty orphanage employee he loves sets out to prove...
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Bill Cracks Down
as Jarvis, the ButlerWilliam Reardon, a steel magnate, dies and leaves a strange will. When his spineless and...
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One Romantic Night
as Colonel WunderlichA princess is forced to choose between a charming tutor and a rakish prince.
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The Female
as Clyde WielA Sam Wood silent South Africa romance is a love story (based on Cynthia Stocklet Story) with a...
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Charley's Aunt
as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)A student is pressured into pretending to be a classmate's Aunt so he can act as a false chaperone.
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Du Barry, Woman of Passion
as RenalJeannette Vaubernier, an impulsive shopgirl en route to deliver a hat, dreams of luxury and...
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A Lady Surrenders
as ButlerA wealthy industrialist's wife gets into a big argument with him; to cool off, she goes on an...
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The Ocean Waif
as Hawkins, the ValetAn abused young woman finds safety and love in the arms of a famous novelist.
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Give Me Your Heart
as Jenkins (uncredited)An American lawyer's wife is reunited with her child and his father, an English nobleman.
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The King On Main Street
as Hugo JensenA European Ruler falls in love with an American.
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The Man Called Back
as Donaldson - St. Claire's SecretaryFresh from his success with the moody melodrama Murders in the Rue Morgue, director Robert...
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Vagabond Lady
as Lewis, John’s Chauffeur (uncredited)Josephine Spiggins is thinking of marrying John Spear, the stuffed-shirt son of a department...
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The Runaway Bride
as WilliamsMary Gray elopes to Atlantic City, NJ, but begins having second thoughts about the marriage....
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When a Man's a Man
as GibbsA landslide has diverted water from the Baldwin ranch to Cambert's. With their cattle dying,...
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The Beautiful Adventure
as Valentine BorroyerHelene De Travillac, a sweat little French girl, loves her handsome cousin, Andre D'Eguzon, but...
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East Is West
as ThomasMing Toy is on the auction block in China. She is saved by Billy and taken to San Francisco by...
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Strictly Unconventional
as Party GuestAn adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's The Circle. A young woman married into an aristocratic...
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The Amazons
as Lord TweenwaysThree sisters, all raised as boys, have trouble fitting into male-dominated society. A lost film.
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Letty Lynton
as Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)Socialite Letty Lynton is returning to New York, abandoning one-time lover Emile Renaul in South...
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Million Dollar Ransom
as MeigsTo stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in...
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The Light in the Dark
as PetersA young girl is struck and seriously injured by a wealthy society matron's car. The woman brings...
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Men
as The BaronCleo lives in Marseilles and works as a waitress in a waterfront dive. A stranger entices her...
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The Wolf Man
as Sir Reginald StackpooleGerald Stanley (John Gilbert) is an English gentleman who is engaged to Beatrice Joyce (Alma...
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Rulers of the Sea
as Mr. McKinnon (Uncredited)The struggle of a man to build a steam ship to take him across the Atlantic in spite of all...
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Oh Kay!
as Lord BraggotOn the eve of her wedding Lady Kay Rutfield runs off aboard her sloop. A storm carries her out...
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August Week End
as GrimsbyAt a high-society dinner party, a wealthy, older and married man sets his sights on a beautiful...
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Singed
as Ernie WhiteheadDance-hall girl Dolly Wall invests her life savings in an oil well. A gusher comes in, enriching...
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Sons of Steel
as HigginsChadburne Steel is run by two brothers, old men. They each have different plans for their sons....
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The Boy Friend
as uncreditedA young man uses tips from an absurd book to woo a woman he fancies.
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The Man from Blankley's
as DawesWhen a nobleman loses his way in the fog and enters a house where there's a party going on, he's...
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Woman-Proof
as Cecil UpdykeAt sight of a woman, he got a ticket for speeding.
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Marriage License?
as BeadonWhen English nobleman Marcus Heriot marries the young Canadian Wanda his family, especially his...
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The Big Brain
as ButlerA small-town barber finds himself short of stature but a giant in the world of stock promotion....
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East of Java
as ResidentSurvivors of a shipwreck find refuge on a tropical island--but so do the ship's cargo of lions...
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The Worst Woman in Paris?
as ValetTired of being tired and scandalized in gossip columns, she leaves Menjou for a trip to the US....
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Enticement
as William BlakeRomantic complications and tragedy ensue when two former lovers, one of them now married to...
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He's a Prince!
as ValetPrince Alexis is the son of the king of a small European country. His duties, though fairly...
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A Lady's Profession
as CrotchettA couple of down-and-out British aristocrats buy an American roadhouse.
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Tiger Love
as Don Victoriano FuestesThe Wildcat, a Robin Hood of the Spanish hills and son of an aristocrat, falls in love with...
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Blind Adventure
as Maitre d'hotelRichard Bruce, an American in fog bound London stumbles into the midst of international...
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Strictly Dynamite
as Meadows (uncredited)A failed poet ends up becoming a gag writer for a bombastic comedian.
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Bright Lights of Broadway
as Sherrill's butler / manservantAn innocent country girl who happens to have a lovely singing voice falls under the influence of...
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A Pair of Cupids
as MartinHenry Burgess favors a match between his ward, Virginia Parke, and his nephew, Peter Warburton,...
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My Friend from India
as Jennings the ButlerWealthy young man about town, Tommy Valentine (Franklin Pangborn) comes to the aid of Barbara...
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