Edgar Norton
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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
The Son of Frankenstein
1965
as Benson the butler (archive footage)
Devotion
1946
as Club Member (uncredited)
Captain Kidd
1945
as Nobleman with King William III (uncredited)
Kitty
1945
as Earl of Campton
The Suspect
1945
as Mr. Frazer (uncredited)
Rings on Her Fingers
1942
The Corsican Brothers
1941
as Colonna's Barber (Uncredited)
Brother Orchid
1940
as Meadows - London Butler (uncredited)
The House of the Seven Gables
1940
as Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant
A Chump at Oxford
1940
as Professor Witherspoon (uncredited)
Rulers of the Sea
1939
as Mr. McKinnon (Uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask
1939
as Fouquet's Servant
Captain Fury
1939
as Governor's Aide - Hamilton
Son of Frankenstein
1939
as Thomas Benson
The Cowboy and the Lady
1938
as Smith's Servant (uncredited)
You Can't Buy Luck
1937
as Rivers (uncredited)
Bill Cracks Down
1937
as Jarvis, the Butler
Beloved Enemy
1936
as Mr. Moll (Uncredited)
Give Me Your Heart
1936
as Jenkins (uncredited)
Trouble for Two
1936
as Herald (Uncredited)
Dracula's Daughter
1936
as Hobbs
August Week End
1936
as Grimsby
East of Java
1935
as Resident
Top Hat
1935
as London Hotel Manager (uncredited)
When a Man's a Man
1935
as Gibbs
Sons of Steel
1934
as Higgins
Imitation of Life
1934
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
We Live Again
1934
as Judge
The Richest Girl in the World
1934
as Binkley - The Butler
Million Dollar Ransom
1934
as Meigs
Stingaree
1934
as Governor's First Aide (uncredited)
Thirty Day Princess
1934
as Baron Passeria
Strictly Dynamite
1934
as Meadows (uncredited)
The Worst Woman in Paris?
1933
as Valet
Only Yesterday
1933
as George (Uncredited)
The Big Brain
1933
as Butler
A Lady's Profession
1933
as Crotchett
The Big Broadcast
1932
as Secretary to Bellows
Love Me Tonight
1932
as Valet (uncredited)
The Man Called Back
1932
as Donaldson - St. Claire's Secretary
Red-Headed Woman
1932
as Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited)
Letty Lynton
1932
as Darrow's Butler (Uncredited)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1931
as Poole
The Lady Refuses
1931
as Sir Gerald's Butler Dobbs
The Bachelor Father
1931
as Bolton
Charley's Aunt
1930
as Spettigue's Lawyer (uncredited)
East Is West
1930
as Thomas
Du Barry, Woman of Passion
1930
as Renal
A Lady Surrenders
1930
as Butler
The Lady of Scandal
1930
as Morton
The Runaway Bride
1930
as Williams
Strictly Unconventional
1930
as Party Guest
One Romantic Night
1930
as Colonel Wunderlich
The Man from Blankley's
1930
as Dawes
The Girl Said No
1930
as Alfred - Hettie's Butler
Sarah and Son
1930
as Vanning's Butler (Uncredited)
The Love Parade
1930
as Master of Ceremonies
Behind That Curtain
1929
as Galt
Oh Kay!
1928
as Lord Braggot
The Man Who Laughs
1928
as Lord High Chancellor (uncredited)
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
1928
as Lutz
My Friend from India
1927
as Jennings the Butler
Singed
1927
as Ernie Whitehead
Fast and Furious
1927
as Englishman
Marriage License?
1926
as Beadon
The King On Main Street
1925
as Hugo Jensen
He's a Prince!
1925
as Valet
Enticement
1925
as William Blake
Learning to Love
1925
as Butler
The Fast Set
1924
as Archie Wells
The Female
1924
as Clyde Wiel
Tiger Love
1924
as Don Victoriano Fuestes
Men
1924
as The Baron
The Wolf Man
1924
as Sir Reginald Stackpoole
Woman-Proof
1923
as Cecil Updyke
Bright Lights of Broadway
1923
as Sherrill's butler / manservant
The Light in the Dark
1922
as Peters
A Pair of Cupids
1918
as Martin
The Beautiful Adventure
1917
as Valentine Borroyer
The Amazons
1917
as Lord Tweenways
The Ocean Waif
1916
as Hawkins, the Valet