Edgar Norton
Actor
Biography
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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.
Filmography
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
as Poole 1931
Son of Frankenstein
as Thomas Benson 1939
The Man Who Laughs
as Lord High Chancellor (uncredited) 1928
Dracula's Daughter
as Hobbs 1936
A Chump at Oxford
as Professor Witherspoon (uncredited) 1940
Love Me Tonight
as Valet (uncredited) 1932
Imitation of Life
as Butler at Party (uncredited) 1934
The Suspect
as Mr. Frazer (uncredited) 1945
Red-Headed Woman
as Gaerste's Butler Tompkins (uncredited) 1932
The Love Parade
as Master of Ceremonies 1930
Brother Orchid
as Meadows - London Butler (uncredited) 1940
The Man in the Iron Mask
as Fouquet's Servant 1939
Captain Kidd
as Nobleman with King William III (uncredited) 1945
The Student Prince in Old Heidelberg
as Lutz 1928
The House of the Seven Gables
as Phineas Weed - Jaffrey's Servant 1940
The Cowboy and the Lady
as Smith's Servant (uncredited) 1938