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person_profile-Jack Norton

Jack Norton Died at age: 69

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Jack Norton

Date of Birth:

Sep 01, 1889

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

Oct 15, 1958

Biography of

Jack Norton

    From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

    Jack Norton (September 2, 1882 – October 15, 1958) was an American stage and film character actor who appeared in 184 films between 1934 and 1948, often playing drunks, although in real life he was a teetotaler.

    Career

    Jack Norton was born in Brooklyn, New York on September 2, 1882.

    In his early career he had a vaudeville comedy act with his wife Lillian Healy. Norton made his Broadway debut in 1925 in that year's edition of Earl Carroll's Vanities, and also appeared in Florida Girl, which was produced and staged by Carroll.

    Norton's first film work was for a musical short, School for Romance, in 1934, in which a young Betty Grable appeared, but his scenes were deleted. His work survived to reach the screen in his next assignment, The Super Snooper, a comedy short, and in his third film, his first full-length movie, Finishing School, which featured Frances Dee, Billie Burke, Ginger Rogers and Bruce Cabot, Norton played a drunk, setting the pattern for many of his future performances. Although he also played stone sober characters as well, he was best known for his inebriated characterizations, and he improved his work by following genuine drunks around, picking up behavioral tips.

    Norton worked continuously and consistently, sometimes appearing in as many as 20 films in one year, although many of his performances went uncredited. One of the few times he was credited as part of the main cast was in 1945 for the film A Guy, a Gal and a Pal In the 1940s, Norton was part of Preston Sturges' unofficial "stock company" of character actors, appearing in five films written and directed by Sturges. He is perhaps best known to modern audiences as A. Pismo Clam, the drunken film director whom W.C. Fields is hired to replace in The Bank Dick (1940).

    In 1947, Norton retired from films due to illness, his last appearance being in Alias a Gentlemen, which was released in 1948, although he did make some live television appearances in the early 1950s.

    Jack Norton's final appearance would have been in the 1956 episode of The Honeymooners entitled "Unconventional Behavior", but age and infirmity had so overwhelmed him that he was literally written out of the show as it was being filmed, though Jackie Gleason saw to it that Norton was paid fully for the performance he was ready, willing, but unable to give.

    Norton died on October 15, 1958 in Saranac Lake, New York at the age of 76. He is buried in Sacred Hearts Cemetery in Southampton, New York on Long Island.

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Jack Norton

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Filmography of

Jack Norton

Found 84 Movies in total

The Big Parade of Comedy

(archive footage) ( Actor )

... 1964

I Was a Burlesque Queen

Jim Benson ( Actor )

... 1953

Linda, Be Good

Jim Benson ( Actor )

... 1947

Variety Girl

Busboy at Brown Derby ( Actor )

... 1947

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

James R. Smoke ( Actor )

... 1947

Nocturne

Charlie ( Actor )

... 1946

Shadows Over Chinatown

Cosgrove ( Actor )

... 1946

Captain Tugboat Annie

Shiftless ( Actor )

... 1945

Man Alive

William T. Lafferty ( Actor )

... 1945

Strange Confession

Jack ( Actor )

... 1945

The Naughty Nineties

Drunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

Flame of Barbary Coast

Byline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star ( Actor )

... 1945

The Scarlet Clue

Willie Rand ( Actor )

... 1945

Two O'Clock Courage

Drunk at Blue Room Bar (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1945

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

Norton ( Actor )

... 1945

Fashion Model

Herbert ( Actor )

... 1945

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

Country Club Man Ordering Champagne (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Hail the Conquering Hero

Second Bandleader (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

The Story of Dr. Wassell

'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Once Upon a Time

Man In Barber Chair (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Make Your Own Bed

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1944

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

Hotel Desk Clerk ( Actor )

... 1944

Going My Way

Mr. Lilly (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1944

Crazy House

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1943

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Customer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

The Kansan

Saloon Drunk ( Actor )

... 1943

So's Your Uncle

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1943

Prairie Chickens

Henry Lewis-Clark III ( Actor )

... 1943

Taxi, Mister

Reginald Van Nostrum - the Drunk ( Actor )

... 1943

The Falcon Strikes Back

Second Hobo (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

It Ain't Hay

Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1943

Dr. Renault's Secret

Mr. Austin ( Actor )

... 1942

Moonlight in Havana

George ( Actor )

... 1942

The Palm Beach Story

Second Member Ale and Quail Club ( Actor )

... 1942

My Favorite Spy

Orchid Room Drunk ( Actor )

... 1942

The Spoilers

Mr. Skinner ( Actor )

... 1942

Dr. Broadway

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1942

Brooklyn Orchid

Jonathan McFeeder ( Actor )

... 1942

The Fleet's In

Kellogg ( Actor )

... 1942

Pacific Blackout

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1941

Louisiana Purchase

Jester ( Actor )

... 1941

No Hands on the Clock

Bartender at The Nugget Room ( Actor )

... 1941

... 1941

Let's Make Music

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1941

The Bank Dick

A. Pismo Clam ( Actor )

... 1940

... 1940

The Way of All Flesh

Barber ( Actor )

... 1940

The Ghost Breakers

Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1940

Opened by Mistake

Al, the Bartender ( Actor )

... 1940

The Farmer's Daughter

Shimmy Conway ( Actor )

... 1940

City of Chance

Mr. Murphy ( Actor )

... 1940

The Roaring Twenties

Drunk at Henderson Club (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1939

News Is Made at Night

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1939

Grand Jury Secrets

Doyle ( Actor )

... 1939

Society Smugglers

Prentis ( Actor )

... 1939

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

Charlie Fenton - the Party Drunk ( Actor )

... 1939

Thanks for the Memory

Bert Monroe ( Actor )

... 1938

Meet the Girls

Fletcher ( Actor )

... 1938

Hold That Kiss

Mallory ( Actor )

... 1938

Jezebel

Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Arsène Lupin Returns

Hotel Manager (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

Everybody's Doing It

Harry The Drunk ( Actor )

... 1938

Love Is a Headache

Bartender (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1938

My Dear Miss Aldrich

First Drunk at Red Apple Inn (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

The Women Men Marry

Wilhelm Peebles (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1937

Meet the Missus

Mr. Norton ( Actor )

... 1937

Marked Woman

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1937

Time Out for Romance

Crapshooter ( Actor )

... 1937

Forgotten Faces

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1936

The Preview Murder Mystery

Comedy Director (Uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1936

Ship Cafe

Mr. Randall (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Dr. Socrates

Drunk in Park ( Actor )

... 1935

His Night Out

Dr. Singer ( Actor )

... 1935

Page Miss Glory

Reporter (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Broadway Gondolier

Man on Ship with Pipe ( Actor )

... 1935

Don't Bet on Blondes

J. Mortimer 'Mousy' Slade ( Actor )

... 1935

Going Highbrow

Sinclair ( Actor )

... 1935

Stolen Harmony

Phillips (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

Sweet Music

Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1935

One More Spring

Drunk ( Actor )

... 1935

Calling All Cars

Duke Costello ( Actor )

... 1935

Cockeyed Cavaliers

King's Physician ( Actor )

... 1934

Finishing School

Drunk (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1934