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Jack Norton‌

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Jack Norton

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Jack Norton

Brooklyn, New York, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1889-09-01

Popularity

star1.7

Biography

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.

Movie Credits

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock‌
star6.2
calendar 1947

The Palm Beach Story

The Palm Beach Story‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Flame of Barbary Coast

Flame of Barbary Coast‌
star5.6
calendar 1945

Fixing a Stew

Fixing a Stew‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

The Super Snooper

The Super Snooper‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat‌
star6.4
calendar 1944

Shadows Over Chinatown

Shadows Over Chinatown‌
star5.7
calendar 1946

The Scarlet Clue

The Scarlet Clue‌
star5.9
calendar 1945

The Villain Still Pursued Her

The Villain Still Pursued Her‌
star5.1
calendar 1940

Fashion Model

Fashion Model‌
star3.0
calendar 1945

No Hands on the Clock

No Hands on the Clock‌
star4.9
calendar 1941

Variety Girl

Variety Girl‌
star6.1
calendar 1947

Taxi, Mister

Taxi, Mister‌
star3.0
calendar 1943

Sweet Music

Sweet Music‌
star5.7
calendar 1935

Who's Looney Now

Who's Looney Now‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Thanks for the Memory

Thanks for the Memory‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

Foolish Hearts

Foolish Hearts‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Dr. Socrates

Dr. Socrates‌
star6.4
calendar 1935

The Awful Tooth

The Awful Tooth‌
star6.8
calendar 1938

Hold That Kiss

Hold That Kiss‌
star6.5
calendar 1938

Man Alive

Man Alive‌
star5.1
calendar 1945

The Fleet's In

The Fleet's In‌
star7.0
calendar 1942

Malice in the Palace

Malice in the Palace‌
star5.4
calendar 1949

His Night Out

His Night Out‌
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calendar 1935

Meet the Girls

Meet the Girls‌
star4.5
calendar 1938

Meet the Missus

Meet the Missus‌
star4.0
calendar 1937

Finishing School

Finishing School‌
star5.9
calendar 1934

Captain Tugboat Annie

Captain Tugboat Annie‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

The Women Men Marry

The Women Men Marry‌
star5.5
calendar 1937

Calling All Cars

Calling All Cars‌
star2.0
calendar 1935

Going Highbrow

Going Highbrow‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

My Dear Miss Aldrich

My Dear Miss Aldrich‌
star6.1
calendar 1937

Love Is a Headache

Love Is a Headache‌
star5.7
calendar 1938

One More Spring

One More Spring‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

Broadway Gondolier

Broadway Gondolier‌
star5.4
calendar 1935

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt‌
star6.5
calendar 1939

Everybody's Doing It

Everybody's Doing It‌
star5.0
calendar 1938

The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick‌
star6.4
calendar 1940

Stolen Harmony

Stolen Harmony‌
star6.0
calendar 1935

Prairie Chickens

Prairie Chickens‌
star0.0
calendar 1943

Moonlight in Havana

Moonlight in Havana‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

News Is Made at Night

News Is Made at Night‌
star4.5
calendar 1939

Dr. Broadway

Dr. Broadway‌
star5.0
calendar 1942

The Roaring Twenties

The Roaring Twenties‌
star7.5
calendar 1939

Grand Jury Secrets

Grand Jury Secrets‌
star0.0
calendar 1939

Arsène Lupin Returns

Arsène Lupin Returns‌
star5.8
calendar 1938

The Preview Murder Mystery

The Preview Murder Mystery‌
star6.0
calendar 1936

Let's Make Music

Let's Make Music‌
star5.6
calendar 1941

Going My Way

Going My Way‌
star6.7
calendar 1944

Linda, Be Good

Linda, Be Good‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

I Was a Burlesque Queen

I Was a Burlesque Queen‌
star1.0
calendar 1953

Counsel on De Fence

Counsel on De Fence‌
star1.0
calendar 1934

Time Out for Romance

Time Out for Romance‌
star5.6
calendar 1937

Society Smugglers

Society Smugglers‌
star5.7
calendar 1939

Two O'Clock Courage

Two O'Clock Courage‌
star6.2
calendar 1945

Ride on Vaquero

Ride on Vaquero‌
star4.2
calendar 1941

Cockeyed Cavaliers

Cockeyed Cavaliers‌
star6.0
calendar 1934

Jezebel

Jezebel‌
star7.1
calendar 1938

The Ghost Breakers

The Ghost Breakers‌
star6.5
calendar 1940

The Way of All Flesh

The Way of All Flesh‌
star4.0
calendar 1940

City of Chance

City of Chance‌
star5.2
calendar 1940

Thank Your Lucky Stars

Thank Your Lucky Stars‌
star6.1
calendar 1943

The Spoilers

The Spoilers‌
star6.3
calendar 1942

The Kansan

The Kansan‌
star5.2
calendar 1943

Brooklyn Orchid

Brooklyn Orchid‌
star0.0
calendar 1942

Pacific Blackout

Pacific Blackout‌
star6.3
calendar 1941

My Favorite Spy

My Favorite Spy‌
star6.0
calendar 1942

The Farmer's Daughter

The Farmer's Daughter‌
star5.0
calendar 1940

Strange Confession

Strange Confession‌
star6.8
calendar 1945

Down the Ribber

Down the Ribber‌
star0.0
calendar 1936

Dr. Renault's Secret

Dr. Renault's Secret‌
star5.2
calendar 1942

Once Upon a Time

Once Upon a Time‌
star5.8
calendar 1944

So's Your Uncle

So's Your Uncle‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

Crazy House

Crazy House‌
star5.0
calendar 1943

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek‌
star6.8
calendar 1943

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President‌
star2.0
calendar 1939

The Falcon Strikes Back

The Falcon Strikes Back‌
star5.6
calendar 1943

Make Your Own Bed

Make Your Own Bed‌
star5.8
calendar 1944

The Big Parade of Comedy

The Big Parade of Comedy‌
star6.3
calendar 1964

Page Miss Glory

Page Miss Glory‌
star6.3
calendar 1935

Rhythm and Weep

Rhythm and Weep‌
star5.3
calendar 1946

Marked Woman

Marked Woman‌
star6.5
calendar 1937

It Ain't Hay

It Ain't Hay‌
star6.4
calendar 1943

The Naughty Nineties

The Naughty Nineties‌
star6.7
calendar 1945

Ship Cafe

Ship Cafe‌
star0.0
calendar 1935

Nocturne

Nocturne‌
star5.6
calendar 1946

Opened by Mistake

Opened by Mistake‌
star0.0
calendar 1940

Louisiana Purchase

Louisiana Purchase‌
star6.6
calendar 1941

The Story of Dr. Wassell

The Story of Dr. Wassell‌
star6.3
calendar 1944

Don't Bet on Blondes

Don't Bet on Blondes‌
star5.0
calendar 1935

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal‌
star0.0
calendar 1945

Hired Husband

Hired Husband‌
star0.0
calendar 1947

One Too Many

One Too Many‌
star0.0
calendar 1934

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