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Jack Norton
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Jack Norton
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1889-09-01, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Gender
Male
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.

Filmography

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock

6.3

The Sin of Harold Diddlebock
1947-04-04

The Palm Beach Story

7

The Palm Beach Story
1942-08-28

Flame of Barbary Coast

5.6

Flame of Barbary Coast
1945-05-28

0

Fixing a Stew
1934-11-02

The Super Snooper

0

The Super Snooper
1934-02-09

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat

6.4

Charlie Chan in The Chinese Cat
1944-05-20

Shadows Over Chinatown

5.7

Shadows Over Chinatown
1946-06-27

The Scarlet Clue

5.9

The Scarlet Clue
1945-05-11

The Villain Still Pursued Her

5.1

The Villain Still Pursued Her
1940-10-11

3

Fashion Model
1945-03-02

No Hands on the Clock

4.9

No Hands on the Clock
1941-12-01

6.1

Variety Girl
1947-08-29

3

Taxi, Mister
1943-04-16

5.7

Sweet Music
1935-02-23

Who's Looney Now

0

Who's Looney Now
1936-08-23

Thanks for the Memory

5.7

Thanks for the Memory
1938-11-11

0

Foolish Hearts
1935-12-27

6.4

Dr. Socrates
1935-10-19

The Awful Tooth

6.8

The Awful Tooth
1938-05-26

6.5

Hold That Kiss
1938-05-13

5.1

Man Alive
1945-11-16

7

The Fleet's In
1942-01-24

Malice in the Palace

5.4

Malice in the Palace
1949-09-01

0

His Night Out
1935-10-01

4.5

Meet the Girls
1938-10-06

Meet the Missus

4

Meet the Missus
1937-06-04

Finishing School

5.9

Finishing School
1934-05-04

Captain Tugboat Annie

0

Captain Tugboat Annie
1945-11-17

The Women Men Marry

5.5

The Women Men Marry
1937-09-10

Calling All Cars

2

Calling All Cars
1935-01-25

6

Going Highbrow
1935-07-06

My Dear Miss Aldrich

6.1

My Dear Miss Aldrich
1937-09-17

Love Is a Headache

5.7

Love Is a Headache
1938-01-14

One More Spring

5.7

One More Spring
1935-02-15

Broadway Gondolier

5.4

Broadway Gondolier
1935-07-27

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt

6.5

The Lone Wolf Spy Hunt
1939-01-27

Everybody's Doing It

5

Everybody's Doing It
1938-01-14

6.4

The Bank Dick
1940-11-29

6

Stolen Harmony
1935-04-20

Prairie Chickens

0

Prairie Chickens
1943-05-21

Moonlight in Havana

0

Moonlight in Havana
1942-10-16

News Is Made at Night

4.5

News Is Made at Night
1939-07-20

5

Dr. Broadway
1942-05-09

The Roaring Twenties

7.472

The Roaring Twenties
1939-10-28

Grand Jury Secrets

0

Grand Jury Secrets
1939-06-23

Arsène Lupin Returns

5.8

Arsène Lupin Returns
1938-02-25

The Preview Murder Mystery

6

The Preview Murder Mystery
1936-02-28

Let's Make Music

5.6

Let's Make Music
1941-01-17

6.7

Going My Way
1944-01-01

0

Linda, Be Good
1947-11-07

I Was a Burlesque Queen

1

I Was a Burlesque Queen
1953-07-13

Counsel on De Fence

1

Counsel on De Fence
1934-10-24

Time Out for Romance

5.6

Time Out for Romance
1937-02-10

Society Smugglers

5.7

Society Smugglers
1939-03-01

Two O'Clock Courage

6.2

Two O'Clock Courage
1945-04-13

Ride on Vaquero

4.2

Ride on Vaquero
1941-04-18

Cockeyed Cavaliers

6

Cockeyed Cavaliers
1934-06-29

7

Jezebel
1938-03-26

The Ghost Breakers

6.5

The Ghost Breakers
1940-06-21

The Way of All Flesh

4

The Way of All Flesh
1940-07-05

5.2

City of Chance
1940-01-13

Thank Your Lucky Stars

6.1

Thank Your Lucky Stars
1943-09-25

6.2

The Spoilers
1942-06-11

5.2

The Kansan
1943-09-10

Brooklyn Orchid

0

Brooklyn Orchid
1942-01-31

Pacific Blackout

6.3

Pacific Blackout
1941-12-31

My Favorite Spy

5.2

My Favorite Spy
1942-06-12

The Farmer's Daughter

5

The Farmer's Daughter
1940-03-29

Strange Confession

6.8

Strange Confession
1945-10-05

Down the Ribber

0

Down the Ribber
1936-03-27

Dr. Renault's Secret

5.2

Dr. Renault's Secret
1942-10-19

Once Upon a Time

5.8

Once Upon a Time
1944-06-29

So's Your Uncle

5

So's Your Uncle
1943-09-01

5

Crazy House
1943-10-08

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek

6.8

The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
1943-12-12

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President

2

Joe and Ethel Turp Call on the President
1939-12-01

The Falcon Strikes Back

5.6

The Falcon Strikes Back
1943-04-01

Make Your Own Bed

5.8

Make Your Own Bed
1944-06-10

The Big Parade of Comedy

6.3

The Big Parade of Comedy
1964-09-02

Page Miss Glory

6.3

Page Miss Glory
1935-09-07

Rhythm and Weep

5.3

Rhythm and Weep
1946-10-03

6.5

Marked Woman
1937-04-10

6.4

It Ain't Hay
1943-03-10

The Naughty Nineties

6.7

The Naughty Nineties
1945-06-20

0

Ship Cafe
1935-11-09

5.6

Nocturne
1946-10-29

Opened by Mistake

0

Opened by Mistake
1940-05-10

Louisiana Purchase

6.6

Louisiana Purchase
1941-12-31

The Story of Dr. Wassell

6.3

The Story of Dr. Wassell
1944-07-04

Don't Bet on Blondes

5

Don't Bet on Blondes
1935-07-13

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal

0

A Guy, a Gal and a Pal
1945-03-08

0

Hired Husband
1947-05-09

0

One Too Many
1934-12-28

Forgotten Faces

0

Forgotten Faces
1936-05-15