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Jack Norton

Jack Norton

Actor

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.

Born: September 1, 1889 in Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died: October 15, 1958 (Age 69)

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Jack Norton  Movies & TV Credits

Title Rating Job Role(s) Year
Movie
6
ActorByline Conners, Reporter San Francisco Star1945
Movie
7.3
ActorDrunk1941
Movie
5.8
ActorBartender at The Nugget Room1941
Movie
6.2
ActorBert Monroe1938
Movie
7.4
ActorSecond Member Ale and Quail Club1942
Movie
6.8
ActorDrunk1935
Movie
6.2
ActorMan on Ship with Pipe1935
Movie
6.1
ActorHotel Desk Clerk1944
Movie
6.3
ActorCosgrove1946
Movie
6.1
ActorWillie Rand1945
Movie
6
ActorHenry Lewis-Clark III1943
Movie
6.6
ActorReginald Van Nostrum - the Drunk1943
Movie
5.1
ActorHerbert1945
Movie
6.1
ActorDrunk1943
Movie
6.3
ActorCharlie Fenton - the Party Drunk (uncredited)1939
Movie
5.3
ActorDrunk1944
Movie
6.6
ActorNorton1945
Movie
6.3
ActorJack1945
Movie
5.8
ActorJester1941
Movie
7.9
ActorDuke Costello1935
Movie
5.9
ActorMr. Austin1942
Movie
6.1
ActorBusboy at Brown Derby1947
Movie
6.2
ActorJames R. Smoke1947
Movie
5.2
ActorWilliam T. Lafferty1945
Movie
5.5
ActorJonathan McFeeder1942
Movie
6.2
ActorParker1939
Movie
5.2
ActorDrunk1940
Movie
6.4
ActorKellogg1942
Movie
6
ActorAl, the Bartender1940
Movie
6.6
ActorMr. Skinner1942
Movie
5.9
ActorJ. Mortimer 'Mousy' Slade1935
Movie
6
ActorDrunk1941
Movie
7
ActorShimmy Conway1940
Movie
6
ActorMallory1938
Movie
5.8
ActorMr. Norton1937
Movie
6.9
ActorA. Pismo Clam1940
Movie
6.2
ActorPrentis1939
Movie
6.2
ActorSecond Hobo (uncredited)1943
Movie
5.6
ActorDrunk (uncredited)1935
Movie
6.3
ActorKing's Physician1934
Movie
5.9
ActorMan In Barber Chair (uncredited)1944
Movie
4.8
ActorHarry The Drunk1938
Movie
6.7
Actor1941
Movie
6.9
ActorDrunk (uncredited)1940
Movie
7.5
ActorDrunk (uncredited)1938
Movie
6.3
ActorCharlie1946
Movie
6.4
Actor'Janssen' Passenger (uncredited)1944
Movie
6.3
ActorDrunk1939
Movie
5.8
ActorBartender (uncredited)1938
Movie
6.3
ActorMr. Randall (uncredited)1935
Movie
6.1
ActorFirst Drunk at Red Apple Inn (uncredited)1937
Movie
6.2
ActorPhillips (uncredited)1935
Movie
5.8
ActorCrapshooter1937
Movie
7.3
ActorCountry Club Man Ordering Champagne (uncredited)1943
Movie
6.5
ActorHotel Manager (uncredited)1938
Movie
6.2
ActorComedy Director (Uncredited)1936
Movie
6.7
ActorMr. Murphy1940
Movie
5.4
ActorSaloon Drunk1943
Movie
6.2
ActorDrunk in Park1935
Movie
6.6
ActorBarber1940
Movie
6.4
ActorReporter (uncredited)1935
Movie
6.3
ActorDrunk (uncredited)1943
Movie
7.2
ActorDrunk at the Gilded Cage (uncredited)1945
Movie
5.4
ActorOrchid Room Drunk1942
Movie
7.8
ActorDrunk at Henderson Club (uncredited)1939
Movie
5.6
ActorActor in 'The Girl from Missouri' (archive footage) (uncredited)1964
Movie
6.1
ActorDrunk1943
Movie
7
ActorDrunk1937
Movie
7.2
ActorFletcher1938
Movie
7.5
ActorDr. Singer1935
Movie
6.4
ActorShiftless1945
Movie
5.8
ActorSinclair1935
Movie
5.2
ActorGeorge1942
Movie
6.3
ActorDoyle1939
Movie
7.1
ActorMr. Lilly (uncredited)1944
Movie
6.4
ActorJim Benson1947
Movie
ActorJim Benson1953
Movie
6.3
ActorDrunk (uncredited)1934
Movie
6
ActorWilhelm Peebles (uncredited)1937
Movie
6.2
ActorDrunk1942
Movie
6.2
ActorDrunk at Blue Room Bar (uncredited)1945
Movie
6.5
ActorCustomer in Bette Davis Number (uncredited)1943
Short Film
6.3
ActorDr. Schultz1938
Short Film
ActorJimmy1935
Short Film
5.7
ActorHerbert Brown1936
Short Film
6.7
ActorMr. Walsh1946
Short Film
6.2
Actor1936
Short Film
6.9
ActorMr. Drinkwater1947
Short Film
5.3
Actor1934
Short Film
7.3
Actor1934
Short Film
6.3
ActorPete1934
Short Film
7.1
ActorEmir of Schmoe (uncredited)1949
Short Film
7
Actor1934
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